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So, wifi was working fine till yesterday. There's suddenly an issue - I can't even see the "enable wireless" option on the GUI top menu.

Here's info:

iwconfig gives me this:

eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

ifconfig gives me this:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 28:92:4a:4f:7a:e5  
          inet addr:192.168.1.241  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2a92:4aff:fe4f:7ae5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:36663 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:26131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:50857091 (50.8 MB)  TX bytes:2485146 (2.4 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:862 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:862 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:69884 (69.8 KB)  TX bytes:69884 (69.8 KB)

lspci gives me this:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Thames XT/GL [Radeon HD 7600M Series]
07:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. Device 3290
07:00.1 Bluetooth: Ralink corp. Device 3298
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
09:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5229 (rev 01)

ifconfig wlan0 up gives me this:

wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
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  • When did you last run updates in Ubuntu?
    – Colyn1337
    Aug 22, 2013 at 12:51
  • How did you originally install the driver for your Network controller: Ralink corp. Device 3290? In 12.04, it must be installed by hand. Do you need to re-compile?
    – chili555
    Aug 22, 2013 at 13:02
  • @Colyn1337 - Ran update about 15 minutes ago.
    – KaushikTD
    Aug 22, 2013 at 13:11
  • @chili555 - I installed it manually, yes, if that's what you're asking?
    – KaushikTD
    Aug 22, 2013 at 13:11

1 Answer 1

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One of the recent updates was an updated kernel version, known as linux-image. When you installed the driver manually, you compiled it for your then-currently running kernel version only. Now you must build the driver for your newer kernel version. Please open a terminal and do:

cd Desktop/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508

...or wherever you downloaded and extracted the file you used to compile the driver originally.

make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rt3290sta

Your wireless should now be working. Whenever a newer kernel version is installed, repeat the process.

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  • You, my friend, are a life saver! Is there a way to make a script which automatically does this everytime the kernel is upgraded?
    – KaushikTD
    Aug 22, 2013 at 13:32
  • There is probably a way to do it with dkms. I have no such experience. I urge you to Google or post a new question. Here is a start: forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/nach-update-kein-wlan-mehr-433/2/… About 3/4 of the way down the page is the dkms stuff. I haven't verified it.
    – chili555
    Aug 22, 2013 at 13:51

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