RT2860 wireless chipset (RaLink Device [1814:0781]) not working in Ubuntu 8.10

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

Then please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

Thanks for the tip, Mark. I will do this tomorrow from work. Results will be in 18 hours.

Hi,

It's not a tip. :-) I am first asking for more detailed info about your wireless setup.

Depending on the output from your pc, I might be able to provide a solution.

That is why this thread was in the "needs information" status.

It would be better if you can send the results now so I can help you now.

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark,

Believe me, I would like to give you the results now. Unfortunately, my wireless router is at work. I run off of mobile internet at home. As soon as possible, I will run the script and post the results. Thanks for your continuing interest.

Doug

Hello again, Mark!

I ran the commands and this is what I received (I borrowed a friend's wireless).

bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 0781
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
07:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller
07:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller
07:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller
07:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. xD Host Controller
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: RaLink
       vendor: RaLink
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1e:ec:e1:8f:05
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI latency=0 module=r8169 multicast=yes
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ba:72:a8:f8:63:66
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:ec:e1:8f:05
          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)
          Interrupt:219 Base address:0x6000

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:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1592 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:1592 (1.5 KB)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:115.67.30.153 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:32129 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22277 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:40448190 (40.4 MB) TX bytes:2199851 (2.1 MB)

bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ppp0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install hwinfo
[sudo] password for bfits:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd14{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  arj{u} bsh{u} bsh-gcj{u} kdelibs-data{u} libarts1c2a{u} libartsc0{u}
  libavahi-qt3-1{u} libbeecrypt6{u} liblua50{u} liblualib50{u} librpm4.4{u}
  libxalan2-java{u} libxalan2-java-gcj{u} p7zip-full{u} rpm{u}
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 15 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 717kB of archives. After unpacking 59.5MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://th.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe libhd14 14.19-2ubuntu1 [672kB]
Get:2 http://th.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe hwinfo 14.19-2ubuntu1 [44.7kB]
Fetched 717kB in 35s (20.5kB/s)
(Reading database ... 130601 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing arj ...
Removing bsh-gcj ...
Removing bsh ...
Removing kdelibs-data ...
Removing libarts1c2a ...
Removing libartsc0 ...
Removing libavahi-qt3-1 ...
Removing rpm ...
Removing librpm4.4 ...
Removing libbeecrypt6 ...
Removing liblualib50 ...
Removing liblua50 ...
Removing libxalan2-java-gcj ...
Removing libxalan2-java ...
Removing p7zip-full ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Selecting previously deselected package libhd14.
(Reading database ... 125857 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhd14 (from .../libhd14_14.19-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_14.19-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhd14 (14.19-2ubuntu1) ...

Setting up hwinfo (14.19-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

bfits@bfits-laptop:~$
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ppp0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: RaLink
       vendor: RaLink
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1e:ec:e1:8f:05
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=r8169 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ba:72:a8:f8:63:66
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:2928] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:292d] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem [8086:2932] (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink Device [1814:0781]
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
07:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2382]
07:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381]
07:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller [197b:2383]
07:00.4 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. xD Host Controller [197b:2384]
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 064e:a103 Suyin Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0458:002e KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0fce:d053 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
Bus 004 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 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux bfits-laptop 2.6.27-13-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 26 07:26:43 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.968849] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 1.772188] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.772446] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.1: found MSI capability
[ 1.772699] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.2: found MSI capability
[ 1.772948] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.4: found MSI capability
[ 2.126743] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.200312] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.911102] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.004433] No dock devices found.
[ 3.124504] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.248706] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.456516] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.560717] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.768777] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.872844] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.008703] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 14.276662] sdhci-pci 0000:07:00.0: SDHCI controller found [197b:2382] (rev 0)
[ 14.276790] sdhci-pci 0000:07:00.2: SDHCI controller found [197b:2381] (rev 0)
[ 15.369130] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Acer Crystal Eye webcam (064e:a103)
[ 18.364813] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 23.009062] apm: BIOS not found.
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.612048] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 0.980040] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 0.980424] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[ 14.148614] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:0e/PNP0C0D:00/input/input5
[ 14.148710] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 16.424035] ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off interrupt mode.
bfits@bfits-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

ppp0 no wireless extensions.

bfits@bfits-laptop:~$

I hope you can make sense of it. I certainly cannot!

Thanks for your interest.

Doug

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

Hi Mark,

You are the man! Works perfectly! Thank you! I will share this information with others, giving you full credit.

doug

yeah, thanks.
works for msi wind u100 and Ubuntu 8.10:)