Persisting Ralink 5392 Wireless driver issues

[jgomez2]

jgomez2@SJ:~$ lsmod | grep -e rt2 -e rt5
rt5390sta            1456505  1 
rt2800pci              18528  0 
rt2800lib              58685  1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt              12667  1 rt2800lib
rt2x00pci              14475  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00lib              54891  3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
mac80211              539908  3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211              206566  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6           13302  1 rt2800pci

And I trustingly took your advice with the removal of that file.

jgomez2@SJ:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf 
# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
blacklist snd_aw2

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54

# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx

# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps

# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi

# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp

# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr

# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac
blackist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2800lib
blacklist rt2x00lib
blacklist rt2x00pci

[chili555]

Ah, ha! I see it! Please do:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Change this line:

blackist rt2800pci

To this:

blacklist rt2800pci

Proofread, save and close gedit and reboot.

[jgomez2]

Unsurprisingly you were correct:

jgomez2@SJ:~$ lsmod | grep -e rt2 -e rt5
rt5390sta            1456505  1

However, when I rebooted without the ethernet, I got to my desktop and not too long after my screen went black with an extensive list of what looked like errors on it and froze...so i had to hold down the power button to hard shutdown, rebooted, and the second time when it went black i took a few pictures. Since my monitors are widescreen to get the whole image would take a while but here is the clear one.

[jgomez2]

Im certainly glad you like problem solving cuz this is driving me crazy.

[chili555]

If you reboot with the ethernet connected, can you remove the driver?

cd Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO
sudo su
make uninstall
modprobe -r rt5390sta
exit

I fear we must then troubleshoot rt2800pci.

[jgomez2]

jgomez2@SJ:~$ cd Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/
jgomez2@SJ:~/Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO$ sudo su
[sudo] password for jgomez2: 
root@SJ:/home/jgomez2/Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO# make uninstall
make -C /home/jgomez2/Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/os/linux -f Makefile.6 uninstall
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jgomez2/Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/os/linux'
rm -rf /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt5390sta.ko
/sbin/depmod -a 3.5.0-17-generic
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jgomez2/Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/os/linux'
root@SJ:/home/jgomez2/Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO# modprobe -r rt5390sta
FATAL: Module rt5390sta not found.
root@SJ:/home/jgomez2/Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO# exit
exit

Should I go ahead and un-blacklist the rt2800?

[chili555]

Should I go ahead and un-blacklist the rt2800?

Yes, please and all its cousins, too. Then do:

sudo modprobe rt2800pci

Does it connect? Freeze? Etc.?

[jgomez2]

jgomez2@SJ:~/Desktop$ lsmod | grep -e rt2 -e rt5
rt2800pci              18528  0 
rt2800lib              58685  1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt              12667  1 rt2800lib
rt2x00pci              14475  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00lib              54891  3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
mac80211              539908  3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211              206566  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6           13302  1 rt2800pci

It did not freeze. I removed the modules, added rt2800, restarted with the ethernet...works fine. Restarted with ethernet unplugged, works fine. However now there is absolutely zero WLAN connectivity. At least we got the black screen gone

[chili555]

It did not freeze. I removed the modules, added rt2800, restarted with the ethernet...works fine. Restarted with ethernet unplugged, works fine. However now there is absolutely zero WLAN connectivity. At least we got the black screen gone

Before I take a powerful tranquilizer, are you saying the wireless works and connects with the ethernet connected but not otherwise? How are you sure it's the wireless connection and not ethernet? Does wlan0 have an IP address?

ifconfig

[jgomez2]

NO TRANQs!!!

To be more clear. After we did modprobe rt5390sta the wireless did come on. It did work....when the ethernet was plugged in. On windows I have had trouble in the past using LAN/WLAN when the other is active. Which is why I would restart my comp without the ethernet in order to test the wireless. It is when I would restart without the cable that the comp would go black with that error. When I would plug in the ethernet and restart, it would work fine.

Now, without rt5390sta it is getting nothing.