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gnome-nettool package

RT3090 WIFI

Asked by johnL

I have 1 netbook installed with Ubuntu 9.10, but cannot install the RT3090 (it works fine in Windows XP).
I did the following steps (as adv from previous question):

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications- >Accessories- >Terminal"

Step 2: Enter the following command to start editing the sources.list file in the gedit editor:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/ sources. list

Step 3: In the gedit editor, scroll down and add the following 2 lines to the end of the /etc/apt/ sources. list file:

deb http:// ppa.launchpad. net/markus- tisoft/ rt3090/ ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http:// ppa.launchpad. net/markus- tisoft/ rt3090/ ubuntu karmic main

Step 4: Save the change to the sources.list file

Step 5: Enter the following commands to install the driver:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install rt3090-dkms

Step 6: Reboot and retest wireless

But when entering the step 5, some err happened.
Any one know what is going on?
Thanks.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Please send us the full Terminal output of the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install rt3090-dkms
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

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johnll (johnl19888) said : 		#2

sudo aptitude update
Err http: ppa.launchpad. Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'dists'
Err http: ppa.launchpad./net/markus- Translation-en_HK
  Could not resolve 'dists'
Err http: ppa.launchpad./tisoft/ Translation-en_HK
  Could not resolve 'dists'
Err http: ppa.launchpad./rt3090/ Translation-en_HK
  Could not resolve 'dists'
Err http: ppa.launchpad./ubuntu Translation-en_HK
  Could not resolve 'dists'
Err http: ppa.launchpad./karmic Translation-en_HK
  Could not resolve 'dists'
Err http: ppa.launchpad./main Translation-en_HK
  Could not resolve 'dists'
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_HK
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_HK
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Translation-en_HK
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_HK
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_HK
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_HK
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_HK
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_HK
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_HK
Ign http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_HK
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_HK
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_HK
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_HK
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done

sudo aptitude install rt3090-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "rt3090-dkms"
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "rt3090-dkms"
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.2)]/ karmic main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb http:// ppa.launchpad. net/markus- tisoft/ rt3090/ ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http:// ppa.launchpad. net/markus- tisoft/ rt3090/ ubuntu karmic main

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johnll (johnl19888) said : 		#3

Hello Mark, any comment?
Thanks for your help.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

The issue is in the last two lines of your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

If you look at the original instructions, you will see that the 2 lines at the end should not contain any spaces between launchpad. and net, between markus- and tisoft, between tisoft/ and rt3090/, etcetera ....

So the correct lines to add are:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/markus-tisoft/rt3090/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/markus-tisoft/rt3090/ubuntu karmic main

These lines are different from what you put into /etc/apt/sources.list

The same instructions are here:

https://launchpad.net/~markus-tisoft/+archive/rt3090

and here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/95245

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Best johnll (johnl19888) said : 		#5

Dear Mark, thanks for your reply and problem solved.

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johnL (johnlam16888) said : 		#6

Thanks johnll, that solved my question.

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mCoRN (metall-corn) said : 		#7

I have Lenovo B450 with RaLink RT3090 wifi
i try this 6 steps, but it's didn't work for me.

lspci
03:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# Blacklist conflicting RaLink driver modules
blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2800lib
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00pci
blacklist rt2x00lib
blacklist rt2860sta

$ lsmod | grep rt
rt3090sta 875461 0
cfg80211 156212 1 rt3090sta

$ iwconfig
ra0 Ralink STA

$ sudo ifconfig ra0 up

$ iwlist scan
ra0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 6A:33:F4:8D:59:C5
                    Protocol:802.11b/g
                    ESSID:"home"
                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:100/100 Signal level:-23 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s

but NM don't work with wireless,
device nor ready or wireless support is disabled

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

@mCoRn: please create a separate question using the following link:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

The current thread is already in the 'solved' state and cannot be used to discuss new issues.