I upgraded my Ubuntu to a beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid). I have a MSI u100 wind netbook so I have downloaded the remix version.
The most troubles I had with making my Wifi adapter (with Ralink RT2860 chip) to work in encrypted mode (I use WPA2). Apparently the adapter and driver worked with non-encrypted (public) access points but not with my home (and else where) encrypted access points. I took me a while to solve this problem, so I share what I have found to prevent that you will loose so much time too. My solution is based on an older post on ubuntuforums.
Here is how I did it:
1. you must install build-essential (apt-get install build-essential).
2. Run “apt-get update”.
3. And run “apt-get install build-essential”.
4. Downloading the latest drivers http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Hom…ort/Linux.html
5. Extract the archive you downloaded.
6. Open a terminal.
7. Go into the folder you extracted (For me: 2010_01_29_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.3.0.0 )
8. Use gedit/nano/nedit (the editor of your liking) and open Makefile (“gedit Makefile”)
9. Watch where the MODE is set to STA (“RT28xx_MODE = STA”) and TARGET is set to LINUX (TARGET = LINUX) save and close.
10. go to directory the os/linux (“cd os/linux”)
11. Open config.mk (“gedit config.mk”)
12. Change following lines
Quote
# Support wpa_supplicant
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT = n
# Support for Native WpaSupplicant Network Maganger
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT = n
to
Quote
# Support wpa_supplicant
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT = y
# Support for Native WpaSupplicant Network Maganger
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT = y
13. Save and Close config.mk.
14. Return to directory 2010_01_29_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.3.0.0 (“cd ../..”)
15. Run make. (“make”).
16. If you have (a faulty) driver module for your Wifi running then
stop the wireless (“sudo ifconfig wlan0 down” or “sudo ifconfig ra0 down”). BTW, you can see all your network adapter by typing “ifconfig”
17. Remove the module (“sudo rmmod rt2860sta”)
18. Run make install as root (“sudo make install”)
19. Visit the os/linux (“cd os/linux”)
20. Run insmod rt2860sta.ko
21. Connect to wireless access point: “sudo ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.63 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 up”
22. If you want the Wifi to work next time you boot cp the new module to the location its loaded from: “sudo cp rt2860sta.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-17-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/.”
23. Check if you have the new module “modinfo rt2860sta” it should give back the right version nr you compiled. In my case:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-17-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko
version: 2.3.0.0
license: GPL
srcversion: 73F7AA771D91BB10E13F38D
alias: pci:v00001432d00007768sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001432d00007748sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001432d00007738sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001432d00007727sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001432d00007758sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001432d00007728sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001432d00007708sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001A3Bd00001059sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000781sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000701sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000681sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000601sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.32-17-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm: mac:rt28xx: wireless mac addr (charp)
I hope this worked for you too!
Tags: encrypted, Lucid, MSI U100 wind, Ralink, RT2860, Ubuntu 10.04, WPA
