Bug 11605

Summary:	Configuring wifi during install fails with missing rt2800 (Missing component rt2800usb) but it works (rtlwifi-firmware is installed)
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	claire robinson <eeeemail>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Anne Nicolas <ennael1>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	sysadmin-bugs, thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	rt2800	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	report.bug.xz

Description claire robinson 2013-11-06 13:54:06 CET

4beta1 DVD 32 (3rd build Nov 5th)

Testing on a new (very old) computer with a usb wifi adapter.

The network is not configured, currently a bug with services not being started.
Configuring the network to use the wifi adapter fails with..

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Some packages (rt2800) are required but aren't available. These packages can be found in Mageia, or in our official nonfree package repository.

The following component is missing: rt2800usb
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Seems like maybe just a missing package.

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 claire robinson 2013-11-06 14:20:21 CET

It appears to be included in the kernel now, maybe ldetect-lst needs updating?

Comment 2 claire robinson 2013-11-06 14:57:13 CET

It connects to wifi ok once installed. I think it's rtlwifi-firmware which it needs. It is installed in the installed system.

Is wifi not supported in the installer or is this just a bug? I'm usually installing with a wired connection.

lsusb shows it as..

ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

Comment 3 claire robinson 2013-11-06 15:16:35 CET

Created attachment 4488 [details]
report.bug.xz

Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2013-11-06 16:19:31 CET

looks like a duplicate of https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11600 to me
"It's a dup then (stage2 not being able to load modules with new stage1)"

but not sure

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Component: Release (media or process) => Installer
Summary: Configuring wifi during install fails with missing rt2800 (Missing component rt2800usb) => Configuring wifi during install fails with missing rt2800 (Missing component rt2800usb) but it works (rtlwifi-firmware is installed)

Comment 5 Thierry Vignaud 2013-11-06 22:39:08 CET

I think so.
Let's reopen it if it's not fixed with the new ISOs

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11600 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE