Installing RT5370 module issue

[tom14]

I received my RT5370 usb wifi dongle,but I can't get it work.I'm note sure if I did the installation properly.I've got cd with the dongle,plus I downloaded the driver-module from Ralink site.They don't seem identical though,and now I'm note sure which one I have installed if I did any at all
Here are some infos:

tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ lsb_release -d
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1          12617  0 
nls_cp437              12751  0 
vfat                   17308  0 
fat                    55605  1 vfat
usb_storage            39646  0 
rt2800usb              22373  0 
rt2800lib              53298  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00usb              20099  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              48923  3 rt2800usb,rt2800lib,rt2x00usb
arc4                   12473  2 
joydev                 17393  0 
snd_intel8x0           33455  3 
snd_ac97_codec        110213  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                80916  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_rawmidi            25424  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
ath5k                 145127  0 
radeon                733899  2 
snd_seq                51592  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ath                    19387  1 ath5k
rtl8187                56323  0 
snd_timer              28931  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac80211              436493  5 rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib,ath5k,rtl8187
snd_seq_device         14172  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
pcmcia                 39826  0 
ttm                    65344  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         45466  1 radeon
snd                    62218  13 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse                96744  0 
cfg80211              178877  5 rt2x00lib,ath5k,ath,rtl8187,mac80211
drm                   197641  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
soundcore              14635  1 snd
smsc_ircc2             28358  0 
serio_raw              13027  0 
snd_page_alloc         14115  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
eeprom_93cx6           12687  1 rtl8187
yenta_socket           27428  0 
irda                  185517  1 smsc_ircc2
pcmcia_rsrc            18367  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            21511  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
rfcomm                 38139  4 
bnep                   17830  2 
bluetooth             158447  10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc             32114  1 
ppdev                  12849  0 
video                  19115  0 
crc_ccitt              12627  2 rt2800lib,irda
binfmt_misc            17292  1 
i2c_algo_bit           13199  1 radeon
wmi                    18744  0 
mac_hid                13077  0 
shpchp                 32265  0 
lp                     17455  0 
parport                40930  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci          40180  0 
tg3                   141465  0 
firewire_core          56940  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
floppy                 60184  0 
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$

I would like to remove or uninstall previous installation,and do a fresh one,and do it properly.Thanks in advance for your help...

[chili555]

mac80211 436493 5 rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib,ath5k,rtl8187

Wow, Tom! You have a variety of wireless drivers loaded, most of which not only have nothing to do with your device, but probably conflict. Let's clean them up and see if the USB springs to life. First, open a terminal and do:

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

If any of the highlighted drivers except the rt2800xx gang are listed to be loaded automatically, remove them. Proofread carefully, save and close gedit. If you are in any doubt, post the contents of the file here and we'll work together.

The driver suite rt2800usb ought to drive your USB without any need to compile a downloaded driver once we get rid of the conflicts. Reboot and show us:

lsusb
iwconfig

Do you have an internal device that's not working as expected? We probably need to blacklist its driver, as well. Please run and post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

[tom14]

Wow, Tom! You have a variety of wireless drivers loaded, most of which not only have nothing to do with your device, but probably conflict. Let's clean them up and see if the USB springs to life. First, open a terminal and do:

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

If any of the highlighted drivers except the rt2800xx gang are listed to be loaded automatically, remove them. Proofread carefully, save and close gedit. If you are in any doubt, post the contents of the file here and we'll work together.

The driver suite rt2800usb ought to drive your USB without any need to compile a downloaded driver once we get rid of the conflicts. Reboot and show us:

lsusb
iwconfig

Do you have an internal device that's not working as expected? We probably need to blacklist its driver, as well. Please run and post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

There's only one thing listed at /etc/modules,it's lp,that's all.And also,there's nothing under lspci but info how to use it.Nothing listed.Internal module is ath5k,which I disconnect with modprobe -r ath5k

[chili555]

Did you carefully enter the whole command? You can certainly copy and paste:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

If it still produces no result, then try:

lspci -nn

Please let me see:

cat /etc/modules
ls /etc/modprobe.d

We must be missing something else why would rtl8187 load??

[tom14]

Did you carefully enter the whole command? You can certainly copy and paste:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

If it still produces no result, then try:

lspci -nn

Please let me see:

cat /etc/modules
ls /etc/modprobe.d

We must be missing something else why would rtl8187 load??

Here are the informations you've asked for::

tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ sudo su
[sudo] password for tom: 
root@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:/home/tom# lspci -nn | grep 0280
root@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:/home/tom# exit
exit
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3340] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller [8086:3341] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV350/M10 [Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo] [1002:4e50]
02:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller [1217:7223]
02:06.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller [1217:7223]
02:06.2 System peripheral [0880]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator [1217:7110]
02:06.3 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller [1217:7223]
02:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx] [104c:8023]
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M_2 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165e] (rev 03)
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$ ls /etc/modprobe.d
alsa-base.conf           blacklist-framebuffer.conf   blacklist-watchdog.conf
blacklist-ath_pci.conf   blacklist-modem.conf         vmwgfx-fbdev.conf
blacklist.conf           blacklist-oss.conf
blacklist-firewire.conf  blacklist-rare-network.conf
tom@tom-HP-Compaq-nc8000-DU449EA-ABD:~$

[chili555]

Is your internal Atheros not working as expected? Why did you need to get the USB? Do have any idea why rtl8187 loaded? Did you load it explicitly from the terminal? There are a few mysteries here!

[tom14]

Is your internal Atheros not working as expected? Why did you need to get the USB? Do have any idea why rtl8187 loaded? Did you load it explicitly from the terminal? There are a few mysteries here!

The router I use now is 70 yards away,only windows in between.The reason I ordered rt5370 was,I wanted to try some other chipset.My rtl8187 adapter didn't work good at all with 200 yards away router,and there was no way to use internal module for such a distance.Since I started to connect to closer router,throughout all of October,my rtl8187 was working fine,and even internal Atheros was working fine.Now,the situation is,I have a good connection for 5 to mostly 30 minutes,than it drops (both RTL8187 and Atheros are acting similarly),but most of the time I shut off Atheros because RTL has better reception with it's dish-like antenna.If everything's ok with RTL8187 connection,I wouldn't care for this new dongle.Both of them,RTL8187 and RT5370 have full signal and best link quality when I use them on MS-Windows,plus RT5370 is n type,it's so fast.I would like to have at least one reliable adapter that works with my ubuntu,which,by the way,more I use it,more I love it.Only this connection issue...

[chili555]

Let's blacklist the ath5k.

sudo -i
echo "blacklist ath5k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
modprobe -r rtl8187
modprobe -r ath5k
exit

Now let us see:

nm-tool

Does the USB see networks and try to connect?

[tom14]

Let's blacklist the ath5k.

sudo -i
echo "blacklist ath5k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
modprobe -r rtl8187
modprobe -r ath5k
exit

Now let us see:

nm-tool

Does the USB see networks and try to connect?

I did all that,nm-tool shows only wired tg3 driver,and no wireless.I'm pretty sure that I've messed up something while playing with RT5370 driver installation,and now it won't load the driver...

[chili555]

Does it start if you do:

sudo modprobe rt2800usb