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I have been reading various other posts on the matter but none of the solutions are working so I thought I might as well ask.

Just installed Ubuntu Server 11.04 on my old Dell Optiplex 330. It has a wireless PCI card installed that I bought for it's compatibility with Ubuntu 10. It was working on Ubuntu 10 prior to the new install.

After the install there were no lights on the card and I can not use it.

When running; sudo lshw -C network

the device is listed but labelled Disabled.

The card is a Ralink corp, RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

This is a headless install so command line help only please.

Thanks in advance!

sudo lshw -C network

  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5787 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1d:09:1e:89:5f
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.119 duplex=full firmware=5787-v3.23 ip=192.168.0.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:44 memory:dcff0000-dcffffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:03:02.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:1f:1f:8f:eb:e6
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic-pae firmware=N/A latency=64 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:18 memory:dcef8000-dcefffff

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

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  • What is the output from: sudo lshw -C network and iwconfig? I am using that WiFi chipset, but in an external device.
    – david6
    Dec 2, 2011 at 21:23
  • @david6 Added to original post! Sorry for the delay! Thanks!
    – SteveYeah
    Dec 4, 2011 at 18:28

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The Ralink Technology cards, and specifically RT2561/RT61, have compatibility issues with later drivers (developed for later cards).

see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/665364/

Your best bet is to try blacklisting the later drivers, which will stop them trying to control the card (and failing). The only other alternative is to compile your own driver.

see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10829039&postcount=10

Otherwise: (not good news)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9842725

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10926618

etc.

SUPPORT PAGE:

(Ralink, Linux drivers)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10926618&postcount=1

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  • Thanks! I shall try tonight and let you know how it goes.
    – SteveYeah
    Dec 5, 2011 at 20:04

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