Comment 16 for bug 130998

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Mario Capurso (m-capurso) wrote :

I have a different Zydas usb adapter (ORIGO) that failed in a different way:

If you connect a ZyDAS 802.11b WiFi usb, it is seen in the usb list

admin@sassuxp:~$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0ace:1201 ZyDAS 802.11b WiFi

the module is loaded

admin@sassuxp:~$ lsmod

Module Size Used by

zd1201 23812 0

zd1201 23812 0

...

usbcore 138632 3 zd1201,uhci_hcd

...

but dmesg gives the following messages:

[11781.580000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3

[11796.692000] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110

[11811.908000] usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110

[11812.124000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4

[11828.452000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5

[11828.616000] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[11829.200000] usb 1-1: Failed to load zd1201.fw firmware file!

[11829.200000] usb 1-1: Make sure the hotplug firmware loader is installed.

[11829.200000] usb 1-1: Goto http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net for more info.

[11829.200000] usb 1-1: zd1201 firmware upload failed: -2

[11829.200000] zd1201: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2

[11829.200000] usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1201

I solved in this way

I went to

http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-lc100020/

and I got the firmware as a tar.gz

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/lin...5&big_mirror=0

Next I gunzipped zd1201.fw and I copied in /lib/firmware/2.6.22-14-generic/ working as a root.

cp zd1201.fw /lib/firmware/2.6.22-14-generic/

Finally I extracted and reattached the usb wifi adapter.

and dmesg gives :

[18589.160000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7

[18632.704000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8

[18632.868000] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[18633.448000] usb 1-1: wlan0: ZD1201 USB Wireless interface

[18635.540000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready

And now it becomes visible in the network manager