On 03/06/2012 01:16 AM, rahilakasim wrote:
>
> Thanks! Let me wait. I have definitely spent a good amount of time in
> trying to find it from the internet and did not get anything that helped
> to solve the issue...
>
> This is the vendor& device id of the device (VID=0db0& DID=3871)
> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0db0:3871 Micro Star International
>
> It looks like Micro Star International is the vendor. But when I look
> it up in the net, there are references to RaLink corp for this device.
> so I am unsure who is the vendor. That apart, not sure what is happening
> here...
I have no idea where that external driver came from, but it should not be
needed. The reason you got into problems with WIRELESS_EXT is that modern
kernels no longer use that antiquated, obsolete mechanism. Think of trying to
install a Windows 98 driver into Windows 7.
The wireless chip is made by Ralink, which is all that counts. That chip was
purchased by Micro Star and packaged by them, but as far as the driver is
concerned, that is not relevant.
Your device is in the kernel's USB tables for rt2800usb, and the driver should
be loaded automatically, but let's check that. You say that 'it has the wireless
device', but show no output. In addition, you state that you get no scan
results, but again produce no output. Thus we will do some elementary checking.
1. Does /usr/sbin/iwconfig show a wireless device? If not, your driver is not
loading.
2. Does 'ls /lib/firmware/rt2870.bin' produce any output? If not, your firmware
is not installed.
3. If the answers to 1 and 2 are yes, then does '/usr/sbin/rfkill list' show any
blocks? To be able to do this, you may have to 'sudo zypper install rfkill'.
Please return the answers to 1 - 3. We can go from there. In addition, indicate
if you are using NetworkManager, and if you are using KDE or Gnome.