Re: RaLink 5370 USB Wifi Dongle

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On 09/19/2011 05:38 AM, mike cloaked wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Kevin J. Cummings
> <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 09/18/2011 06:54 AM, mike cloaked wrote:
>>> Great that it works with the f15 kernel - if it is any help I had
>>> until recently been running an f15 kernel in another f14 laptop for
>>> quite a while with no problems (install all the f15 kernel related
>>> packages pulled as rpms from bodhi or koji eg kernel-PAE,
>>> kernel-PAE-devel, kernel-headers, perf ( and any other related rpms),
>>> in one yum [local]install possibly with --nogpgcheck if you have not
>>> got the f15 gpg keys in that machine) - then it should work. In fact
>>> for me it worked even better than the f14 kernel!
>>
>> Yeah, F15 has the newer scheduler, which I hear is *real* *nice*!
>>
>> I tried the following command line:
>>
>> yum install --releasever=15 --nogpgcheck kernel kmod-nvidia
>>
>> It installed the following RPMs for me:
>>
>> kernel-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64
>> linux-firmware-20110601-1.fc15.noarch
>> kmod-nvidia-280.13-2.fc15.2.x86_64
>> module-init-tools-3.16-2.fc15.x86_64
>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64-280.13-2.fc15.2.x86_64
>> glibc-devel-2.14-5.x86_64
>> glibc-common-2.14-5.x86_64
>> glibc-2.14-5.i686
>> glibc-2.14-5.x86_64
>> glibc-headers-2.14-5.x86_64
>>
>> But, when I try and boot, I get an error trying to load some firmware
>> file in /lib/modules/2.6.40.4-5-fc15.x86_64/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/
>>
>> The error message claims that CPU Type 15 is not supported....
>> And it continues, ad infinitum, until I power the machine off and reboot
>> an F14 kernel.
>>
>> Did I miss something else I need to install?
> 
> I usually install perf, kernel-headers, kernel-devel, which are not in
> your list - I will have to dig out my old notes and if I find anything
> else I will let you know.

I'll try them and see if it helps....  Let me know if you find anything
else I'll need.  Thanks.

> I don't know if the glibc stuff which is presumably fairly recent
> caused any clashes with older libraries in your f14 system but it is
> possible.

Presumably, the glibc stuff was installed due to yum dependencies from
the new kernel.

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