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Help with rt73 in Debian Lenny

Terzo

Terzo

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I decided to branch out a little bit in linux. I figured debian would be a good transition from ubuntu (what I currently run) since they're so similar...and I'm already having problems.

I have a linksys wusb54gc with the rt73 chipset and I cannot get it to work. I have not been able to get it to work since just about everything I find requires a working internet connection. Worst case scenario I could move the computer next to the router and use ethernet temporarily, but I'd rather not.

Is there a way for me to set up the wireless card without having an internet connection? I will be able to download files from another computer and transfer them on a flash drive.
 
Yeah, that's what I was trying to use. But shouldn't most of those dependencies be on the dvd already, and you just have to build them or something similar? I remember a while ago for whatever reason I was installing stuff from the ubuntu disc, and the guide had something about make build essentials. Would something similar be possible for the wireless-tools package? I'll probably just give in and move the box close to the router, but I'd like to know for future instances.
 
firmware-ralink is in non-free so it won't be on the base DVD. But it's got no dependencies so you should be able to install it just by grabbing the .deb and doing 'dpkg -i blah.deb'. The wireless-tools package is in main and I'd be surprised if it's not installed already.
 
Nothinman said:
firmware-ralink is in non-free so it won't be on the base DVD. But it's got no dependencies so you should be able to install it just by grabbing the .deb and doing 'dpkg -i blah.deb'. The wireless-tools package is in main and I'd be surprised if it's not installed already.
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They should look into the firmware OpenBSD distributes. It's freely distributable under a decent license.
 
Nothinman said:
Was that firmware written by OpenBSD guys or did they manage to negotiate something with RALink?
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They did not write it. Most of the OpenBSD devs don't seem to interested in writing firmware for hardware (if the tools for that even run on OpenBSD), they're more interested in writing an OS.
The copyright in the license is assigned to RaLink, and the license looks relatively BSD-ish.
Example: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/microcode/rum/rum-license?rev=1.3
 
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