[SWLUG] Wireless USB Dongle Help

[Jon Reynolds]

Ah more details from dmesg, sorry thought it was the same as
/var/log/messages but it highlights some errors:

[  607.768524] phy1 -> rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request
0x0a failed for offset 0x0000 with error -19.
[  607.768558] phy1 -> rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request
0x0a failed for offset 0x0000 with error -19.
[  607.768589] phy1 -> rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request
0x0a failed for offset 0x0000 with error -19.
[  613.008118] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
address 3
[  613.310683] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  613.431044] phy2 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset
detected.
[  613.431057] phy2 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate
device.
[  613.713961] phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
[  613.715685] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy3:radio
[  613.715716] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy3:assoc
[  613.715745] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy3:quality
[  613.730452] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1


Hope thats more meaningful.

Cheers

Jon Reynolds


On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 03:58:19PM +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> Thanks Pete,
> 
> Will feedback those commands later when I get home.
> 
> I do remember trying lsusb and it certainly appeared there... couldn't
> tell you about the driver though (from memory)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jon Reynolds
> 
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 03:32:38PM +0100, Pete Prior wrote:
> > First step would be to run lsusb when its plugged in and see what it
> > identifies itself as. 
> > Output from running dmesg would also be helpful.
> > 
> > Pete
> > 
> > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:43:41 +0100, Jon Reynolds
> > <maillist at jcrdevelopments.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I have acquired an Edimax USB Wireless dongle, hoping it would just
> > > plug-n-play with Ubuntu but it hasn't, or at least not on the laptop I
> > > am trying to install it on, an old Dell Latitude.
> > > 
> > > Here's the dongle:
> > > http://www.edimax.co.uk/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=3&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=44
> > > 
> > > The laptop seems to recognise the hardware as far as I can tell but it
> > > certainly isn't working as it should; i.e. no wireless networks detected
> > > in Network Manager.
> > > 
> > > I think the laptop is just USB1.0 so whether that prevents it from
> > > working I don't know. 
> > > 
> > > But I just need some pointers to the obvious steps to take to try and
> > > check whats working and whats not. It came with some linux drivers, but
> > > I just get errors when trying to compile them that I don't understand.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > 
> > > Jon Reynolds
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