I'm having troubles connecting to the Internet with my new wireless USB adapter. Although I can see via the NetworkManager all the wireless networks around me, it fails to connect to any of them. I'm using Linux Mint 10 RC. I've blacklisted the rt2500usb driver because it was loaded simultaneously with rt73usb.
Here is the output of lsmod:
nls_iso8859_1 3261 1
nls_cp437 4931 1
vfat 9201 1
fat 48240 1 vfat
usb_storage 40172 1
nls_utf8 1069 1
isofs 30022 1
aes_i586 7280 0
aes_generic 26875 1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc 6599 1
dm_crypt 11385 0
arc4 1165 2
snd_intel8x0 25632 2
snd_ac97_codec 99227 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1014 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 71475 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
rt73usb 22442 0
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
crc_itu_t 1383 1 rt73usb
rt2x00usb 9779 1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib 27275 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
snd_rawmidi 17783 1 snd_seq_midi
led_class 2633 1 rt2x00lib
mac80211 231541 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ppdev 5556 0
cfg80211 144470 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
parport_pc 26058 1
snd 49006 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
shpchp 29886 0
soundcore 880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
lp 7342 0
parport 31492 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
dm_raid45 81721 0
xor 15136 1 dm_raid45
btrfs 489451 0
zlib_deflate 19266 1 btrfs
crc32c 2531 1
libcrc32c 887 1 btrfs
usbhid 36882 0
hid 67742 1 usbhid
i915 290938 3
drm_kms_helper 30200 1 i915
drm 168054 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
floppy 54311 0
e1000 97525 0
intel_agp 26360 2 i915
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 i915
video 18712 1 i915
output 1883 1 video
agpgart 32011 2 drm,intel_agp
nls_iso8859_1 3261 1
nls_cp437 4931 1
vfat 9201 1
fat 48240 1 vfat
usb_storage 40172 1
nls_utf8 1069 1
isofs 30022 1
aes_i586 7280 0
aes_generic 26875 1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc 6599 1
dm_crypt 11385 0
arc4 1165 2
snd_intel8x0 25632 2
snd_ac97_codec 99227 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1014 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 71475 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
rt73usb 22442 0
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
crc_itu_t 1383 1 rt73usb
rt2x00usb 9779 1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib 27275 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
snd_rawmidi 17783 1 snd_seq_midi
led_class 2633 1 rt2x00lib
mac80211 231541 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ppdev 5556 0
cfg80211 144470 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
parport_pc 26058 1
snd 49006 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
shpchp 29886 0
soundcore 880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
lp 7342 0
parport 31492 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
dm_raid45 81721 0
xor 15136 1 dm_raid45
btrfs 489451 0
zlib_deflate 19266 1 btrfs
crc32c 2531 1
libcrc32c 887 1 btrfs
usbhid 36882 0
hid 67742 1 usbhid
i915 290938 3
drm_kms_helper 30200 1 i915
drm 168054 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
floppy 54311 0
e1000 97525 0
intel_agp 26360 2 i915
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 i915
video 18712 1 i915
output 1883 1 video
agpgart 32011 2 drm,intel_agp
Output of ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:60:ae:4f:df
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:132 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:132 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:9120 (9.1 KB) TX bytes:9120 (9.1 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr d8:5d:4c:89:7c:d8
inet6 addr: fe80::da5d:4cff:fe89:7cd8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:58 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:17137 (17.1 KB) TX bytes:6535 (6.5 KB)
Output of lshw -C Network:
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:03:0b.0
logical name: eth0
version: 00
serial: 00:0d:60:ae:4f:df
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=e1000 driverversion=7.3.21-k6-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=52 mingnt=255 multicast=yes
resources: irq:16 memory:e8100000-e811ffff ioport:2000(size=64)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:7
logical name: wlan0
serial: d8:5d:4c:89:7c:d8
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt73usb driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=N/A multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
The output of cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
The output of iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=9 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
The output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
03:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
As requested here is the output of lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04b3:3108 IBM Corp. 800dpi Optical Mouse w/ Scroll Point
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Can somebody help me solve this problem?
Thanks in advance and best regards!
As suggested by outofstep, I downloaded the RT2501USB(RT73:RT2571W/RT2573/RT2671) firmware from http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=501 and copied the file rt73.bin to /lib/firmware unplugged the usb adapter, plugged it in again but to no avail. A reboot of the computer didn't help either. But thanks anyway.
This is the output of dmesg | grep rt73
[ 15.540677] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::radio
[ 15.540720] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::assoc
[ 15.540763] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::quality
[ 15.541515] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
Thanks for the support so far, outofstep and hhlp.
