Setting Asus USB N13 in ubuntu 9.10

[chili555]

Your post above makes it all worthwhile. Thanks, Ben, for you very kind comments.

[jacklinux]

Your fix worked perfectly, i tried many methods from installing different versions of ubuntu to reinstalling no end of drivers.
Thankyou VERY much.

[roydrager]

Just an update to the much appreciated solution from Chili555. I managed to get his solution working in 10.04 lucid lynx 32 bit with the latest usb-n13 driver from the Asus site, version 2.3.0.2 dated April 22 2010 (zip file attached to this post, and here is also the Asus official link):

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

(Of course Chili555's solution also works with the driver he attached in post #17 of the main thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...USB-N13&page=2

)

The steps I followed were:

tar -xvzf DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422.tgz
cd DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422
sudo make
make install

At this point, there was an error "error 1" with the new driver's makefile where it's looking for the file /DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/RT3070STA.dat . However the actual file is named RT2870STA.dat . Here is the terminal output of the error:

make -C  /home/d/Desktop/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/os/linux -f  Makefile.6 install
mkdir: cannot create directory `/etc/Wireless': File exists
make[1]: Entering directory  `/home/d/Desktop/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/os/linux'
rm -rf /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA
mkdir /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA
cp  /home/d/Desktop/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/RT3070STA.dat  /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA/.
cp: cannot stat  `/home/d/Desktop/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/RT3070STA.dat':  No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory  `/home/d/Desktop/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/os/linux'
make: *** [install] Error 2

The solution is to edit the os/linux/Makefile.6 file:

sudo gedit os/linux/Makefile.6

There is a line near the top:

DAT_FILE_NAME = RT$(CHIPSET)STA.dat

Change this line to:

DAT_FILE_NAME = RT2870STA.dat

Save, exit, then:

sudo make install

The makefile should install without errors now. Then create the two files in /etc/modprobe.d/ and /etc/udev/rules.d/ exactly as Chili555 wrote them:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...44&postcount=2

Then physically insert the usb-n13 device in the usb port. At this point ubuntu recognized the hardware, I didn't need to restart. This new driver seems to give me better speed than the older version.

[blackhawkover]

to roydragger:

I appreciate that someone else is working on this adapter at the same time as me.

I attempted your fix in 10.04, and on the sudo make command, got this:

make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/thinkpad/build/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: gcc: Command not found
make[1]: *** [all] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/thinkpad/build/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/tools'
make: *** [build_tools] Error 2

What does this mean?

[blackhawkover]

to roydragger:

I appreciate that someone else is working on this adapter at the same time as me.

I attempted your fix in 10.04, and on the sudo make command, got this:

make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/thinkpad/build/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: gcc: Command not found
make[1]: *** [all] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/thinkpad/build/Linux/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/tools'
make: *** [build_tools] Error 2

What does this mean?

It seems wierd to reply to your own post, but I found out it was because I didn't have the gcc installed, as I am running Netbook Edition which doesn't have gcc installed, therefore, could not compile anything. Hope this helps anyone else involved in this trek getting the Asus usb n13 to work.

[Swan48]

Will these instructions work in 8.04 LTS? I started to follow roydrager's instructions but when it talked about editing the os/linux/Makefile.6 file, I couldn't even find that directory.

Here's my background about how I've come to this point. When WinXP went down on my old Toshiba A15-157, I first tried putting Ubuntu 10.04 on it but it wouldn't boot up properly. So I put 8.04 on it because I already had the disk. When I tried to use the internal wireless, I can see the wireless networks but it wouldn't support WPA, only WEP. I followed instructions from another thread to try to update the firmware. But it still wouldn't offer WPA when I selected roaming. If I selected manual configuration, WPA was offered but I still couldn't connect to the network. This seemed to be the end of that attempt, so I decided to try a new USB adapter. Like 828688 Ben, I'm not familiar with the internal workings of Linux & when I plug in the USB N13 I get nothing.

[Swan48]

Forget the part about not finding the os/linux directory. I found it and made the changes from above but got the following message:
sh: cannot create /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id: Directory nonexistent
FATAL: Error running install command for rt3070sta
root@sas-laptop:/home/sas/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2# exit
exit
sas@sas-laptop:~/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2$ dir
chips LICENSE\ ralink-firmware.txt RT2870STACard.dat tools
common Makefile RT2870STA.dat
include os sta
iwpriv_usage.txt README_STA_usb sta_ate_iwpriv_usage.txt
sas@sas-laptop:~/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for sas:
make -C /home/sas/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2/os/linux -f Makefile.6 install
mkdir: cannot create directory `/etc/Wireless': File exists
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sas/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2/os/linux'
rm -rf /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA
mkdir /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA
cp /home/sas/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2/RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA/.
install -d /lib/modules/2.6.24-28-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install -m 644 -c rt3070sta.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-28-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install: cannot stat `rt3070sta.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sas/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2/os/linux'
make: *** [install] Error 2
sas@sas-laptop:~/Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2$

[roydrager]

Swan48 sorry I didn't get those particular errors so I don't exactly have an answer for you. From the top of your console output:

sh: cannot create /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id: Directory nonexistent
FATAL: Error running install command for rt3070sta

It seems that your first command, sudo make, failed, which probably caused the later errors of not finding rt3070.ko


The things different I noticed about our setups are:

distro: 8.04 vs. 10.04
kernel: 2.6.24-28 vs. 2.6.32-21

directory: it appears you made your own directory named Desktop/RT3070_V2.3.0.2/. I just used the default directory that the DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422.tgz file creates when you untar it, Desktop/DPO_RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.2_20100422/. Perhaps the makefile looks specifically for this directory?

[Swan48]

I just got my N13 to work. In fact, I'm using it now. I ended up installing 9.10 & that solved a lot of problems I was having. After updating 9.10, I followed the instructions Chilli gave Ben & hoped for similar results. So to answer my own question, to solve this problem if you're using 8.04, I suggest you update your system to at least 9.10 & follow the above instructions.

Thanks everyone.

[828688 Ben]

I'm glad to see that this thread has helped everyone as much as it has helped me.

--
Ben