I recently reinstalled SalixOS 13.37 Xfce, 64-bit edition on my MSI Wind U200 which has a RALINK wireless chipset. I have successfully had wireless working in the past with SalixOS and this laptop but can't get it working now. I believe the chipset is RT3090 but in the past the RT2860 driver has worked.
The problem is that Wicd reports "No wireless networks found." or similar. The output of "iwconfig" reports that the chipset is recognised at least at a basic level. The output of lsmod confirms that the rt2860 kernel module is loaded. The MSI Wind U200 has a soft switch which can enable and disable wireless but toggling this off and on does nothing. Clicking on [Refresh] in Wicd returns the "No wireless networks found." message immediately. I know that the wireless chipset itself works because wireless is working in the 2 other distros I also have installed on the same laptop.
Previous I had to blacklist the following modules via blacklist.conf to get wireless working and I have done the same again this time.
blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2800lib
blacklist rt2x00pci
blacklist rt2x00lib
EDIT: I forgot to mention when I first posted this that I definitely have the rt2860 firmware file installed. I'm not sure from which package it came but did a Full installation.
Does anyone have any hints as to what might be wrong?
SOLVED - Problem with wireless on MSI Wind U200
SOLVED - Problem with wireless on MSI Wind U200
Last edited by phayz on 19. Dec 2011, 22:15, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Problem with wireless on MSI Wind U200
Do you have the right wireless interface set in wicd preferences?
Re: Problem with wireless on MSI Wind U200
I have the same chipset
1) create this link in /lib/firmware
2) Only blacklist rt2800pci
Also in newer kernel 3.1.4, the rt3090 is supported from rt2800pci. So if you ever use a 3.1.4 kernel have to remove the line blacklist rt2800pci from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
1) create this link in /lib/firmware
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cd /lib/firmware
ln -s rt2860.bin rt3090.bin Also in newer kernel 3.1.4, the rt3090 is supported from rt2800pci. So if you ever use a 3.1.4 kernel have to remove the line blacklist rt2800pci from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Re: Problem with wireless on MSI Wind U200
djemos - Bingo! That solved my problem so thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! Now I can happily use SalixOS without being tied to my router. \O/
gapan - Thanks also for your suggestion. I actually checked this before noticing djemos' reply.
gapan - Thanks also for your suggestion. I actually checked this before noticing djemos' reply.