WiFi-Stick with MT7612U chipset not working under USB3.0

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Hello,

I’ve got the problem, that my ALFA AWUS036ACM only works in USB 2.0 Ports
here under Fedora 43.

But when I connect the stick to a USB 3.0 Port, I get the following error:
vendor request req:06 off:0080 failed:-110

Someone has the same issue, and maybe a solution therefore?

Many greetings
Andi

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Please provide hardware details (output from running inxi -Fzxx in a terminalj. https://github.com/morrownr/7612u mentions problems with some USB3 chipsets and a workaround.

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Hi,

these are my hardwaredetails.
I have to mention, that I re-plugged my Stick to a USB2-Port, to have internet. :wink:

System:
  Kernel: 6.19.8-200.fc43.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.2 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8P67 PRO REV 3.1 v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU Firmware: UEFI
    vendor: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 11/01/2012
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Mouse
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech MX Keys for Mac serial: <filter>
    charge: 100% (should be ignored) status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1600 min/max: 1600/3800 cores: 1: 1600 2: 1600 3: 1600
    4: 1600 5: 1600 6: 1600 7: 1600 8: 1600 bogomips: 54577
  Flags-basic: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Hawaii XT / Grenada [Radeon R9
    290X/390X] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-2 pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1
    off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,DVI-D-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67b0
    temp: 53.0 C
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1.2.1:5 chip-ID: 046d:0825
  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: Idek Iiyama PL2745Q res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109
    diag: 685mm (27")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 model: Idek Iiyama PL2745Q res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109
    diag: 685mm (27")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.6 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (radeonsi hawaii ACO
    DRM 3.64 6.19.8-200.fc43.x86_64) device-ID: 1002:67b0 display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:67b0 device: 1 type: cpu
    driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
    xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio [Radeon R9
    290/290X / 390/390X] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aac8
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1.2.1:5 chip-ID: 046d:0825
  API: ALSA v: k6.19.8-200.fc43.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK P8P67 Deluxe
    driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1503
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MediaTek MT7612U 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter
    driver: mt76x2u type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1.6:4
    chip-ID: 0e8d:7612
  IF: wlp0s29u1u6 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1.7:8 chip-ID: 0b05:179c
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0
    lmp-v: 5
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 480.28 GiB (41.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 1000GB size: 931.52 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 231.38 GiB used: 152.39 GiB (65.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 511.4 MiB (52.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdb3
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 24.4 MiB (4.8%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdb1
  ID-4: /home size: 931.51 GiB used: 327.36 GiB (35.1%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.57 GiB used: 5.8 GiB (37.2%)
  Processes: 459 Power: uptime: 7m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 258
    default: graphical
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 30
    Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.0 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40
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Check for newer firmware in case the USB3 issue has been fixed.