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On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 10:16:39 Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I bought a Wifi USB dongle, on which box was stated: "Linux |
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> cpmpatible, driver available". |
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> As it seams, it was an advertising: |
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> The driver is a source code archive of the vendor - |
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> last updated for kernel ... 2.6.x. |
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> lsusb reports: |
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> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U Wireless |
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> Adapter |
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I don't mean to sound pessimistic but my experience of fighting to get a |
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Ralink USB dongle working many years ago left me disappointed. I was trying |
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to use an opensource driver back then and it was terribly unstable. If you |
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can, I recommend to go back to the shop and buy something with an atheros |
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chipset which worked for me every time with in-kernel drivers. |
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> lspci does not say anything about this device. |
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You need the correct driver, which I understand is not in the kernel tree yet. |
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> I compiled "everything Ralink" into the kernel (4.1.3, vanilla), |
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> but still get only lsusb recognizing this. |
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> Any hope to get it running nonetheless somehow? |
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Go the the MediaTek website and download the appropriate linux driver. Then |
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follow instructions here to install it manually: |
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2206873 |
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Finally modprobe the newly built mt7601Usta module and the device should |
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hopefully show up. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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