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Im new here and I need help with my wireless drivers. But have years of experience with Linux in general.

Here is the commands I would type in Debian to get my wireless card working so maybe someone could translate them to Mageia commands for me?

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su

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms patch fakeroot unzip

wget http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum/attachments/3208747/angepasster-2011_040...

unzip angepasster-2011_0406_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO.zip

cd angepasster-2011_0406_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/

sudo make

sudo make install

sudo modprobe -v rt5390sta

sudo depmod -a

sudo update-initramfs -u

I figured out how to do it! Here is the solution
(sorry about seperate commands, Ive been using Mageia for 15 minutes. Im not sure if you can connect packages into one command and if you can how to do it)

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urpmi dkms
urpmi fakeroot
urpmi make
urpmi gcc-c++

Download file Ive attached

(assuming its in Downloads directory)

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su
"your password"
cd Downloads
cd angepasster-2011_0406_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO
make
make install
modprobe -v rt5390sta
depmod -a

Click networking icon at top and it should work!

I am blown away with Mageia so far though. It is very very nice. (and I am a very picky user)

To install multiple packages at once just list them on the same line

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urpmi dkms fakeroot make gcc-c++

As it happens you did not need to install dkms and fakeroot packages anyway but you did need
kernel-netbook-devel-latest (assuming you are running the netbook kernel variant).
Installing dkms would have pulled in the package automatically which is why you did not need to specify it.

Mageia is normally pretty good with wireless drivers. Normally all you have to do is connect via Ethernet, set up software repositories, and then run the new wireless device wizard in Mageia Control Centre. But RT5390 is nor currently supported in Mageia 1 or Cauldron (the development branch)

I see there is a Bug outstanding asking for RT5390 support https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2755 You might like to add your support to this request so it gets some attention in Mageia 2.

Welcome and I hope you enjoy your Mageia experience. Any questions just ask.

rolltide101x, I have looked into it a bit deeper.
The RT5390 should be supported by the rt2800pci driver which is already in Mageia 1 but because of a driver bug it does not recognise RT5390.

A patch has already gone into the kernel tree (not sure at which kernel version).
Details of the patch are here http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/pipermail/users_rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/2011-July/004005.html
I have added this information to bug 2755. The devs may decide to include this in a kernel update for Mageia 1, or else they may decide to wait until Mageia 2. In any case you know how to compile your own driver so it is not urgent.

djennings wrote:To install multiple packages at once just list them on the same line

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urpmi dkms fakeroot make gcc-c++

As it happens you did not need to install dkms and fakeroot packages anyway but you did need
kernel-netbook-devel-latest (assuming you are running the netbook kernel variant).
Installing dkms would have pulled in the package automatically which is why you did not need to specify it.

Mageia is normally pretty good with wireless drivers. Normally all you have to do is connect via Ethernet, set up software repositories, and then run the new wireless device wizard in Mageia Control Centre. But RT5390 is nor currently supported in Mageia 1 or Cauldron (the development branch)

I see there is a Bug outstanding asking for RT5390 support https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2755 You might like to add your support to this request so it gets some attention in Mageia 2.

Welcome and I hope you enjoy your Mageia experience. Any questions just ask.

Thank you, I wasnt sure if you put a comma after each package or not and did not want to type the wrong thing.