Re: F13: Latest kernel & NetworkManager updates broke rt2870 wireless connection [SOLVED]

On 08/24/2010 10:46 AM, JD wrote:
On 08/24/2010 10:35 AM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
On 08/24/2010 09:37 AM, Jim wrote:
On 08/24/2010 11:09 AM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
Seems that the kernel/NetworkManager no longer
can load the rt2870sta module. I tried:

# dmesg
usb 1-4: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=14b2, idProduct=3c27
usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-4: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Ralink
usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 1.0

# lssub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 14b2:3c27 Ralink Technology, Corp. rt2870 802.11n
WLAN

# lsmod | grep ra
(nothing)

# modprobe rt2870
FATAL: Module rt2870 not found.

# yum reinstall rt2870 kmod-rt2870
(then checked again, nothing has changed)

I checked everything else, the network-scripts and so on
and the configurations seems intact...

So how can I get my connection back
The Fedora kernels are having problems with module loading.

do a su -c "depmod -ae" .

If that does not help uninstall kernel you are having problems with and
try to yum update and reinstall new kernel.

I have had this problem with a few Fedora kernels on different boxes.
# depmod -ae
WARNING: -e needs -E or -F

Interestingly, the -E option is not listed in the man pages

So I just did:

# depmod -a

I also removed and reinstalled the kernel, rebooted, same problem - does
not work

I noticed there is something weird from the dmesg, particularly with:

rt2870sta: version magic '2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686 SMP mod_unload 686
' should be '2.6.33.8-149.fc13.i686 SMP mod_unload 686'

So it appears that I need a new .ko module and perhaps RPMFusion does not
have it yet and perhaps because they have not caught up to the new kernel...

I wonder if a akmod is available though.

And then, I also noticed from dmesg:
[...]
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:07, inode=12948
name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:07, inode=12948
name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:07, inode=12948
name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:07, inode=12940
<about 100 more of these...>
EXT4-fs (sdb7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb7, type ext4), uses xattr
[...]

Perhaps the above is unrelated to this post - something to do with hard
drive itself
(... and it is brand-new)

So, all in all, rt2870 module does not load.
Can yo tell us exactly how many kernels yo have installed?

rpm -q kernel

will tell you all kernel versions installed.

Why don't stick to having one and only one kernel installed and booted
in order to move forward so when you yum install a kmod module, it
will be for the correct kernel??
Otherwise you will be spinning your wheels for a long time.

I keep at least 3 kernels on hand in cases if there is a problem with
the latest kernel for any reason, such as in this case when I booted
to the previous version and noted that rt2870 was still working.

... and the problem is now solved by installing akmod.

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