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Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter



On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 01:03:31PM +0000, Long Wind wrote:
> Thanks to all! i take tomás's advice and manage to copy buster installer's kernel message:
> 
> [   68.255616] usb 1-1.1: reset full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
> [   68.474958] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0: ASIC revision: 76010001 MAC revision: 76010500
> [   68.531583] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0: EEPROM ver:0d fae:00
> [   68.784552] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
> [   68.785518] usbcore: registered new interface driver mt7601u
> [   68.792412] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0 wlx502b73d50a69: renamed from wlan0
> 
> and compare with buster's /var/log/messages:
> 
> [   86.341256] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0: ASIC revision: 76010001 MAC revision: 76010500
> [   86.351154] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware mt7601u.bin
> [   86.351172] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0: Firmware Version: 0.1.00 Build: 7640 Build time: 201302052146____
> [   86.739115] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0: EEPROM ver:0d fae:00
> [   87.021000] usbcore: registered new interface driver mt7601u
> [   87.066835] mt7601u 1-1.1:1.0 wlx502b73d50a69: renamed from wlan0
> 
> it seems to me that buster installer include non-free firmware, but it isn't installed to user's target device

That sounds plausible. What I miss in the comparison is the complaint
that it couldn't load the firmware, like in my case:

 [   54.996555] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)

But perhaps this driver is silent? I don't know.

Cheers
-- 
t

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