Help to install drivers for ASUS PCE-N53 N600 wireless card (Ralink RT5592)

[george27]

Hi! I'm a little bit new to Linux Ubuntu and I'm not an advanced user of Linux in general. I want help to install the drivers for my wireless card.

I just bought the ASUS PCE-N53 N600 wireless card for my desktop PC. The card uses Ralink RT5592 Dual-Band chip. I put it inside my PC but my Linux Ubuntu 12.04 didn't recognise it automatically. So I download the Linux drivers from ASUS from here , file: Linux_PCE_N53_1008.zip .

I unzip the zip file and untar the tar.bz2 file inside it and i read the Quick Start.txt (click to download it). The file says:

1>Install compile tool
$yum install gcc-c++

-->I did it.

2>check kernel source code exists /usr/src/kernels/ "kernel name"

Download your kernel source code
*[COLOR=#008080]http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/

-->I did it. There wasn't a "kernels" directory inside /usr/src/ so i create it.
Also I download the 3.13.1 stable kernel from http://www.kernel.org/ and I untar it inside /usr/src/kernels/linux-3.13.1/ directory.


The difficult part starts from here and onwards. The file Quick Start.txt says the below "Build Instructions":

2> In Makefile

set the "MODE = STA" in Makefile and chose the TARGET to Linux by set "TARGET = LINUX"

define the linux kernel source include file path LINUX_SRC

modify to meet your need.

--> I can't find MODE variable inside Makefile and set it to STA. Neither the TARGET var. How can i change it?

3> In os/linux/config.mk

define the GCC and LD of the target machine

define the compiler flags CFLAGS

modify to meet your need.

-->How to do that?

** Build for being controlled by NetworkManager or wpa_supplicant wext functions

Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y'.

=> $wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d

** Build for being controlled by WpaSupplicant with Ralink Driver

Please set 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n'.

=> $wpa_supplicant -Dralink -ira0 -c wpa_supplicant.conf -d

-->What of the two choises should i select?


Please, is there a more easier way to install the drivers? If yes, tell me that way. But if not, please help me with the above questions (and also, please, to the steps 4 to 7 inside Quick Start.txt).

Thank you.

[chili555]

First, the correct way to get the necessary source is not the source code itself from kernel.org, but the headers:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

Second, in the README, it says:

Supporting Kernel:
===================
linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 series.

You are running 3.13-xx. In short, the package you are trying to install is far too old to install in kernel version 3.13-xx. We no longer use wooden wheels on our sleek black BMWs.

Let's identify your card first and proceed from there. Please open a terminal and run and post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

[george27]

Ok, i understand.

--

First, the correct way to get the necessary source is not the source code itself from kernel.org, but the headers:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

linux-headers-generic is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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Please open a terminal and run and post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:5592]

[chili555]

I am not encouraged: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_PCE-N53

Probable Linux driver
none
PCI ID not yet observed in any mainline kernel / this list

And this: http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/...e-2x-300-mbits

The card can currently not be used together with other kernel versions (at least not with severe additional effort). There are some kernel patches available to use the driver together with other kernel version, but this approach needs detailed Linux knowledge and is often not successful. Therefore, it is not recommended to use PCE-N53 together with Linux.

Do you have the option to return the device in favor of a supported device?

[george27]

Do you have the option to return the device in favor of a supported device?

No, that's not possible since I’ve open the package (it would be only if the card is broken). But it's not broken, in Windows VISTA works fine...

Is there any other way to install these drivers in my kernel? I don't want the extra Dual-Band features of the card to run in Linux, i want to use just a single channel to have Internet access from my router....

[chili555]

A colleague and I are feverishly trying to work it out. If necessary, would you reinstall a 3.2.0-xx kernel? We may stand a better chance installing an older package on an older kernel. Don't do so yet, but tell us if this is a possibility.

[george27]

If necessary, would you reinstall a 3.2.0-xx kernel?

Chilli555, if i am not wrong, I think I already use a 3.2.0-xx kernel in Ubuntu 12.04.

george@george-ubuntu64:~$ dpkg --list | grep linux-image

rc  linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic     3.0.0-12.20     Linux kernel image for version 3.0.0 on x86/x86_64
rc  linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic     3.0.0-16.29     Linux kernel image for version 3.0.0 on x86/x86_64
rc  linux-image-3.0.0-17-generic     3.0.0-17.30     Linux kernel image for version 3.0.0 on x86/x86_64
rc  linux-image-3.0.0-19-generic     3.0.0-19.33     Linux kernel image for version 3.0.0 on x86/x86_64
rc  linux-image-3.0.0-20-generic     3.0.0-20.34     Linux kernel image for version 3.0.0 on x86/x86_64
ii  linux-image-3.0.0-26-generic     3.0.0-26.42     Linux kernel image for version 3.0.0 on x86/x86_64
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-58-generic     3.2.0-58.88     Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-generic              3.2.0.58.69     Generic Linux kernel image


george@george-ubuntu64:~$ uname -r

3.2.0-58-generic

Is there a need to reinstall?

[chili555]

From your first post, I thought you were using 3.13. No?

[george27]

From your first post, I thought you were using 3.13. No?

No... I didn't say that anywhere...

2>check kernel source code exists /usr/src/kernels/ "kernel name"

Download your kernel source code
*[COLOR=#008080]http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/

-->I did it. There wasn't a "kernels" directory inside /usr/src/ so i create it.
Also I download the 3.13.1 stable kernel from http://www.kernel.org/ and I untar it inside /usr/src/kernels/linux-3.13.1/ directory.

Well, is there a solution for 3.2.0-xx kernel i have?

[chili555]

I didn't say that anywhere...

Also I download the 3.13.1 stable kernel from http://www.kernel.org/

Silly me! I assumed you'd download and install the source matching your running kernel.

Well, is there a solution for 3.2.0-xx kernel i have?

Working on it. My friend Varun thinks so, but I am going to try to compile it myself on a 12.04 LTS machine I test on. I'll be back in a while.