"Enable wireless" is missing, ubuntu 12.04

**varunendra** · July 3rd, 2013

Originally Posted by pretty_whistle

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02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:3290]

Hmm.. quite a new device it is. Please download the proprietary driver (RT3290 PCIe) from here : http://www.mediatek.com/_en/07_downl...ows.php?sn=501

Install this driver as follows :

1) Copy the downloaded file (_2012_0508_RT3290_Linux_STA_v2.6.0.0.tar.bz2) to your Ubuntu desktop.

2) Right-click the file > Extract here. This will extract a folder "DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508" from the archive.

3) Open the file "config.mk" located in the "os/linux" folder in the extracted directory, and change line #31 from "HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n" to "HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y". Save and close the file.

4) Now open a terminal (shortcut - Ctrl+Alt+T), and run the following commands in it -

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cd ~/Desktop/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508
make
sudo make install

Watch out for errors, and post back if there are any, especially during the "make" process. Exactly one error in the last (regarding "tftpboot") is normal and can be safely ignored. Post back the exact error message(s) if there are more.

You may have to reboot or do -

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sudo modprobe -v rt3290sta

..after this to activate the wireless (it will automatically work since next boot).

Let us all know how it goes

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**pretty_whistle** · July 3rd, 2013

Originally Posted by varunendra

Hmm.. quite a new device it is. Please download the proprietary driver (RT3290 PCIe) from here : http://www.mediatek.com/_en/07_downl...ows.php?sn=501

Install this driver as follows :

1) Copy the downloaded file (_2012_0508_RT3290_Linux_STA_v2.6.0.0.tar.bz2) to your Ubuntu desktop.

2) Right-click the file > Extract here. This will extract a folder "DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508" from the archive.

3) Open the file "config.mk" located in the "os/linux" folder in the extracted directory, and change line #31 from "HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n" to "HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y". Save and close the file.

4) Now open a terminal (shortcut - Ctrl+Alt+T), and run the following commands in it -

Code:

cd ~/Desktop/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508
make
sudo make install

Watch out for errors, and post back if there are any, especially during the "make" process. Exactly one error in the last (regarding "tftpboot") is normal and can be safely ignored. Post back the exact error message(s) if there are more.

You may have to reboot or do -

Code:

sudo modprobe -v rt3290sta

..after this to activate the wireless (it will automatically work since next boot).

Let us all know how it goes

.

Hey!! This worked!!!

Can I delete the folder to it from my desktop?

**grahammechanical** · July 3rd, 2013

Do you actually have a wireless adapter in that machine? Perhaps it is a laptop with a keyboard combination that switches the wireless adapter off to safe battery power. Perhaps you are running Windows and have used Windows to switch off the wireless adapter. That will stop it being recongized in Ubuntu because Ubuntu cannot detect a wireless adapter that is not working.

Run

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rfkill list

if the result is

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

Then the issue may be a driver problem but if it is Soft blocked: yes then that means that the wireless adapter is switched off by software. But if it says Hard blocked: yes then that means that the wireless adapter is switch off by a hardware switch such as a keyboard combination.

Try this

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