Ubuntu 13.04 Ralink rt5390 won't work after upgrade,

Question

I Have an HP 2000 Notebook dualboot with Win7 and Ubuntu 13.04. After I upgraded from 12.10, the wireless network detects wifi but when I try connecting It wont do anything.

I try doing stuff from those websites How do I install a bz2.bz2 file? But I get errors at make and from here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2138302 But since I'm barely new here I don't know how to make the patch to work.

Please help.

Solution

Combining a couple of answers from here

From answer #4

1. download driver http://www.mediatek.com/_en/07_downloads/01-1_windowsDetail.php?sn=5001
2. tar -xvf /home/ukbeast/USERNAME/Downloads/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO_v2.bz2.bz2
3. cd 2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO
4. download patch http://gridlox.net/diff/rt5592sta_fix_64bit_3.8.patch
5. patch -p1 <rt5592sta_fix_64bit_3.8.patch (if asks for directory point it to rt_linux_dev.c rt_linux.c)
6. make sure /os/linux/config.mk reads HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y
7. make
8. sudo make install
9. modprobe rt5390sta

and from answer #6

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

At the end of the file, add these lines:

# Blacklist conflicting kernel modules
blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2800lib
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00pci
blacklist rt2x00lib
blacklist rt2860sta
blacklist rt3090sta

I do not know if this will work, but it may be worth a shot. :D

Comments

[Luis Rodriguez]

from the patch part, how do i point to that directory? that the part I don't understand. I'm new here sorry.

[SimplySimon]

The path is inside the unpacked package. so if you unpacked it in your Downloads folder the path would be Downloads/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/os/‌​linux/config.mk

[Luis Rodriguez]

Well i mean I type this patch -p1 <rt5592sta_fix_64bit_3.8.patch and it says something about a directory not found. Is it me that Im typing it wrong or what?

[SimplySimon]

After a bit of an experement: `File to patch: /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Downloads/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_‌​STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO/os/‌​linux/rt_linux.c I really hope this works after all this!!

[Yeo]

Link Update mediatek.com/en/downloads/rt539x-pcie, not sure if it is the same.

[sturlabragason]

I have a Ralink rt5390 on a HP Pavilion G7 1116sg, regrettably this made no difference after following all steps. Admittedly there is a weak wifi signal but every other device ranging from an samsung to intel seems to manage fine.