RT3290 wireless

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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I have this RT3290 wireless thing in the laptop I use ubuntu on. It took me a while to get working by compiling source I downloaded from some where I forget.

Will be doing a clean install soon and am not looking forward to wrangling this problem again, any one running a linux distro with this wireless driver without problems?

2

Simple here you go.. build it from source.. really the only way I know of

Enter these commands 

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
cd ~
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11876059/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508.tar.gz
tar -xvf DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508.tar.gz

Open "DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/config.mk"
Now make sure

HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y

Go back in the terminal 

cd ~/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508
sudo su
make
make install
sudo modprobe rt3290sta
sudo gedit /etc/modules

Copy these in 

rt3290
rt3290sta

save
Bake to terminal

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Now add these

#Wireless drivers conflicting with rt3562sta
blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2x00pci

save
back to terminal

sudo update-initramfs -u

sudo reboot

DONE very easy.. always install drivers first before doing anything else :D

3

Managed to get it working, thank you.

Also, out of interest, I did run 14.10 ubuntu gnome off a usb disk and found that the kernel it uses, 3.16, seemed to recognise the wireless card and was able to use it fine. It might be time I update.

4

To my knowledge it was added to the kernel? I think. Dont take my word for it

5

I think you are correct. The blue tooth part still doesn't work, just the wireless.
I don't have a use for bluetooth, no big loss for me.