Ralink wireless card does not work [SOLVED]

[jiaweihuo]

I asked a question on Ubuntu's launchpad in the following link:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/208994

And I got an answer from this forum. But I don't know what exactly to do. So I ask this question here again, with more details in the previous link.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

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IGNORE THIS POSTING, AND SEE MY NEXT POSTING BELOW.

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Can you open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), then run these commands and post the output back here:

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sudo lshw -C network

and

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ifconfig

and

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iwconfig

and

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iwlist scanning

and

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rfkill list

Be aware .. the first command will prompt fro your password .. enter it and hit enter .. you won't see anything echoed to screen whilst you type your password (not even ******) but it is going in .. also be aware that command will take a frew seconds to complete.

and remember, Linux commands ARE case sensitive .. so that's a capital C in the first command.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, ignore the above posting .. I got the vendor:device ID string from your launchpad posting

The Vendor:Device ID string for your wireless adapter is 1814:3290 which means it has an Ralink RT3290 chip .. so you need the rt3290sta drivers.

So enter these commands in sequence to download and install them (you will NEED to be connected to the internet with an ethernet cable whilst you do this), it may also be best to copy/paste the commands into the terminal:

Open a terminal and run:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic

wait for that command to finish and leave you back at an $ prompt, then run:

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cd ~

then:

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wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11876059/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508.tar.gz

then:

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tar -xvf DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508.tar.gz

then:

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cd ~/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508

then:

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sudo su

enter your password when prompted and hit enter (the prompt should change from $ to #), then:

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make

then when that finishes:

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make install

then:

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exit

then:

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sudo modprobe rt3290sta

Did your wireless spring to life ? .. if so, does it survive a reboot (ie. does wireless still work after a reboot) ?

[jiaweihuo]

Thank you very much. Problem solved.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

You're welcome

Can you pease edit your first posting in this thread, and change the "Subject" line to:-

Ralink wireless card does not work (SOLVED)

Thanks in advance.

[jiaweihuo]

One more question. It does not survive after reboot. I think I can solve this problem by myself. Thanks.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Run this command:

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sudo gedit /etc/modules

add a NEW LINE at the bottom that reads:-

rt3290sta

SAVE the file .. and reboot to test.


Any driver modules listed in /etc/modules are automagically loaded at bootup

And thanks for marking the topic (SOLVED)

[jiaweihuo]

Run this command:

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sudo gedit /etc/modules

add a NEW LINE at the bottom that reads:-

rt3290sta

SAVE the file .. and reboot to test.


Any driver modules listed in /etc/modules are automagically loaded at bootup

And thanks for marking the topic (SOLVED)

Thanks, it works.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

You're welcome .. again

[iManu]

Hello I've follow your tutorial to install the driver and it work but every time I go on Firefox i get a kernel panic ? Can you help me please

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:

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ping -c 5 google.com

and post the output.

[iManu]

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PING google.com (74.125.228.34) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from iad23s06-in-f2.1e100.net (74.125.228.34): icmp_req=1 ttl=54 time=51.6 ms
64 bytes from iad23s06-in-f2.1e100.net (74.125.228.34): icmp_req=2 ttl=54 time=43.1 ms
64 bytes from iad23s06-in-f2.1e100.net (74.125.228.34): icmp_req=3 ttl=54 time=41.4 ms
64 bytes from iad23s06-in-f2.1e100.net (74.125.228.34): icmp_req=4 ttl=54 time=50.3 ms
64 bytes from iad23s06-in-f2.1e100.net (74.125.228.34): icmp_req=5 ttl=54 time=42.6 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 41.470/45.864/51.661/4.268 ms

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, so it doesn't appear to be a networking issue .. which distro/version are you running ?

Does it work with another browser ?

[iManu]

Ubuntu 12.10, The wierd thing is everything is working perfectly when I'm connect wired !

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, is this a USB wireless adapter ?

Can you post he output from:

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sudo lshw -C network

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ifconfig

and

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iwconfig

and

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iwlist scanning

and

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rfkill list

and

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lsusb

and

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lsmod