Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Logen Kain]

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Not sure if it's me or void, but I get this error.


dmesg |grep htc

[   11.059617] usb 2-1.2: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
[   11.059672] usb 2-1.2: Direct firmware load for htc_9271.fw failed with 
error -2
[   11.059680] usb 2-1.2: ath9k_htc: Failed to get firmware htc_9271.fw
[   11.059850] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[   11.060027] usb 2-1.2: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized


This is a roswell RNX-N150HG.  Seems to work under ubuntu studio 12.04 I 
had lying around on a thumb drive. On void, it doesn't even light up.

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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Juan Romero Pardines]

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error -2 is ENOENT, which means that it couldn't find the requested file.

This file seems to be part of linux-firmware-network. Do you have this pkg
installed?

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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Logen Kain]

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On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 1:28:12 AM UTC-5, Juan RP wrote:
>
> error -2 is ENOENT, which means that it couldn't find the requested file.
>
> This file seems to be part of linux-firmware-network. Do you have this pkg 
> installed?
>

It is installed.  Tried reinstalling anyway, nothing.

But I do find this interesting.

ip addr

4: wwp0s29u1u4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group 
default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:4f:02:b1:71:62 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I believe this is the card.

Since I don't know how to use "ip" yet, I use ifconfig to put it up and 
then ip addr

4: wwp0s29u1u4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 
state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:4f:02:b1:71:62 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::fc4f:2ff:feb1:7162/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Back in the day of Linux where wifi driver hell was a daily part of life, I 
don't remember wifi cards being detected at all with "ifconfig -a" unless 
the driver was working.




 

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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Juan RP]

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I see what's the problem. The kernel driver needs the 1.4.1 firmware, 
linux-firmware-network contains 1.4.0.

Let's see if I can fix this.

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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Juan RP]

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Err my previous comment is wrong, this expects a file named "htc_9271.fw" 
and ours contains the version.

Fixing...

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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Juan RP]

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I've pushed a new update to the linux-firmware pkg (20150413), which 
contains
symlinks for the ath9k firmware files.

Let me know if that works.

Thanks.


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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Juan RP]

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Should be fixed in linux-firmware-network-20150413_2.

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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Juan RP]

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The real issue was that I forget to move the proper firmware files to the 
linux-firmware-network pkg.

linux-firmware-network-20150413_3 now contains them.

Cheers

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Re: Wifi issue RNX-N150HG (atheros)

[Logen Kain]

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On Monday, April 13, 2015 at 10:38:23 AM UTC-5, Juan RP wrote:
>
>
> The real issue was that I forget to move the proper firmware files to the 
> linux-firmware-network pkg.
>
> linux-firmware-network-20150413_3 now contains them.
>
> Cheers
>

Yup, it's working now.  Testing it by posting things.   Thanks for the 
speedy turn around.  I figured it was something I was doing wrong. (Linux 
wi-fi still gives me nightmares) 

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