Ralink wifi usb stick can't be verified automatically when Ubuntu start.

[zhengtao]

Now i can use the ralink wifi usb stick(i got help at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147236, thanks Chilly and Bucky Ball), but every time i start ubuntu, it can not identify the usb stick automatically. the "Enable wireless" option in the internet icon is shut down automatically. I have to plug the usb stick out and plug it in, then it will work. How can i solve it? Thanks.

[chili555]

Please open a terminal and do:

sudo su
echo rt2800usb >> /etc/modules
exit

Now does it work as expected?

[zhengtao]

No, it did not work. When the ubuntu starts, the "enable wireless" option in the Internet panel is not choosed. I still have to select the option and plug the wifi usb stick out and in.

[chili555]

Please restart your computer. Before you do anything else, please run:

dmesg > zhengtao.txt
lsmod >> zhengtao.txt
iwconfig >> zhengtao.txt

Start your wireless. Find the text file zhengtao.txt in your user directory and paste it here and give us the link in your reply: http://paste.ubuntu.com/

Thanks.

[zhengtao]

I have done what you said and here the link is:http://paste.ubuntu.com/5703627/.

Thanks.

[praseodym]

The driver is loaded but the card is "off". Check

rfkill list

Please also check in your BIOS if the network starts before the OS

[zhengtao]

The wireless is enabled in the BIOS.
When Ubuntu starts, before I do something-
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

After I choose the "enable wireless" in the Network panel-
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no


And after I plug the wifi usb stick in and out-
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy1: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

[praseodym]

Strange, its renaming phy0 to phy 1. Try "sudo rfkill unblock all" directly after booting with stick plugged.

[zhengtao]

zhengtao@android-AAA:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo: unable to resolve host android-AAA