Re: Ralink RT5370 USB wi-fi not working
If somebody can explain why the user has to do this in 2012, I'd appreciate it. WPA is not built-in or enabled...why?
Not managed by Network Manager, no. Because not every Linux distribution uses or includes NM, Ubuntu Server Edition for example. Not every user wants or needs NM, and especially NM to manage wpa_supplicant, even if it is included; my wife removes it immediately. She's a daredevil.
Any competent driver you download and compile from source is written to try to work with Suse, Mandriva, Ubuntu, LFS, Debian, CentOS, the wacky kids at Gentoo and many more. They do not all work exactly the same. Some customization, known in my part of the country as whittling, is required.
Let's get it installed. First, make sure the prerequisites are installed:
Code:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential
Now, let's compile the driver:
Code:
cd Desktop/2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO <--or wherever you downloaded and extracted the package
sudo su
make
make install
modprobe rt5370sta
exit
Your wireless should be working.
"Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
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