Ralink wifi RT3290 on Ubuntu 17.04 critical driver issues

Bug #1715866 reported by Pawel Grycz
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Bug Description

When ubuntu 17.04 is installed wifi Ralink RT3290 is recognized immediately but it doesn't work at all even it "connects" and says connection established with good quality - it's poor and almost zero quality with frequent disconnections. All this makes equipments with ralink wifi cards unable to work under linux distros and there're thousands of them.

Recently found modded drivers for RT3290 which installed without any issues and wifi worked after that like a charm, but after system reinstall I can't install theese modded drivers anymore and there're some issues during installation and loading kernel modules (maybe it's something with latest linux kernels)...

Anyway it's pointess to use RT2800pci driver for physical RT3290 chip cause it's a wrong piece of code and Ubuntu maintainers should fix this.

BTW Bluetooth RT3290 doesn't work at all but making RT3290 wifi works is seriously critical.
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ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: pawel 2113 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: pawel 2113 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X750JB
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-33-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=cb519ab1-5f5d-444e-9f92-b628ae93156e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-33.37-generic 4.10.17
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.10.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.10.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.164.1
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Tags: zesty
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-33-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/14/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X750JB.208
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: X750JB
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX750JB.208:bd08/14/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX750JB:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX750JB:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: X750JB
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1715866

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.13 kernel[0].

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.13

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
tags: added: kernel-da-key
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Pawel Grycz (pawelgrycz) wrote :

kernel-fixed-upstream

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Pawel Grycz (pawelgrycz) wrote : Re: [Bug 1715866] Re: Ralink wifi RT3290 on Ubuntu 17.04 critical driver issues
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not sure where to add the tag "kernel-fixed-upstream" as with kernel 4.13.x
this issue disappeared. Only bluetooth module (also come within Ralink
RT3290 module) doesn't work and needs custom compile/installation to be
found and activated by the system.

2017-09-08 20:03 GMT+02:00 Joseph Salisbury <email address hidden>
:

> Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer
> to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest
> v4.13 kernel[0].
>
> If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following
> tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.
>
> If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag:
> 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.
>
> Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as
> "Confirmed".
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> [0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.13
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => High
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> ** Tags added: kernel-da-key
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1715866
>
> Title:
> Ralink wifi RT3290 on Ubuntu 17.04 critical driver issues
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> When ubuntu 17.04 is installed wifi Ralink RT3290 is recognized
> immediately but it doesn't work at all even it "connects" and says
> connection established with good quality - it's poor and almost zero
> quality with frequent disconnections. All this makes equipments with
> ralink wifi cards unable to work under linux distros and there're
> thousands of them.
>
> Recently found modded drivers for RT3290 which installed without any
> issues and wifi worked after that like a charm, but after system
> reinstall I can't install theese modded drivers anymore and there're
> some issues during installation and loading kernel modules (maybe it's
> something with latest linux kernels)...
>
> Anyway it's pointess to use RT2800pci driver for physical RT3290 chip
> cause it's a wrong piece of code and Ubuntu maintainers should fix
> this.
>
> BTW Bluetooth RT3290 doesn't work at all but making RT3290 wifi works is
> seriously critical.
> ---
> ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC1: pawel 2113 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/controlC0: pawel 2113 F.... pulseaudio
> CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-08 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
> MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X750JB
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
> Package: linux (not installed)
> ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-33-generic.efi.signed
> root=UUID=cb519ab1-5f5d-444e-9f92-b628ae93156e ro quiet splash
> vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-33.37-generic 4.10.17
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-re...

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty) reached end-of-life on January 13, 2018.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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