Quote Originally Posted by orangenick View Post
as root (or sudo before each line):
mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/
touch /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
service network-manager restart

HTH...
This also works on a HP Pavilion DV6 (but check the lspci | grep -i ralink to ensure the expected hardware is actually there), running Lucid 10.04, 64-bit.