RaLink RT2860 missing? - Solved more or less

[slk230]

Just performed an upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 (64 bit) and my wireless appears to have vanished.
I can run the live CD with no issues and can also boot into 11.04 without any problem. (other than it shows that I'm running 11.10 with the 11.04 kernel)

So before I totally screw the pooch, how can I get my wireless working in 11.10?
I've downloaded the RaLink drivers for linux and the new ralink firmware (24). I haven't done anything with them yet.

According to the live CD I'm running the RT2800pci driver.

So should I try a "fresh" install from the live CD or try and get the correct driver working in my wireless less 11.10 installation?

In 11.04 (2.6.38-12 Distro 11.10)
ifconfig shows eth0, l0, and wlan0 wireless network
lshw - C network shows *network wireless network and rt2860
lsmod | grep rt2 shows rt2860sta and crc_ccitt rt2860sta
lspci -v shows rt2860 with kernel modules rt2860sta and rt2800pci

In 11.10 (3.0.0.? Distro 11.10)
ifconfig shows eth0 and l0 only
lshw -C network shows *network UNCLAIMED rt2860
lsmod | grep rt2 shows nothing
lspci -v shows rt2860 using kernel rt2800pci

[de_koraco]

Re: RaLink RT2860 missing?

Well, try

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo modprobe rt2860sta
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo iwconfig

[slk230]

Re: RaLink RT2860 missing?

Ran sudo ifconfig wlan0 down and got -error while getting interface No such device
Sudo modprobe rt2860sta - Fatal module not found.

So I just booted into the live cd and will try an installation from there. I wasn't able to just install from
the CD as it said I wasn't connected to the internet.

I let the CD run and then connected the wireless and will run the install from there.
Keeping my fingers crossed.

(Usually I have a ton of Cat5 cables around and I'll be damned if I can find one now. )

[vinnywright]

Re: RaLink RT2860 missing?

Ran sudo ifconfig wlan0 down and got -error while getting interface No such device
Sudo modprobe rt2860sta - Fatal module not found.

So I just booted into the live cd and will try an installation from there. I wasn't able to just install from
the CD as it said I wasn't connected to the internet.

I let the CD run and then connected the wireless and will run the install from there.
Keeping my fingers crossed.

(Usually I have a ton of Cat5 cables around and I'll be damned if I can find one now. )

are you runing the 3.0.0-12-generic kernell on that upgrade?
the 3.0.0-12-generic was the first to have suport for the rt2800pci device driver.

with erlyar kernels I had to compile the driver..........but @ present it works out the box with the 3.0.0-12-generic kerlel hear on this device Ralink corp. RT5390

VINNY

[slk230]

Re: RaLink RT2860 missing?

Vinny, It just goes from bad to worse.
Got the Live CD to install. Told it to put GRUB into its own partition. It didn't.
It also "downgraded from 13 to 12 and changed the UUID for the partitions I had Kubuntu installed on.

Any way, install finished and after I caught and corrected the UUID and version changes, I booted to the log-in screen.
Logged in and watched all the ICONs pop up to the big K and then
Black Screen of Death.
KDE Plasma Shell Seg Fault 11
Nepomuk Service Seg Fault 11
KDE Daemon Seg...

I have a white cursor and an entire black screen.

Alt F2 gets me the abiltiy to launch a terminal but not much else.

I think I'll just revert back to 11.04. At least it worked.

QUICK UPDATE: Logged back in with the Live Cd and eventually figured out how to get Dolphin to show hidden files. Renamed my home/.kde directory and then rebooted.
I am back in operation sort of. The display shows 1920X1280 but everything is huge. Icons are 25mm X 25mm. Opened Google Earth and the text screens are using 48 pt fonts with wide spacing. Am downloading a new Nvidia driver. Hopefully it will fix this issue. (I don't remember having as many issues upgrading to a new release before).
I did check the display settings and turned off zoom, but it didn't change.