I tried to install the Asus USB-N53 WiFi adapter using the instructions from the "How do I install an Asus USB-N53 WiFi adapter?" however is failing with the message below:
2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1156:20: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘int’ from type ‘kuid_t’
pOSFSInfo->fsuid = current_fsuid();
^
/home/carlos/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1157:20: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘int’ from type ‘kgid_t’
pOSFSInfo->fsgid = current_fsgid();
^
make[2]: *** [/home/carlos/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/carlos/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-39-generic'
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
Additional information:
lsb_release -a:
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
sudo lshw -C network:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 06
serial: d4:3d:7e:54:fd:a6
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 ip=192.168.2.18 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:43 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:f7c04000-f7c04fff memory:f7c00000-f7c03fff
lsmod:
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 12493 1
udf 83847 1
crc_itu_t 12627 1 udf
rfcomm 53664 0
bnep 18895 2
bluetooth 342208 10 bnep,rfcomm
binfmt_misc 13140 1
uvcvideo 71309 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 13048 1 uvcvideo
snd_usb_audio 127948 1
videobuf2_memops 13170 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 39258 1 uvcvideo
snd_usbmidi_lib 24367 1 snd_usb_audio
videodev 108503 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
mxm_wmi 12893 0
joydev 17101 0
hid_topseed 12522 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 45440 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 59259 1
intel_rapl 18301 0
snd_hda_intel 42730 5
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 13845 0
intel_powerclamp 14239 0
snd_hda_codec 164067 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
radeon 1420704 1
snd_hwdep 13272 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 85501 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 14230 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
i915 709887 3
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
coretemp 13195 0
snd_rawmidi 25135 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 55383 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
ttm 72725 1 radeon
kvm_intel 132620 0
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 48868 2 i915,radeon
snd_timer 28584 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
parport_pc 31981 1
kvm 388270 1 kvm_intel
drm 244037 7 ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper,radeon
snd 60939 25 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
soundcore 12600 1 snd
ppdev 17391 0
crc32_pclmul 12967 0
lp 13299 0
mei_me 18195 0
serio_raw 13230 0
i2c_algo_bit 13197 2 i915,radeon
mei 66737 1 mei_me
mac_hid 13037 0
wmi 18673 1 mxm_wmi
intel_smartconnect 12555 0
lpc_ich 16864 0
video 18903 1 i915
parport 40836 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
hid_logitech_dj 18165 0
usbhid 47070 0
hid 87604 5 hid_topseed,usbhid,hid_logitech_dj
usb_storage 48417 1
ahci 25579 3
r8169 61562 0
psmouse 91357 0
libahci 27214 1 ahci
mii 13654 1 r8169
lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0766:0204 Jess-Link Products Co., Ltd TopSpeed Cyberlink Remote Control
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 059b:0475 Iomega Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0b05:179d ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N53 802.11abgn Network Adapter [Ralink RT3572]
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 USB-2.0 "TetraHub"
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:08ce Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 5000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
modinfo rt2800usb | grep 179
alias: usb:v0B05p1790d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0B05p179Dd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
Does anybody know to fix this issue?
Best Answer
Your modinfo result tells us that the default version of the driver rt2800usb covers your device. Let's load it and see if your wireless comes to life:
Do you have a wireless interface, ideally wlan0? Can you click the Network Manager icon and connect? If so, let's get the module to load on boot automatically:
If loading the module does not help, let's look in the logs to see what went wrong: