Just after posting this I found these pages: http://wiki.debian.org/rt2860sta http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci
which explain that for wheezy rt2800pci is now used instead of rt2860sta. Still, I get this error message... Can anyone help? Thanks, Keith > I am attempting to install a Sabrent 802.11N PCI wireless adapter card > into a fresh wheezy install. I guess I am confused about which firmware > and driver to use. > > When I do a ifup wlan0 I get the follwing error mesage: > > phy0 -> rt2800pci_mcu_status: Error - MCU request failed, no response from > hardware > > Here are some relevant info: > > output of lsmod | grep -i rt > rt2800pci 13628 0 > rt2800lib 39000 1 rt2800pci > crc_ccitt 12331 1 rt2800lib > rt2x00pci 12768 1 rt2800pci > rt2x00lib 29031 3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci > mac80211 166120 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib > cfg80211 113073 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211 > eeprom_93cx6 12423 1 rt2800pci > > output of lspci -kv -nn | grep -i ralink > 00:0e.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2800 802.11n PCI > [1814:0601] > Subsystem: Ralink corp. Device [1814:2860] > > output of uname -r > 3.1.0-1-686-pae > > root@adam:~# ifup wlan0 > [ 1653.608888] phy0 -> rt2800pci_mcu_status: Error - MCU request failed, > no response from hardware > > output of dmesg | grep phy0 > [ 7.436518] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm > 'minstrel_ht' > [ 7.439976] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::radio > [ 7.440172] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::assoc > [ 7.440303] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::quality > [ 1653.608888] phy0 -> rt2800pci_mcu_status: Error - MCU request failed, > no response from hardware > > from the Debian package details page for firmware-ralink (0.34): > This package contains the binary firmware for wireless network cards with > the Ralink RT2501 [Turbo], RT2600, RT5201 [Turbo], RT5600, RT5201USB, > RT2800P[D], RT2700P[D], RT2700E[D], RT2800E[D], RT2800U[D] or RT3000E[D] > chipsets or RT3070/RT3071/RT3072 chips, supported by the rt61/rt61pci, > rt73/rt73usb, rt2860sta, rt2870sta/rt2870, rt3070sta or rt3090sta drivers. > > I have rt2860.bin loaded in /lib/firmware/ (among others) > > This is a dual boot system- XP uses the card just fine, Knoppix does as > well when booted from live cd (using rt2860sta module). > > I think I need the rt2860sta driver. I have tried to compile the driver > from the ralink website with no success, is there a precompiled binary > someplace? > > > Thanks, > Keith Ostertag > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/9e230032debb997c419eefafc24c854b.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
