wireless (RT3090) doesn't work on msi u230 in Maverick

[Nicolas Jungers]

As summary said. The ralink rt3090 doesn't work on my msi u230. I took the extra pain to reinstall w7 to check the physical state of the adapter. W7 connects flawlessly :-(

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.35
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: nicolas 1665 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f4000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1462103a,00100202'
   Controls : 17
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe9e8000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Tue Oct 26 17:45:03 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=564d9037-4f61-4cca-8bfa-df1892ac3051
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
MachineType: Micro-Star International U230
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=0e3ae40b-3634-4c45-96be-53a1402495c6 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: rt2860sta
Title: [STAGING]
WifiSyslog:
 Oct 26 17:38:09 msi modem-manager: (net/tun0): could not get port's parent device
 Oct 26 17:38:09 msi kernel: [ 1749.725084] tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
dmi.bios.date: 03/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A1243AMS V1.1C
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS1243X
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA1243AMSV1.1C:bd03/25/2010:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnU230:pvrVer1.000:rvnMSI:rnMS1243X:rvrVer1.000:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: U230
dmi.product.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International

[Matt Thompson (mattt416)]

Hi Nicolas,

I was having some odd problems w/ Maverick on my MSI Wind U230 where it'd refuse to connect to some wireless networks, refused to shut down/reboot, suspend, hibernate, etc. and ended up searching Launchpad for similar issues. Several users suggested blacklisting rt2800pci to address specific wireless issues, and I figured I'd try that for the heck of it. Surprisingly, I can now shut down, reboot, hibernate, and my wireless still works fine. I'll need to try connecting to the problematic network later and will report my findings once done. To blacklist, append the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:

blacklist rt2800pci

I hope this helps!

-Matt

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Nicolas,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 666853

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Nicolas Jungers (nicolas-jungers)]

On 2010-12-01 19:09, Jeremy Foshee wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
>
> This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.
>
> apport-collect -p linux 666853
>
> Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> [This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]

Hi Jeremy,

this bug is indeed fixed by an unofficial procedure that involve
blacklisting a bunch of drivers:

Since I added the following in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf my wifi is
working fine.

# ralink
blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2x00lib
blacklist rt2x00pci
blacklist rt2x00usb

N.

[Marc Goujon (markitoxs)]

Nicolas solution vvorked absolutely perfect on a machine i vvas trying to debug.

blacklisting those modules vvas indeed the solution for me.