Arne

I try to get my card working without using ndiswrapper.

Some progress has been made:

"Network is up on interface ra0" and for the first time the light on the card turned on. There are 2 lights; one confirming the network is up and the second indicating wireless traffic (blinking continuesly).

But still cannot ping the router or the desktop. Can ping the card in the notebook.

I think it's something wrong with the setup. Here some info on it.

This the info on the card from MCC.

Vendor: RaLink

Description: Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card

Media class: NETWORK_OTHER

Module name: rt2500

Mac Address: 00:11:50:90:f7:05

Bus: PCI

Location on the bus: 5

[root@ast arne]# ifup ra0

Error for wireless request "Set NWID" (8B02) :

SET failed on device ra0 ; Operation not supported.

How to "set NWID" (8B02) even if set operation not supported it worked.

[root@ast arne]# iwlist ra0 scan

ra0 No scan results

[root@ast arne]# iwconfig ra0 essid 'linksys'

[root@ast arne]# iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

 

ra0 RT2500 Wireless ESSID:off/any Nickname:"ast"

Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency=1 MHz Cell: 9E:55:3F:8D:D6:6D

Bit Rate=11 Mb/s

RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Encryption key:0860-7EE5-DB Security mode:open

Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0

Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0

Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

 

sit0 no wireless extensions.

[root@ast arne]# ifconfig

ra0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:50:90:F7:05

inet addr:10.0.0.5 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::211:50ff:fe90:f705/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:35 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:246 (246.0 B) TX bytes:3776 (3.6 KiB)

Interrupt:9 Base address:0x4000

[root@ast network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-ra0

DEVICE=ra0

BOOTPROTO=static

IPADDR=10.0.0.5 #Actually this should be 4 in the end but when I change it #trow back 10.0.0.0 and I think this is because the default #in route is occupied.

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

NETWORK=10.0.0.0 #I have set this to the correct 10.0.0.2 but it trows back 0

BROADCAST=10.0.0.255 #I have set this to 255.255.255.255 but it trows back this

ONBOOT=yes

HWADDR=00:11:50:90:f7:05

METRIC=10

MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes #no

USERCTL=yes

WIRELESS_MODE=managed #Ad-hoc

WIRELESS_ESSID=linksys

WIRELESS_NWID=Ast

WIRELESS_ENC_KEY="open 08607ee5db" #Encryption is turned OFF on my AP

IPV6INIT=no

IPV6TO4INIT=no

PEERDNS=yes

Any advice on this??????

[root@ast network-scripts]# route

Kernel IP routing table

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

10.0.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 10 0 0 ra0

127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

default 10.0.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 10 0 0 ra0

This default is wrong I believe and I think this also prevent me from using 10.0.0.2 in my ifcfg-ra0.

Now I have alias ra0 rt2500 in modprobe.conf

Should I define an "alias ra0 wlan0" in modprobe.conf???????????

In modprobe.preload I have

nvram

sonypi

Any tip or advice will be highly appreciated.

Hello Guys,

After I upgraded to kernel 2.6.12.22mdk. I am trying once again to get my Belkin 7010 with rt2560 chipset to work. The kernel have a rt2500 driver dated January 6 2006 and I hope this is a newer driver than the one in kernel 2.6.12-12.

Anyway when I insert the card and run dmesg I get:

rt2500: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.

PCI: Enabling device 0000:05:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)

ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9

PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64

What is the meaning of "unspecified taints kernel"??????

and what commands do I need to run to activate the card?????????????

Hello Ian,

Please tell me the mirror(s) that have the 2.6.12.22mdk kernel ?????

I have tried Japan and Netherland but no luck.

Thanks for the tip Scarecrow,

I have a couple of option to try out first in order to get my Belkin 7010 with rt2560 chip to work.

Hello Guys,

I get different answer from different commands in Cli.

I did this:

fresh install 2006.0

installed all updates on the 2.6.12-12 kernel

downloaded and installed the latest kernel (2.6.12-21 kernel

downloaded and installed the compatible kernel-source

Could not create a symbolic link to build. # I am told this link is not needed

When I go urpmi.update -a I get back to the prompt

When I do urpmi --auto-select I am told a lot of packages must be installed, more than 300MB.

Why do I get different answers?????

Has it something to do with the new kernel??????

:mellow:

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Tyme,

Sorry for the missunderstanding I should have told you that I was following a ndiswrapper HOWTO because it covered installing kernel-source and make the symbolic link as a part of the actual ndiswrapper howto.

The driver can work without ndiswrapper (they say) so your answers is valid and helpfull

Thanks again.

Tyme,

I am not going to use ndiswrapper to get my belkin wireless card to work since the driver don't need ndiswrapper and I feel ndiswrapper only make it more difficult.

Thanks for reply tyme,

Since I have not installed many tarballs yet I follow a howto from ndiswarapper. Apparently this symbolic link is essential to ndiswrapper.

What I want to do in short is to install the latest tarball (March this year) from Ralink RT2500STA-1.4.6.4.tar.gz on my old Thinkpad laptop where I just installed 2006.0 and upgraded kernel and kernel-source.

So I don't need to make this link in order to achieve my goal?????????

Hello Guys,

I have installed new kernel 2.6.12.21 and compatible kernel-source in 2006.0 and when I try to make a symbolic link to the kernel source in modules with this command it doesn't work.

What is wrong with the command.

[root@ast arne]# ln -s /usr/src/linux-kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.12.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586 /lib/modules/kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.12.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586/build

ln: creating symbolic link `/lib/modules/kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.12.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586/build' to `/usr/src/linux-kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.12.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586': No such file or directory

Please help

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Hello Ian,

Great, maybe I only have to install 'kdegames' and maybe it's included. I didn't choose kdegames when I installed2006.

I will give it a try, and then we will see.

Ian,

Yes yes .... you are a prince. Thanks thanks

Arne

Hi Guys,

During a short away period trying "SimplyMEPIS 3.4.3" I stumbled on a very nice Solitary game which is addictive. I would like to get that into mdv2006.0. My urpmi media (I have all of them) don't have it. I have downloaded the following rpm from RPM website. The website come up with a huge list of dependencies so I did not install using 'rpm'.

The downloaded rpm is: "kdegames-kpat-3.5.1-1.i586.rpm" and word name is "KPatience" and I am running kernel 2.6.12-18mdk

I believe the best way is to install it with urpmi. Trying that, I get the message saying something like ......not registered in urpmi media base..........

I am thinking about ways to include this in my local media base. It should be possible but I don't how to do it and how difficult it is.

Can some please comment and advice on this???????

:huh:

Ok Guys,

When I in a terminal (not as root) I get this:

[arne@TOT ~]$ frostwire

: command not found:

: No such file or directory

: command not found:

: command not found3:

'unFrost.sh: line 24: syntax error near unexpected token `

'unFrost.sh: line 24: `look_for_java()

and

[arne@TOT ~]$ whereis frostwire

frostwire: /usr/bin/frostwire /usr/lib/frostwire

I go to Java website where I can test if Java is installed correctly.

The message is: Java is not installed correctly.

I believed this club version was pre-compiled for 2006.0. So why is it not working. Is it like this "Skype" work right out of the box and rt2500 wireless chip work right out the box shit from mandriva or am I taking my mouth to full.

I think the best ting for me is to install the rpm from Java website but I will wait for your reply, please.

Thank's for reply Ian and scarecow.

I added the club nedia, A god idee for the future.

Ok, I added media and downloaded 'j2re' and installed it. No error messages.

Then I installed FrostWire latest which I had downloaded a few days ago. No error messages.

When I use the kde run command I am told:

FrostWire

Could not run the specified command.

When I run it from terminal I am told:

[root@TOT Desktop]# FrostWire

bash: FrostWire: command not found

What am I missing???????

Thank's for reply both of you,

aioshin

I run:

[root@TOT arne]# rpm -e eclipse-ecj-3.1.0-8mdk.i586 java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40.16mdk.i586

/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.14192: line 1: /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db: No such file or directory

error: %postun(eclipse-ecj-3.1.0-8mdk.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 127

/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.14192: line 13: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers: No such file or directory

error: %postun(java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40.16mdk.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 127

I would like to understand why this script fails??????

Then I run:

[root@TOT arne]# rpm -e --noscripts java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40.16mdk eclipse-ecj-3.1.0-8mdk.i586

and I think this confirm it's un-installed:

[root@TOT arne]# whereis eclipse-ecj-3.1.0-8mdk.i586

eclipse-ecj-3.1.0-8mdk:

[root@TOT arne]# whereis java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40.16mdk.i586

java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40.16mdk:

Do you agree?????

scarecrow,

I have downloaded

j2re-1.5.0.5-1.2006mcnl.i586.rpm #from october 2005 and

j2re-1.5.0.6-1.2006mcnl.i586.rpm #from december 2005

Which one should I use????

Should it be installed with 'rpm -i' or 'urpmi'????

Thank's for your reply aioshin,

After update repos.. I run:

[root@TOT Desktop]# urpmi --clean

[root@TOT Desktop]# urpmi java

The package(s) are already installed

The following package names were assumed: java-1.4.2-kaffe

[root@TOT Desktop]# urpme java-1.4.2-kaffe

unknown package: java-1.4.2-kaffe

Java-1.4.2-kaffe comes there from one of my previous attempt's because a believed this should be enough to run Frostwire, but no luck.

How can I de-install this package?????

Hello Guys,

I want to install Frostwire-4.10.9-0.i586.rpm which I downloaded from SourceForge. Before I install Frostwire I installed java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40.16mdk.i586 : JPackage runtime scripts for GCJ (to install) with 'urpmi' which gave me 3 options and I choose the second option.

All together 14 packages and 66 MB. I get this messages:

The following packages have bad signatures:

/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/eclipse-ecj-3.1.0-8mdk.i586.rpm: Invalid Key ID (DSA/SHA1, Sun 18 Sep 2005 04:53:45 PM ICT, Key ID 445935f878d019f5)

/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/gjdoc-0.7.5-2mdk.i586.rpm: Invalid Key ID (DSA/SHA1, Mon 12 Sep 2005 09:14:06 PM ICT, Key ID 445935f878d019f5)

/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/gnu-crypto-2.0.1-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm: Invalid Key ID (DSA/SHA1, Mon 12 Sep 2005 09:31:14 PM ICT, Key ID 445935f878d019f5)

/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/gnu-crypto-jce-jdk1.4-2.0.1-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm: Invalid Key ID (DSA/SHA1, Mon 12 Sep 2005 09:32:45 PM ICT, Key ID 445935f878d019f5)

/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/gnu-crypto-sasl-jdk1.4-2.0.1-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm: Invalid Key ID (DSA/SHA1, Mon 12 Sep 2005 09:32:47 PM ICT, Key ID 445935f878d019f5)

/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/jessie-1.0.0-6mdk.noarch.rpm: Invalid Key ID (DSA/SHA1, Mon 12 Sep 2005 08:50:31 PM ICT, Key ID 445935f878d019f5)

Do you want to continue installation ? (y/N) y

During the urpmi final installation I get this error messages:

Preparing... #############################################

1/14: jpackage-utils #############################################

2/14: zlib1-devel #############################################

3/14: libgcj6-base #############################################

4/14: libgcj6 #############################################

5/14: libgcj6-devel #############################################

6/14: gcj-tools #############################################

7/14: gcc-java #############################################

8/14: gnu-crypto-jce-jdk1.4 #############################################

9/14: gnu-crypto-sasl-jdk1.4#############################################

10/14: gnu-crypto #############################################

/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.55251: line 1: rebuild-security-providers: command not found

error: %post(gnu-crypto-2.0.1-1.1mdk.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 127

11/14: gjdoc #############################################

12/14: jessie #############################################

/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.892: line 1: rebuild-security-providers: command not found

13/14: java-1.4.2-gcj-compat error: %post(j#####essie-1.0.0-6mdk.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 127

########################################

14/14: eclipse-ecj #############################################

What caused this errors?????

Did I choose the wrong java???? I think the run-time version was enough.

I run linux 2.6.12-12mdk

I have tried to use 'urpme java' but the command is not able to clean my PC. Some Jave items and dependencies is still there. How do i clean it all????

The Java options I was presented was:

1- java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.05-2jpp.noarch : JPackage Java compatibility package for Sun's JDK (to install)

2- java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40.16mdk.i586 : JPackage runtime scripts for GCJ (to install)

3- java-1.4.2-kaffe-1.4.2.00-2mdk.i586 : A free virtual machine for running Java code (to install)

What is your choice? (1-3) 2

Please help me

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Thank' for reply

Thinking about the hell I have been trough with 3 cards and 2 access points and no luck and I didn't know that it was a driver for this card native in 2006.0 and nobody replying to my posts did know either. Why don't mandriva make such information more easily available for users?

Hello iphitus,

You are right. I downloaded the rt2500-1.1.0-b3.tar.gz and the release date is 31-jul-2005. So, do you think this is the driver included in 2006.0??????

Hello Murda,

The configuration you did, you did it in 'ifcfg-ra0' ...or

Thank's both of you.

iphitus,

The original rt2500 in 2006.0 is dated 09-sept-2005.

The latest Serialmonkey beta 3 was released 18-dec-2005.

Thanks for your reply.

Thank's for reply Steve Scrimpshire,

That's clarify and explain how to determine SMP kernels.

I am tempted to try 2006 again. If the original 2006 driver dont work I can try the latest beta3 driver from Serialmonkey.

Hello iphitus,

Sorry fro late answer. Thanks for your reply.

afaik the rt2560 uses the rt2570 driver, but I may be wrong here.

You maybe right but according to my info rt2570 is the usb driver. The win-driver following my card Bus is rt2500 driver.

When I issue the 'uname -a' get:

[root@TOT arne]# uname -a

Linux TOT.co.th 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 1.70GHz unknown GNU/Linux

So, is this a plain or SMP kernel??????????

Hello Murda,

I have tried to install Belkin pci card with rt2500 chip (actually rt2560 chip in my case).

I think the main reason for failing was 2 drivers present at the same time, ndiswrapper and the driver supplied in 2006 which I was not aware off at the time.

Anyway I tried without ndiswrapper one time and the card was recognized but the light on the card never turned on.

Therefore can you please tell me what commands you issued to get the light on = make the card work.

Maybe something like

modprobe rt2500 or

iwconfig ra0 up or .........

I would be very grateful if you tell me.

As of now I have gone back to win98SE to get wireless connection but I miss 2006.

Thanks's Guys for quick reply,

cage47.

You got it right, that's what I want to do. So copying the iso CD to a directory on disk, point to that directory in k3b and choose burn CD image is the way to go.

scarecrow.

My CD is on different IDE bus.

ianw1974,

This time you misunderstand, since I am only an old Norwegian my English is not that clear all the time.

When i download linux distro I get a nice header on the hard disk. When I copy a CD content to my hard drive will I get a similar header???????. If not k3b will only ask me to pick one of the files on that directory. Any tip???

Hello Guys,

I want to copy an iso CD to a iso CD using k3b. I have read the The handbook and searched the web and cannot find the right info.

What I have tried so far:

1. Copy using "Clone copy" It doesn't seems to make an iso CD since no md5sum can be made.

2. Copy iso image from the original iso CD. I cannot make k3b to open the CD as file.

3. The only options left as I can see is to copy the original iso CD to the hard disk and the burn a iso CD from the hard disk.

Before I do that, which I think is unnecessary difficult, I ask the forum for tip, please.

michaelcole

It is not often that a chip manufacturer actually produce a Linux driver for their products. This i very positive. So positive that Sourceforge established a project to develop a general driver. Mdv did not even try a customation.

This chip is expected to be produced in 14 millions this year so it's one of the major wireless chip in the world. I know that for any company there is a absolute need for priority. This time they did it wrong. I am only saying they have to put more effort, read resources or make another priority because wireless technology is Linux week point.