Ubuntu 11.10 no wireless

[kdbannon]

My comp had the exact problem but this thread basically helped fix it

[peartruck]

Thanks praseodym and wildmanne39 - I'm finally wireless!

[wildmanne39]

Hi peartruck, I am glad it is working and the reason the first commands you tried did not work is because you have a different broadcom card then the one those commands are for.
Thanks

[mapr]

I can not get my wifi to work and hope someone can help me. What information is needed to help me?

[praseodym]

Please show

uname -a
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
lsusb
lsmod
rfkill list

[mapr]

Please show

uname -a
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
lsusb
lsmod
rfkill list

uname -a:
Linux Martin-Laptop 3.0.0-16-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 17:50:54 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net:
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3090]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1453]
Kernel driver in use: rt2860
--
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:149c]
Kernel driver in use: r8169

lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:1000 Ralink Technology, Corp.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0408:03b2 Quanta Computer, Inc. HP Webcam

lsmod:
Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 8
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
joydev 17393 0
uvcvideo 67271 0
hp_accel 21632 0
radeon 929507 2
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
ttm 65224 1 radeon
lis3lv02d 19280 1 hp_accel
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31426 1
mei 36466 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60049 1
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
hp_wmi 13652 0
snd_hda_intel 24262 3
snd_hda_codec 91859 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
drm 192194 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80435 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 55902 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel ,snd_hda_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_s eq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
wmi 18744 1 hp_wmi
i7core_edac 23254 0
edac_core 46858 3 i7core_edac
input_polldev 13648 1 lis3lv02d
btusb 18160 2
bluetooth 148839 23 bnep,rfcomm,btusb
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
video 18908 0
rt3090sta 794403 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21634 3
libahci 25727 1 ahci
r8169 43104 0

rfkill list:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

[praseodym]

Try the module rt2800pci:

sudo modprobe -rfv rt3090sta
sudo modprobe -v rt2800pci

Check:

iwconfig
sudo iwlist scan
dmesg | grep rt2

[mapr]

Try the module rt2800pci:

sudo modprobe -rfv rt3090sta
sudo modprobe -v rt2800pci

Check:

iwconfig
sudo iwlist scan
dmesg | grep rt2

sudo modprobe -rfv rt3090sta:
rmmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/updates/dkms/rt3090sta.ko

sudo modprobe -v rt2800pci:
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/lib/crc-ccitt.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko

iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

sudo iwlist scan:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

dmesg | grep rt2:
[ 26.118164] rt2860 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 26.118190] rt2860 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 736.813565] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 736.849299] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::radio
[ 736.849349] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::assoc
[ 736.849401] Registered led device: rt2800pci-phy0::quality



Now the wifi works. What was it that made it work? It's good to know if it happens again. Thanks for the help.

Edit:
Sadly, it didn't solve the problem. When I restarted the computer, the wifi wasn't working again. I have uninstalled the network manager and now I only have wicd network manager.

[praseodym]

Please show:

lsmod
egrep 'rt2|rt3' /etc/modprobe.d/*
cat /etc/modules

[mapr]

Please show:

lsmod:
Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 8
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31426 1
radeon 929507 2
binfmt_misc 17292 1
joydev 17393 0
hp_accel 21632 0
hp_wmi 13652 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60049 1
snd_hda_intel 24262 3
snd_hda_codec 91859 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
uvcvideo 67271 0
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
ttm 65224 1 radeon
lis3lv02d 19280 1 hp_accel
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm 80435 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 192194 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 55902 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel ,snd_hda_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_p cm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i7core_edac 23254 0
edac_core 46858 3 i7core_edac
mei 36466 0
input_polldev 13648 1 lis3lv02d
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
btusb 18160 2
bluetooth 148839 23 bnep,rfcomm,btusb
wmi 18744 1 hp_wmi
video 18908 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
rt3090sta 794403 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
r8169 43104 0
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci

egrep 'rt2|rt3' /etc/modprobe.d/*:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist rt2800pci
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf~:blackli0st rt2800pci
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf~:blacklist rt2800pci

cat /etc/modules:
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rt3090sta
rt3390sta