[solved] Wifi connection problem : Ralink RT2501

[Freco]

Hello everybody,

I'm a beginner and I tried a web connection with wifi as explained in the SalixStartUpGuide, but this doesn't work with my USB wifi (no problem with other distros).

The lsusb on debian shows :
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter

Thanks in advance.

Freco.

[Shador]

but this doesn't work with my USB wifi

Explain not working.

The lsusb on debian shows :

And on Salix?

Your device should be supported by this driver, which is included with Salix: http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RT73USB.html
If it's not autoloaded try to load it manually with:

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modprobe rt73usb

[Freco]

Thanks for your fast answer.

but this doesn't work with my USB wifi

Explain not working.

In wicd, there is no wireless network found.

The lsusb on debian shows :

And on Salix?

lsusb didn't work. I don't know the slackware way to know the usb devices.

Your device should be supported by this driver, which is included with Salix: xxx
If it's not autoloaded try to load it manually with:

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modprobe rt73usb

The driver link didn't work (but I supposed I shouldn't need it)

I entered "modprobe rt73usb" in root (nothing happen, no message, just a new # line) but, I haven't seen any difference in wicd.

I was thinking that I installed Salix (fluxbox-full) without the wifi USB device connected. I don't know if that explain something.

I'm on a old pentium 3 with 800MHz and 512 Mo Ram.

Cheers.

Freco.

[Shador]

lsusb didn't work. I don't know the slackware way to know the usb devices.

What do you mean by 'lsusb didn't work'? It works perfectly fine here and I have absolutely never heard about it not working.

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# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
...

The driver link didn't work

What driver link?

I entered "modprobe rt73usb" in root (nothing happen, no message, just a new # line) but, I haven't seen any difference in wicd.

That's normal when the module is loaded successfully. You can check the loaded modules with lsmod. At the latest after the modprobe command it should be in that list.

I was thinking that I installed Salix (fluxbox-full) without the wifi USB device connected. I don't know if that explain something.

Doesn't really matter.


Please post the output of iwconfig and check the interfaces configured in wicd's settings.

[Freco]

lsusb didn't work. I don't know the slackware way to know the usb devices.

What do you mean by 'lsusb didn't work'? It works perfectly fine here and I have absolutely never heard about it not working.

Ok, it's me, I wasn't root when I tried it!

I had to re-install salix (problem with my home directory), and now it works!
I'm connected!
The difference I've done is to connect the wifi usb device during installation and to choose "hugesmp.s" instead of "huges.s" at boot menu.

Cheers,

Freco.

[Shador]

Why the heck would you choose the other kere in the first place!? But never mind.

For wicd the only thing that could make some difference is whether the device is attached during the first startup of the daemon which happens during first boot. At that point it tries to automatically set the interfaces. But you can change them to whatever you want through wicd's settings. I guess those values were not (correctly) initialized for you as the device was not attached during the first startup.