RESOLVED - Re: help with Sabrent 802.11N PCI wireless card, Ralink driver?
OK, sorry, I found out that my configuration was wrong, now that I have
wpa_supplicant configured properly I am working with no such errors.
I just didn't think I would get an error message like that with a
configuration problem...
Keith
> Just after posting this I found these pages:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/rt2860sta
> http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci
>
> which explain that for wheezy rt2800pci is now used instead of rt2860sta.
>
> Still, I get this error message... Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
>> I am attempting to install a Sabrent 802.11N PCI wireless adapter card
>> into a fresh wheezy install. I guess I am confused about which firmware
>> and driver to use.
>>
>> When I do a ifup wlan0 I get the follwing error mesage:
>>
>> phy0 -> rt2800pci_mcu_status: Error - MCU request failed, no response
>> from
>> hardware
>>
>> Here are some relevant info:
>>
>> output of lsmod | grep -i rt
>> rt2800pci 13628 0
>> rt2800lib 39000 1 rt2800pci
>> crc_ccitt 12331 1 rt2800lib
>> rt2x00pci 12768 1 rt2800pci
>> rt2x00lib 29031 3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
>> mac80211 166120 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
>> cfg80211 113073 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
>> eeprom_93cx6 12423 1 rt2800pci
>>
>> output of lspci -kv -nn | grep -i ralink
>> 00:0e.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2800 802.11n PCI
>> [1814:0601]
>> Subsystem: Ralink corp. Device [1814:2860]
>>
>> output of uname -r
>> 3.1.0-1-686-pae
>>
>> root@adam:~# ifup wlan0
>> [ 1653.608888] phy0 -> rt2800pci_mcu_status: Error - MCU request failed,
>> no response from hardware
>>
>> output of dmesg | grep phy0
>> [ 7.436518] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm
>> 'minstrel_ht'
>> [ 7.439976] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::radio
>> [ 7.440172] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::assoc
>> [ 7.440303] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::quality
>> [ 1653.608888] phy0 -> rt2800pci_mcu_status: Error - MCU request failed,
>> no response from hardware
>>
>> from the Debian package details page for firmware-ralink (0.34):
>> This package contains the binary firmware for wireless network cards
>> with
>> the Ralink RT2501 [Turbo], RT2600, RT5201 [Turbo], RT5600, RT5201USB,
>> RT2800P[D], RT2700P[D], RT2700E[D], RT2800E[D], RT2800U[D] or RT3000E[D]
>> chipsets or RT3070/RT3071/RT3072 chips, supported by the rt61/rt61pci,
>> rt73/rt73usb, rt2860sta, rt2870sta/rt2870, rt3070sta or rt3090sta
>> drivers.
>>
>> I have rt2860.bin loaded in /lib/firmware/ (among others)
>>
>> This is a dual boot system- XP uses the card just fine, Knoppix does as
>> well when booted from live cd (using rt2860sta module).
>>
>> I think I need the rt2860sta driver. I have tried to compile the driver
>> from the ralink website with no success, is there a precompiled binary
>> someplace?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Keith Ostertag
>>
>
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