Compaq Presario CQ 57

[ibrrfarr]

I just purchased a Compaq Presario CQ 57 at the Wal Mart Black Friday sale. I am hoping to install Ubuntu 11.x on it. I have had success in the past with Acer and eMachines and am hoping to get some decent feedback and/or advice before I press forward. Mainly, I an worried about http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1873823&highlight=compaq+cq57 which seems to say there is an issue with the wireless drivers. I have an ethernet cable I can run; however, the wireless is obviously extremely important.

I look forward to any input any and all may have as I would like to preemptively troubleshoot any issues and Google keeps kicking this thread and its offspring all over the place and not much else.

Thanks for reading!

[ibrrfarr]

So, I was bummed that there wasn't one comment here about anything dealing with this thread. Had I been a noob I probably would've thrown in the towel and said, "Hey, if no one has the time to even tell me that they don't have a clue or at least point me to a thread what business do I have here?" With that said, Ubuntu 11.10 is up and running without any problems. The OS is a bit draggy and locks up quitea bit; however, that is Ubuntu and not the laptop. I will post all the features and how they perform on my next post in about an hour.

I guess for those gurus whom scan the posts to 'clear' a system for Ubuntu you can give this laptop a Grade A+ for accepting Ubuntu as I have had no issues.

*** After the fact: Obviously, there is a problem with the OS or the laptop. Still awaiting a single reply a week after the fact. 05DEC11 1725EST New grade B-

[giddy1945]

ibrrfarr, I am also bummed on this issue. I have searched and searched. I have spent many hours, days! You have gone to the trouble of posting, yet you get no response. I have the same laptop, and I tried that version. The freezing prompted me to just let 11.10 cook a while.

[ibrrfarr]

ibrrfarr, I am also bummed on this issue. I have searched and searched. I have spent many hours, days! You have gone to the trouble of posting, yet you get no response. I have the same laptop, and I tried that version. The freezing prompted me to just let 11.10 cook a while.

I am having HORRIBLE freezing issues as well! I have to restart the computer at least six (06) times on any given business eight hour day. I guess it's OS related and am gonna downgrade to 10.10 soon.

Now, seven (07) days later the wireless has quit working. This is simply not acceptable. I am very disappointed in 11.10. I normally don't talk too much about the forums here; however, as there are many high level folks on here I am going to say that I am disillusioned now. This is a classic example of a properly established thread, tags and all. And it appears that the only two (02) folks on here are those with issues. If Ubuntu and it's participating membership hope to ever have a viable OS for those of us in the business community then it would behoove those in power and/or control to chime in. If for no other reason than to say, "Hey, just stopping by and wondered if there were any issues."

I mean 11.10 is a newer OS so I expect a bug or two, but how can the powers that be on this forum even pretend to 'clear' hardware as Ubuntu certified (so to speak) if they do not even have a vetting process in play? Then, if the lag for reply is soooooo long that the OS glitch has either repaired itself or the OS has been moved along to a new version, the post is moot.

Look, Compaq is a mainstream computer company. For those on this forum whom are obviously talented and proficient to bury their heads in the sand and refuse to offer assistance is rather reprehensible. If, though, the new trend is to force inexperienced folks like myself and others to pony up money to hire Ubuntu programmers to talk to and/or fix stuff I will not be using the OS nor will I continue to recommend it to others in the financial community.

VERY DISGRUNTLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ibrrfarr]

Three (03) tests below. LSPCI, IFCONFIG and IFCFIG WAN. Tell me what others you want. Additionally, wireless worked from stick and is listed in the Internet Profile window (or whatever you want to call it). It stopped working seven (07) days ago and yes, the wireless light is lit up. Modem is SAGECOM SE657.


president@OffGridOps:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 9804 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
Memory at 90400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon

00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 4118 [size=8]
I/O ports at 4124 [size=4]
I/O ports at 4110 [size=8]
I/O ports at 4120 [size=4]
I/O ports at 4100 [size=16]
Memory at 90449000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
Memory at 90448000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at 90447000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at 90440000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64

00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
Memory at 90446000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:15.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: 90300000-903fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000090000000-00000000900fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:15.1 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000090100000-00000000901fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:15.3 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: 90200000-902fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:16.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
Memory at 90445000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:16.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at 90444000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
Kernel modules: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
Flags: fast devsel

02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at 90300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: rts_pstor
Kernel modules: rts_pstor

06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at 90104000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at 90100000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

07:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1636
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at 90200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
Kernel modules: rt2800pci

president@OffGridOps:~$ ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission denied
president@OffGridOps:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
[sudo] password for president:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
president@OffGridOps:~$

president@OffGridOps:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 44:1e:a1:c6:da:ec
inet addr:192.168.254.6 Bcast:192.168.254.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::461e:a1ff:fec6:daec/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:17045 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24241 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6320341 (6.3 MB) TX bytes:20597732 (20.5 MB)
Interrupt:43 Base address:0x4000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1560 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:1560 (1.5 KB)

[ibrrfarr]

lspci -nnk lsmod uname -a rfkill list iwconfig ifconfig -a cat /etc/network/interfaces


president@OffGridOps:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12617 0
nls_cp437 12751 0
vfat 17308 0
fat 55577 1 vfat
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 254125 1
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
joydev 17393 0
hp_wmi 13652 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
arc4 12473 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
rt2800pci 18340 0
snd_pcm 80468 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
rt2800lib 48909 1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt 12595 1 rt2800lib
rt2x00pci 14202 1 rt2800pci
rt2x00lib 48114 3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
mac80211 393459 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo 67271 0
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211 172392 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
k10temp 12990 0
eeprom_93cx6 12653 1 rt2800pci
radeon 925094 4
snd 55902 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,sn d_seq_device
ttm 65224 1 radeon
rts_pstor 353227 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sp5100_tco 13495 0
drm 192226 6 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_piix4 13093 0
wmi 18744 1 hp_wmi
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
binfmt_misc 17292 1
video 18908 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
usb_storage 44173 0
uas 17699 0
r8169 43104 0
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci

president@OffGridOps:~$ uname -a
Linux OffGridOps 3.0.0-13-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 2 13:25:36 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

president@OffGridOps:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

president@OffGridOps:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff


president@OffGridOps:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 44:1e:a1:c6:da:ec
inet addr:192.168.254.6 Bcast:192.168.254.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::461e:a1ff:fec6:daec/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:26934 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:36118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:12260758 (12.2 MB) TX bytes:21980205 (21.9 MB)
Interrupt:43 Base address:0x4000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2880 (2.8 KB) TX bytes:2880 (2.8 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 38:59:f9:98:d4:2d
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

president@OffGridOps:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

president@OffGridOps:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


president@OffGridOps:~$ lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex [1022:1510]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex [1022:1510]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9804]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1002:43a0]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:15.1 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1002:43a1]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:15.3 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) [1002:43a3]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:16.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5209] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: rts_pstor
Kernel modules: rts_pstor
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3577]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:5390]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1636]
Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
Kernel modules: rt2800pci

[praseodym]

Try to install this driver:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms patch fakeroot unzip
wget http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum/attachments/3208747/angepasster-2011_0406_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO.zip
unzip angepasster-2011_0406_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO.zip
cd angepasster-2011_0406_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe -rfv rt2800pci
sudo depmod -a
sudo update-initramfs -u 
sudo modprobe -v rt5390sta
echo "blacklist rt2800pci" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rt2800pci.conf

Check:

lsmod
iwconfig
rfkill list
sudo iwlist scan

[ibrrfarr]

Thank you very much for your attention to this thread! As requested:

president@OffGridOps:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rt5390sta 1287707 0
nls_iso8859_1 12617 0
nls_cp437 12751 0
vfat 17308 0
fat 55577 1 vfat
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 254125 1
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
joydev 17393 0
hp_wmi 13652 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
arc4 12473 0
snd_hda_codec 91754 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80468 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo 67271 0
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
k10temp 12990 0
radeon 925094 4
snd 55902 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,sn d_seq_device
ttm 65224 1 radeon
rts_pstor 353227 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sp5100_tco 13495 0
drm 192226 6 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_piix4 13093 0
wmi 18744 1 hp_wmi
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
binfmt_misc 17292 1
video 18908 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
usb_storage 44173 0
uas 17699 0
r8169 43104 0
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci
president@OffGridOps:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ra0 Ralink STA

president@OffGridOps:~$ rfkill list
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
president@OffGridOps:~$ sudo iwlist sca
[sudo] password for president:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ra0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

[praseodym]

Any button/switch/key(s)/key combination to press once or permanently or repeatedly during boot-up? Tried

sudo rfkill unblock all

[ibrrfarr]

Any button/switch/key(s)/key combination to press once or permanently or repeatedly during boot-up? Tried

sudo rfkill unblock all

No special key combos to press during start up. Just rebooted. Still the same. Called provider and no ISP issues. Tested W*indows laptop w/o issue.