Cannot get Ubuntu 12.04 to recognise integrated Ralink 3290 wireless controller

Hi,
    a have a new Novatech nFinity laptop and it is not recognising the integrated Ralink 3290 wireless controller, my understanding of this chipset is that it should be supported.

Here is my output if it helps

  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Ralink corp.
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f7d40000-f7d4ffff memory:f7d30000-f7d3ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 06
       serial: 00:23:81:15:1f:a5
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 ip=192.168.0.50 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:44 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1e14] (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller [8086:1e57] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:3290]
01:00.1 Bluetooth [0d11]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:3298]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1267:0213 Logic3 / SpectraVideo plc
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 5149:13d3
H/W path Device Class Description
==========================================================
                                system To be filled by O.E.M. (To be filled by O.E.M.)
/0 bus ChiefRiver
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/41 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/42 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/43 memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/44 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/44/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/44/1 memory DIMMProject-Id-Version: lshwReport-Msgid-Bugs-To: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>POT-Creation-Date: 2009-
/0/44/2 memory DIMMProject-Id-Version: lshwReport-Msgid-Bugs-To: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>POT-Creation-Date: 2009-
/0/44/3 memory DIMMProject-Id-Version: lshwReport-Msgid-Bugs-To: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>POT-Creation-Date: 2009-
/0/45 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHz
/0/100 bridge Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller
/0/100/2 display Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller
/0/100/14 bus Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/16 communication Panther Point MEI Controller #1
/0/100/1a bus Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
/0/100/1b multimedia Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 network Ralink corp.
/0/100/1c/0.1 generic Ralink corp.
/0/100/1c.2 bridge Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
/0/100/1d bus Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
/0/100/1f bridge Panther Point LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD1
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 95MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 115GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 3989MiB Linux swap volume
/0/100/1f.3 bus Panther Point SMBus Controller
/1 power Battery Name
/2 power Battery Name
/3 power Battery Name
/4 power Battery Name
/5 power To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Linux barry-laptop 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000fd6f0] fd6f0
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.113192] Switched APIC routing to cluster x2apic.
[ 0.614867] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.812458] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.812461] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.835937] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.835939] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
[ 0.836122] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.836132] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.836166] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.840465] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.857239] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
[ 0.963631] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
[ 0.976569] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
[ 0.976588] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 1.100265] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.368007] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.387969] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.388494] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.388738] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.447798] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 1.679492] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.723265] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.811965] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.828166] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168evl/8111evl at 0xffffc90000068000, 00:23:81:15:1f:a5, XID 0c900800 IRQ 44
[ 1.828170] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
[ 1.907251] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.923232] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.055819] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.137952] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2.160006] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 2.222926] usb 3-3: new low-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2.243975] usb 3-3: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes
[ 2.430703] input: PS/2+USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/input/input5
[ 2.430865] generic-usb 0003:1267:0213.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [PS/2+USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0
[ 2.430885] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.430887] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.647629] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 2.647672] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 2.647933] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2.648137] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2.818137] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 2.818995] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 2.842439] usb 3-3: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 3.247882] type=1400 audit(1341265964.024:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" pid=903 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 3.253669] usb 2-1.3: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 3.353942] input: PS/2+USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.3/2-1.3:1.0/input/input7
[ 3.354125] generic-usb 0003:1267:0213.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [PS/2+USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.3/input0
[ 3.474716] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 3.474806] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 3.474880] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 4.132610] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 4.242084] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 PC Cam (5149:13d3)
[ 4.245248] input: USB 2.0 PC Cam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/input/input11
[ 4.245339] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 5.197127] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 5.197391] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 15.950404] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Release Date: 06/11/2012
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: To be filled by O.E.M.
 Product Name: To be filled by O.E.M.
 Serial Number: To be filled by O.E.M.
 Manufacturer: INTEL Corporation
 Product Name: ChiefRiver
 Serial Number: To be filled by O.E.M.
 Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
 Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
 Port Type: Serial Port 16550A Compatible
 Manufacturer: Battery Manufacturer
 Manufacture Date: 01/01/2007
 Serial Number: Serial Number
 Manufacturer: Battery Manufacturer
 Manufacture Date: 01/01/2007
 Serial Number: Serial Number
 Manufacturer: Battery Manufacturer
 Manufacture Date: 01/01/2007
 Serial Number: Serial Number
 Manufacturer: Battery Manufacturer
 Manufacture Date: 01/01/2007
 Serial Number: Serial Number
 Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
 Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Samsung
 Serial Number: 9677D6F5
 Manufacturer: [Empty]
 Serial Number: [Empty]
 Manufacturer: [Empty]
 Serial Number: [Empty]
 Manufacturer: [Empty]
 Serial Number: [Empty]
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2654: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/dbus-errors.c line 282.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
20: PCI 100.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: VCu0.pd1obhlaoq1
  Parent ID: z8Q3.maeJiw4Ut6B
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "RaLink Network controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"
  Device: pci 0x3290
  SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b
  SubDevice: pci 0x2b87
  Memory Range: 0xf7d40000-0xf7d4ffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  Memory Range: 0xf7d30000-0xf7d3ffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 11 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001814d00003290sv00001A3Bsd00002B87bc02sc80i00"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

22: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.O_NCJvO2MEF
  Parent ID: hoOk.sTbAqsWgks3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1b50
  SubDevice: pci 0x4606
  Revision: 0x06
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0xe000-0xefff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf0004000-0xf0004fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0000000-0xf0003fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 44 (28761 events)
  HW Address: 00:23:81:15:1f:a5
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001B50sd00004606bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 837 0.0 0.1 237716 5312 ? Ssl 22:52 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1478 0.0 0.0 7256 1552 ? S 22:52 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-c57f663f-7d13-4cdb-ae26-e04a22a6575e-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 1746 0.0 0.0 33016 1284 ? S 22:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.0.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec
barry 2666 0.0 0.0 13580 920 pts/0 S+ 23:18 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
joydev 17693 0
uvcvideo 72627 0
videodev 98259 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17128 1 videodev
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32474 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1
rfcomm 47604 0
bnep 18281 2
bluetooth 180104 10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc 32866 0
ppdev 17113 0
usbhid 47199 0
hid 99559 1 usbhid
nls_iso8859_1 12713 1
nls_cp437 16991 1
vfat 17585 1
fat 61512 1 vfat
snd_hda_intel 33773 3
snd_hda_codec 127706 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 97188 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 78855 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac_hid 13253 0
soundcore 15091 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i915 468737 3
drm_kms_helper 46978 1 i915
drm 242038 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
mei 41616 0
i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 i915
video 19596 1 i915
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
r8169 62099 0