Please help me installing RT3070STA

[Sam Varshavchik]

신승원 writes:

> I really appreciate your advice, but I need a solution that can be done  
> without return it and buying another...

The error messages you've shown below suggest that the vendor's kernel  
module was compiled and built for a different kernel version than what you  
have F14.

All modules must be compiled for a specific version of the kernel. Just  
because you're looking at something that claims that it's a kernel module  
doesn't mean that you can actually sprinkle some fairy dust over it, load  
it, and it'll work. It doesn't work this way. Vendors typically build their  
modules for specific kernels. Usually the "enterprise" kernel builds, like  
RHAS or Suse kernels. Maybe, if you're lucky, they'll have a build for a  
three year old Fedora kernel. Which will be just as useless to you as  
anything else. Modules have to be compiled specifically for whatever kernel  
version you're running. Even if you manage to install this module now, the  
next time you update the kernel the module isn't going to work any more, and  
you'll have to build it again.

If the vendor provides the source for their module, you might be able to  
build it yourself, for whatever kernel you're running. It's not something  
than an ordinary non-technical user could do, you have to have a development  
background. Quite often you'll find that the module won't build at all,  
because something has changed in the kernel after the module was written,  
then you'll have to figure out what has changed, and what needs to be done  
to the module to fix it, and hopefully it'll work.

Again, the path of least resistance for most people is to always use  
hardware that's directly supported by the kernel.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Sam Varshavchik"<mrsam at courier-mta.com>
> To: "Community support for Fedora users"<users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
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> Sent: 11-04-26(화) 21:40:10
> Subject: Re: Please help me installing RT3070STA신승원 writes:
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> > I asked about errors installing fedora(H67,i5-2300,GT240,SATA3 500Gbps,
> > remember?)
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> >  
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> > But after I changed the port, it worked successfully.
> >
> >  
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> > And this is software problem.
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> > I use wireless internet and I tried to install the driver.
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> > The chipset of it is RT3070, so I visited
> > '/<URL:http://www.ralinktech.com/ 
> %3Ehttp://www.ralinktech.com/>www.ralinktech.com/>http://www.ralinktech.com/'  
> and downloaded
> > the driver,
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> >  
> >
> > and I unpacked the compress file(the file ended with 'bz2' but the real
> > format was 'gzip').
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> >  
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> > Logged in root and after I edited the settings, I did 'make' and 'make
> > install' in terminal.
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> >  
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> > Certainly, there was no error, but some warnings about difference between
> > variables.
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> >  
> >
> > And when I did 'modprobe rt3070sta', there was an error - 'Unknown symbols  
> in
> > module' and 'see dmesg'.
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> > I found these things in dmesg :
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> > [  606.338451] rt3070sta: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
> > [  606.338454] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
> > [  606.338552] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_alloc_urb (err 0)
> > [  606.338618] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_free_urb (err 0)
> > [  606.338726] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_alloc_coherent (err 0)
> > [  606.338886] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_register_driver (err 0)
> > [  606.339025] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_put_dev (err 0)
> > [  606.339084] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_get_dev (err 0)
> > [  606.339184] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_submit_urb (err 0)
> > [  606.339329] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_free_coherent (err 0)
> > [  606.339501] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_control_msg (err 0)
> > [  606.339691] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_deregister (err 0)
> > [  606.339941] rt3070sta: Unknown symbol usb_kill_urb (err 0)
> > It seems that these all starts with 'usb_'.
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> > I enabled 'wpa_supplicant' service.
> >
> >  
> >
> > What can I do? Please Help me...
>
> The best thing for you to do is to return your network adapter and get one
> that's natively supported in Linux.
>
> Unlike MS-Windows, where hardware drivers are typically supplied by the
> manufacturer, all drivers for most common hardware are directly included in
> the Linux kernel. The Linux kernel community always accepts drivers from
> active and responsive OEMs for direct inclusion and distribution as part of
> the stock Linux kernel.
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> Most common wireless network hardware is already supported by Linux, out of
> the box. If your hardware is not supported, return it and get one that does.
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> [IMAGE]
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