Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: timremy on March 13, 2010, 06:23:27 PM
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:-\ hello
i am using tc 2.9 and it is great. right now i am using lan wire.
i have a mini netbook that has wifi. the wifi is rt73usb. does anyone know
how i could add that wifi module to my netbook?
thank you
timremy
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searching on "rt73" brings up several threads on the subject..
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hello juanito
thank you.
when i read the post they talk about the file lib/firmware. i checked my files and i
do not see that one. i have a rt73usb.bin file, on another usb, but i do not know where it should
go.
any ideas, please.
timremy
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One of the posts in the thread says this:
A review of the linksys adapter after google search says:
Also for linux the USB Vendor=1737 ProdID=0077, is first recognized by rt2800usb.c in kernel 2.6.31.
That would mean you'll have to wait for the next kernel or try the ralink sta driver :-/
Another of the posts says this: pcmcia: i was using a standard netgear card; with this one, you need the firmware 2.13.12.0.arm from prism54.org; put the firmware into /lib/firmware/ and rename it isl3886pci; then load wireless extensions, and after that rmmod prism54 in order to remove the default prism driver;
usb: netgear w111 v2 works fine; you just have to modprobe rtl8187 in order for it to work;
usb: belkin wireless g adapter works fine too; you have to use the rt73.bin firmeware (similare procedure as above with the prism firmware)
..and there's also this thread http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=3665.msg19377#msg19377 (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=3665.msg19377#msg19377)
I would copy your firmware to /lib and try on your machine to see what happens: $ sudo mkdir /lib/firmware
$ sudo cp rt73usb.bin /lib/firmware
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helllo i downloaded the zip file, it will not extract.
my fault, i dont know what to do.
timremy
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hello
its ok. i really was experimenting.
tc 2.9 is fast off my usb. very nice.
maybe tc 3.0 can include wifi drivers.
if not, why complain, its gets you nowhere.
timremy
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helllo i downloaded the zip file, it will not extract.
if you load the zip-unzip extension, it's as simple as: $ unzip filename.zip
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hello
i got the file to unzip.
now it will not copy to lib/firmware.
timremy
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Assuming you've created the folder /lib/firmware using "sudo mkdir /lib/firmware", then you should be able to copy the firmware with "sudo cp /path-to-file/rt73usb.bin /lib/firmware"
Note that unzipping the firmware might (re)create the original folder structure, so if you unzipped the file in /tmp, it might be in /tmp/some_folder_name/rt73usb.bin
The emelfm extension might be useful for navigating around the tc file structure?
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hello
says permission denied.
timremy
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could you cut & paste exactly the command you use and the error you get please
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hello
i do
from terminal:
sudo mkdir /lib/firmware
a file is created, but if i shut down the computer and come back up,
the file lib/firmware is gone.
when i do sudo cp rt73usb.bin /lib/firmware
i get:
no such file or directory.
if i go to the actual file located in desktop and try to copy it to
lib/firmware i get:
Copying /home/tc/RT71W_Firmware_V1.8/rt73.bin as /lib/firmware/rt73.bin
cp: cannot create '/lib/firmware/rt73.bin': Permission denied
Failed to copy '/home/tc/RT71W_Firmware_V1.8/rt73.bin'
Done
There was one error.
timremy
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a file is created, but if i shut down the computer and come back up,
the file lib/firmware is gone.
This is because you need to either backup /lib/firmware/rt73.bin or, better still, make an extension out of /lib/firmware/rt73.bin - the wiki explains how to do both of these things.
when i do sudo cp rt73usb.bin /lib/firmware
i get:
no such file or directory.
I would guess you need to do: $ sudo mkdir /lib/firmware
$ sudo cp /home/tc/RT71W_Firmware_V1.8/rt73.bin /lib/firmware
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Thank you Juanito for clear tips. It is really only firmware problem. I have made and attached an extension with firmware just in case a Newbie will need it.
If you need it just download the extension. Copy to your /tce/optional directory and add to onboot.lst. On reboot the firmware will be loaded. If you need too use firmware right away load it with tce-load -i /tce/optional/rt73usbfirmware.tcz
md5sum for the file is 7b7e21306f0c18362326278f33e809e0 rt73usbfirmware.tcz
[EDIT] Removed attached extension due to forum policy violation. Rich
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Hi Gawron
You are not allowed to post extensions on the forum so I removed it. If you would consider submitting it to the
repository it would be appreciated.
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I'm sorry. And if someone still needs this firmware it's included in package firmware.tcz from official repo.