Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter Help

[ronrut]

I just replaced a Lenovo G570 laptop(Intel 940 CPU) with a HP g7 (Intel i3-2350) so that virtualization would work in 64 bit. However, the only Linux distro that will work with wireless is Suse 12.1. I've installed Mint, Kubuntu, and Netrunner, and all of them connect perfectly when running live CD, but full installations will not connect. Also, neither does eth0 connect. This makes it hard to investigate online help, since I have to reboot into Windows to work.

The wireless card is a Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n. The same driver is shown in Live CD mode and full mode, rt2800pci.

I'm about cross-eyed reading the various forums for a solution. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanx!

Ron

[ronrut]

I just replaced a Lenovo G570 laptop(Intel 940 CPU) with a HP g7 (Intel i3-2350) so that virtualization would work in 64 bit. However, the only Linux distro that will work with wireless is Suse 12.1. I've installed Mint, Kubuntu, and Netrunner, and all of them connect perfectly when running live CD, but full installations will not connect. Also, neither does eth0 connect. This makes it hard to investigate online help, since I have to reboot into Windows to work.

The wireless card is a Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n. The same driver is shown in Live CD mode and full mode, rt2800pci.

I'm about cross-eyed reading the various forums for a solution. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanx!

Ron

More information; even though all the Ubuntu variations show the available connections, they don't acquire an ip address. They just churn until they time out, then say (in the Network Manager popup) "waiting on authorization", even though there is no physical window coming up to ask for it. It is stored properly in the setup. I found that if I manually install an ip address and netmask, I can connect to the router and log into its setup page. So that means the net card in the laptop is functioning properly. But, no matter how I configure beyond that, no internet. Next I connected the non-working LAN port (basically was just churning for an ip address, like the wireless) directly to the adsl modem, and I got connected and was able to get all the packages updated, etc. I did this in both Netrunner and Mint. However, neither would connect in wireless or LAN when setup normally, as at the beginning.

So, it seems to me that the fairly old Microsoft wireless router is not up to the task at hand, even though it works ok with Suse 12.1 and Win7. The still really odd thing is that they all connect perfectly when using the live CD. I have a new router on the way, and hope to see all this behind me within a day or two!

Ron

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please post the output of:

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
lsusb
iwconfig
rfkill list all
lsmod

by clicking on new reply and click # then paste the information between the brackets.
Thank you

[ronrut]

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maya
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 13 Maya"
Linux dad-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:5390]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company U98Z077.00 Half-size Mini PCIe Card [103c:1636]
	Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
--
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1671]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169

lsusb
No command 'lusb' found, did you mean:
 Command 'lush' from package 'lush' (universe)
 Command 'lsusb' from package 'usbutils' (main)
lusb: command not found

iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"wirelessshit"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:0D:3A:26:2E:F7   
          Bit Rate=36 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=53/70  Signal level=-57 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:102   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1          12713  1 
nls_cp437              16991  1 
vfat                   17585  1 
fat                    61512  1 vfat
uas                    18027  0 
usb_storage            49198  1 
parport_pc             32866  0 
ppdev                  17113  0 
rfcomm                 47604  0 
bnep                   18281  2 
bluetooth             180104  10 rfcomm,bnep
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32474  1 
snd_hda_codec_idt      70795  1 
binfmt_misc            17540  1 
hp_wmi                 18092  0 
sparse_keymap          13890  1 hp_wmi
snd_hda_intel          33773  3 
snd_hda_codec         127706  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13668  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                97188  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
arc4                   12529  2 
uvcvideo               72627  0 
videodev               98259  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    17128  1 videodev
rt2800pci              18715  0 
wmi                    19256  1 hp_wmi
rt2800lib              58925  1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt              12667  1 rt2800lib
rt2x00pci              14577  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00lib              55301  3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
psmouse                87603  0 
serio_raw              13211  0 
mac80211              506816  3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
joydev                 17693  0 
snd_rawmidi            30748  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
rts_pstor             445196  0 
snd_seq                61896  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              29990  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14540  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    78855  16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i915                  468651  2 
cfg80211              205544  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6           12725  1 rt2800pci
mac_hid                13253  0 
drm_kms_helper         46978  1 i915
soundcore              15091  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
drm                   242038  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
mei                    41616  0 
i2c_algo_bit           13423  1 i915
video                  19596  1 i915
lp                     17799  0 
parport                46562  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid                 47199  0 
hid                    99559  1 usbhid
r8169                  62099  0

This was the first cold reboot in Mint since the updates, and I got the message about waiting for networking, then it disabled NetManager. But it did return the fact that it was connected to our router ("wirelesssh*t"). The driver in use is the same one that Suse used.

Thank you for helping.

Ron

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please do:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/rt2800pci.conf

Add one line:

options rt2800pci nohwcrypt=1

Proofread carefully, save and close gedit.

This should work if you are using ubuntu or mint is still based on ubuntu, if it still does not connect post the output of:

nm-tool

Reboot.

[ronrut]

No dice on the conf file, wildmanne39. Below is the output of nm-tool. Still got the message at boot up about waiting on networking. Didn't get that until I got the direct connection and got the updates.

nm-tool
** (process:1966): WARNING **: Could not initialize NMClient /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files

NetworkManager Tool

State: unknown


** (process:1966): WARNING **: error: could not connect to NetworkManager

I think I will boot the live CD and run the diags and see if there is any difference. If I see any, I'll post it.

Ron

[wildmanne39]

Hi, try this:

sudo service Network-manager start

if it does not work try the following with the ethernet plugged in:

sudo dhclient eth0

it appears there is an issue with network manager also post:

ps aux | grep nm-apple

Thanks

[ronrut]

While on the live CD, I went on and got this:

nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            r8169
  State:             unavailable
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        80:C1:6E:60:59:25

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         off


- Device: wlan0  [wirelessshit] ------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            rt2800pci
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        08:ED:B9:10:8E:75

  Capabilities:
    Speed:           54 Mb/s

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
    TIDWELL:         Infra, 00:23:97:C9:46:CD, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 12 WPA WPA2
    Spaceball1:      Infra, 00:18:F8:7C:51:67, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 15 WEP
    *wirelessshit:   Infra, 00:0D:3A:26:2E:F7, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 69 WPA
    garyandmelanie:  Infra, 58:6D:8F:D4:9C:94, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 19 WPA WPA2
    belkin.79c:      Infra, 08:86:3B:14:27:9C, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 19 WPA WPA2

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.2.5
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.2.1

    DNS:             192.168.2.1

booting back into the installed version now.....

Ron

[ronrut]

And here's the rest:

Hi, try this:
Code:

sudo service Network-manager start

Network-manager: unrecognized service

if it does not work try the following with the ethernet plugged in:
Code:

sudo dhclient eth0

RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted

it appears there is an issue with network manager also post:
Code:

ps aux | grep nm-apple

dad       1541  0.0  0.3 678928 15852 ?        Sl   21:26   0:00 nm-applet
dad       2314  0.0  0.0  13580   936 pts/1    S+   21:37   0:00 grep --colour=auto nm-apple

Ron

[wildmanne39]

Hi, this is very hard without at least one form of connection to the internet, can you tether you cell phone?

If not do you have synaptic installed?

Also go into your router settings and change wpa to just wpa2 if you have that option it works best with ubuntu.
Thanks