Re: Trouble getting Netgear MA101 USB adapter working

I have not researched this very thoroughly, but it sounds like you might 
have the hotplug problem that this forum thread is talking about: 
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=5164&highlight=belkin+wlan
 Maybe that will point you in the right direction...

 On 8/26/05, Stefan Bidigaray <[email protected]> wrote: 
> 
> I've been trying to get this driver to work under a Debian system for
> almost a month now with no luck. I'm currently using Ubuntu 5.04,
> with the 2.6.10 kernel. For ease, of installation, I downloaded the
> following files from the Debian repository:
> http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/at76c503a-source
> http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/atmel-firmware
> 
> It was pretty simple unpacking these files using dpkg, and I thnk they
> went to the appropriate places. After unpacking at76c503a-source, a
> .tar.gz file was copied to /usr/src, which I unzipped. After that, I
> got the source code installed under /usr/src/modules/at76c503a (which
> I thnk is the correct place). I built the package with no errors, and
> here's the messages if you're interested:
> 
> root@ubuntu:/usr/src/modules/at76c503a # make
> mkdir -p .tmp_versions
> cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build/.tmp_versions/*.mod
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/.tmp_versions
> cp: cannot stat `/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build/.tmp_versions/*.mod':
> No such file or directory
> make: [modules] Error 1 (ignored)
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build
> SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/at76c503a
> MODVERDIR=/usr/src/modules/at76c503a/.tmp_versions \
> EXTRA_CFLAGS="" modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386'
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-i3861.o
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-rfmd.o
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-rfmd-acc.o
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505-rfmd.o
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-i3863.o
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505-rfmd2958.o
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505a-rfmd2958.o
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503.o
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503.c: In function `ieee80211_to_eth':
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503.c:3948: warning: assignment from
> incompatible pointer type
> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76_usbdfu.o
> Building modules, stage 2.
> MODPOST
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76_usbdfu.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76_usbdfu.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-i3861.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-i3861.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-i3863.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-i3863.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-rfmd-acc.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-rfmd-acc.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-rfmd.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-rfmd.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505-rfmd.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505-rfmd.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505-rfmd2958.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505-rfmd2958.ko
> CC /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505a-rfmd2958.mod.o
> LD [M] /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c505a-rfmd2958.ko
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386'
> root@ubuntu:/usr/src/modules/at76c503a # make install
> for i in at76c503-i3861.ko at76c503-rfmd.ko at76c503-rfmd-acc.ko
> at76c505-rfmd.ko at76c503-i3863.ko at76c505-rfmd2958.ko
> at76c505a-rfmd2958.ko at76c503.ko at76_usbdfu.ko; do \
> find /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386 -name $i -exec rm -f {} {}.orig \; ;done
> mkdir -p .tmp_versions
> cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build/.tmp_versions/*.mod
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/.tmp_versions
> cp: cannot stat `/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build/.tmp_versions/*.mod':
> No such file or directory
> make: [modules] Error 1 (ignored)
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build
> SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/at76c503a
> MODVERDIR=/usr/src/modules/at76c503a/.tmp_versions \
> EXTRA_CFLAGS="" modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386'
> Building modules, stage 2.
> MODPOST
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5-386'
> mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503
> install -m 644 -o 0 -g 0 at76c503-i3861.ko at76c503-rfmd.ko
> at76c503-rfmd-acc.ko at76c505-rfmd.ko at76c503-i3863.ko
> at76c505-rfmd2958.ko at76c505a-rfmd2958.ko at76c503.ko at76_usbdfu.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503
> /sbin/depmod -ae
> 
> After that was done, I just plugged in the USB adapter and I get the
> following lines on syslog:
> 
> Aug 26 08:37:39 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device
> using uhci_hcd and address 2
> Aug 26 08:37:40 localhost kernel:
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76_usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade
> (DFU) handler v0.12beta23-fw_dwl loading
> Aug 26 08:37:40 localhost kernel:
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505
> routines v0.12beta23-fw_dwl
> Aug 26 08:37:40 localhost kernel:
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-fw_skel.c: Atmel at76c503 (RFMD)
> Wireless LAN Driver v0.12beta23-fw_dwl loading
> Aug 26 08:37:40 localhost kernel:
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-fw_skel.c: downloading firmware
> atmel_at76c503-rfmd.bin
> Aug 26 08:37:50 localhost kernel:
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-fw_skel.c: firmware
> atmel_at76c503-rfmd.bin not found.
> Aug 26 08:37:50 localhost kernel:
> /usr/src/modules/at76c503a/at76c503-fw_skel.c: You may need to
> download the firmware from http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel or
> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/at76c503a/firmware/
> Aug 26 08:37:50 localhost kernel: at76c503-rfmd: probe of 1-1:1.0
> failed with error -14
> Aug 26 08:37:50 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver 
> at76c503-rfmd
> Aug 26 08:37:50 localhost usb.agent[8137]: at76c503-rfmd: loaded
> successfully
> 
> Which doesn't mke much sense since the firmware is already installed
> from the atmel-firmware package I got from the Debian repository. So
> I go and check what are the files under /lib/hotplug/firmware, and the
> atmel_at76c503a-rfmd.bin isn't there. Here's a list if you want to
> check:
> 
> atmel_at76c502_3com.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c502-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386 ipw2100-1.3.fw-2.6.10-5-386
> ipw-2.2-ibss_ucode.fw-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c502_3com-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c504_2958-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> ipw2100-1.3-i.fw-2.6.10-5-386 isl3890-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c502.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c504a_2958-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> ipw2100-1.3-p.fw-2.6.10-5-386 RADIO0d.BIN-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c502d.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c504.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> ipw-2.2-boot.fw-2.6.10-5-386 RADIO11.BIN-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c502d-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c504c-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386 ipw-2.2-bss.fw-2.6.10-5-386
> RADIO15.BIN-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c502e.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c506.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> ipw-2.2-bss_ucode.fw-2.6.10-5-386 TIACX111.BIN-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c502e-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> atmel_at76c506-wpa.bin-2.6.10-5-386
> ipw-2.2-ibss.fw-2.6.10-5-386 WLANGEN.BIN-2.6.10-5-386
> 
> The modules actually load, and if I do lsmod I see them on the list.
> But if I do "iwconfig" I only get "lo", "eth0", and "sit0", but no
> "wlan0". All three of those say "no wireless extensions."
> 
> Can anyone help me out with this? I've tried getting help everywhere.
> This the only place I haven't looked for help. I'd really like to
> get this working because this is the only thing that is holding me
> from install linux on my main system (I do all the testing on one
> computer, so that I don't mess what I have on my other computer).
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