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    ralink3090/ubuntu11.04 can not install wireless driver

    hi,all

    my netbook wireless card is ralink3090,it works fine in ubuntu10.10 after I upgrade to 11.04 it down.

    I downloaded a driver from http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2,but I can not install it.

    Code:
    hupengxing@hupengxing-netbook:~/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO$ make
    make -C tools
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools'
    gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools'
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools/bin2h
    cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/Makefile
    make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux modules
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
      CC [M]  /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.o
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.c: In function ‘RtmpAsicLoadFirmware’:
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.c:352:2: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.c:355:2: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘writel’ makes integer from pointer without a cast
    /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h:66:1: note: expected ‘unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘ULONG *’
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_mcu.c:356:2: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 2 has type ‘ULONG’
      CC [M]  /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.o
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:679:2: warning: ‘enum tx_power_setting’ declared inside parameter list
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:679:2: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:678:29: error: parameter 2 (‘Type’) has incomplete type
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:676:12: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:1355:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:1378:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:1379:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:1380:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:1381:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    /home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.c:1388:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    make[2]: *** [/home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/cfg80211.o] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [_module_/home/hupengxing/Downloads/20101216_RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux] Error 2
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
    make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
    please help me.

    thanks!

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    Re: ralink3090/ubuntu11.04 can not install wireless driver

    Take a look at the following thread:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1783881

    and the thread suggested in it.
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    Re: ralink3090/ubuntu11.04 can not install wireless driver

    Quote Originally Posted by manzdagratiano View Post
    Take a look at the following thread:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1783881

    and the thread suggested in it.
    thank u!

    but that does not work for me, I can not pass "make" and I don't have "common/rt2870.bin" file

    what should I do next ?

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    Re: ralink3090/ubuntu11.04 can not install wireless driver

    I wonder if your wireless device is not working as expected because there is a conflict with the built-in driver, as often happens. Let's have a look at:
    Code:
    lsmod | grep rt
    lspci -nn
    Thanks.
    "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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