I just bought a Airlink awll3026 USB wireless adapter as it supposedly is supported by the zd1211 driver in FC6.
When I plug it in I get in dmesg:
usb 1-1: Could not load firmware file zd1211/zd1211b_ub. Error number -2 zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -2 usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 zd1211rw: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2 usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.2.1)
Googling around I see that some file is expected to be found in /lib/firmware, but this directory is empty.
Is there some package I specifically need to install to get the firmware? I have 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.
Philip Walden wrote:
I just bought a Airlink awll3026 USB wireless adapter as it supposedly is supported by the zd1211 driver in FC6.
When I plug it in I get in dmesg:
usb 1-1: Could not load firmware file zd1211/zd1211b_ub. Error number -2 zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -2 usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 zd1211rw: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2 usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.2.1)
Googling around I see that some file is expected to be found in /lib/firmware, but this directory is empty.
Is there some package I specifically need to install to get the firmware? I have 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.
Here is my lsmod. Note the zd1211rw driver is loaded Module Size Used by ath_pci 97060 0 ath_rate_sample 18304 1 ath_pci wlan 191708 2 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample ath_hal 195792 2 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample zd1211rw 54213 0 ieee80211softmac 38081 1 zd1211rw ieee80211 36233 2 zd1211rw,ieee80211softmac ieee80211_crypt 10561 1 ieee80211 autofs4 25797 2 hidp 24513 2 rfcomm 47065 0 l2cap 32065 10 hidp,rfcomm bluetooth 62245 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap sunrpc 166141 1 video 21061 0 sbs 20097 0 ibm_acpi 31809 0 i2c_ec 9281 1 sbs dock 12377 0 button 10961 0 battery 14533 0 asus_acpi 20825 0 ac 9541 0 ipv6 276481 20 lp 16905 0 joydev 13697 0 floppy 61477 0 snd_maestro3 30149 1 snd_ac97_codec 99813 1 snd_maestro3 serio_raw 11333 0 snd_ac97_bus 6593 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_seq_dummy 8133 0 snd_seq_oss 37057 0 snd_seq_midi_event 11841 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 57009 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 12365 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 46433 0 snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 80965 3 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss i2c_piix4 12749 0 ide_cd 42593 0 snd_timer 26693 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 14281 1 snd_pcm i2c_core 26049 2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4 snd 58181 11 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer parport_pc 31205 1 3c59x 47721 0 pcspkr 7360 0 mii 9665 1 3c59x parport 40841 2 lp,parport_pc cdrom 38753 1 ide_cd soundcore 12193 1 snd dm_snapshot 22513 0 dm_zero 6337 0 dm_mirror 26897 0 dm_mod 63321 8 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror ata_piix 20041 0 libata 109272 1 ata_piix sd_mod 25025 0 scsi_mod 141805 2 libata,sd_mod ext3 136905 2 jbd 65001 1 ext3 ehci_hcd 35661 0 ohci_hcd 25433 0 uhci_hcd 28237 0
Philip Walden wrote:
Philip Walden wrote:
I just bought a Airlink awll3026 USB wireless adapter as it supposedly is supported by the zd1211 driver in FC6.
When I plug it in I get in dmesg:
usb 1-1: Could not load firmware file zd1211/zd1211b_ub. Error number -2 zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -2 usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 zd1211rw: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2 usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.2.1)
Googling around I see that some file is expected to be found in /lib/firmware, but this directory is empty.
Is there some package I specifically need to install to get the firmware? I have 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.
I went to: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083 and downloaded the firmware package and put it in /lib/firmware/zd1211.
I then pulled out the adapter plugged it in and the firmware loaded successfully.
After a bit of fiddling I was able to get a WEP connect to my local wireless network using the Sysyem>Administration>Network GUI.
I still have the same question as to where the firmware is in the FC6 set of packages.
Thanks
Phil