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I need to install the driver for my wireless card (hp pavilion g6) in order to get wireless working on my computer.

Problem is (as far as I can tell) it's not a tar.bz2 and none of the instructions for that appear to be working. I've extracted it (through Ubuntu Archive) down to a .tar file, but that file doesn't appear to work at all either.

the file name is:

2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO_v2.bz2.bz2

How do I install my drivers using this kind of file?

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  • .tar itself is an archive. Have you tried to extract the .tar file?
    – Inoe
    Nov 19, 2012 at 2:43
  • No. Extract Here says invalid archive type. Won't open it. Nov 19, 2012 at 9:39

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Right-click the .tar file and select "Extract Here". Open the file os/linux/config.mk with any text editor and change HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n to HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y. Proofread, save and close the text editor.

Install the prerequisites:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential

Now compile the driver.

cd Desktop/2011_1007_RT5390_RT5392_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO  # or wherever you extracted the folder
sudo su
make
make install
modprobe rt5390sta
exit

Be sure the conflicting driver isn't loaded:

lsmod | grep rt28

If rt2800pci is loaded, it should be blacklisted:

sudo su
echo "blacklist rt2800pci"  >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
exit

If you get an error at make, stop and ask us.

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  • Thank you for that, however when I click extract here it tells me the archive format is invalid Nov 19, 2012 at 5:28
  • Please try this version. It's a zip that can be extracted directly: dl.dropbox.com/u/58267392/…
    – chili555
    Nov 19, 2012 at 13:18
  • Thank you for your help thus far. Here is the pastbin of my progress/error code now: pastebin.com/shT60sjb Nov 20, 2012 at 5:56
  • Do you have linux-headers installed matching your running kernel version? sudo dpkg -s linux-headers-uname -r | head -n3 Those tickmarks are on the left side of my US keyboard on the same key with ~. If not,please install and try again: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-uname -r
    – chili555
    Nov 20, 2012 at 12:45
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you can extract a .bz2 file by the command:

bzip2 -d myfile.bz2

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