RT3090 won't be detected by my computer [Solved]

[imu96]

how do i get it to detect it and make it work??? i am already running the fusion kernel (but when it gets to the boot menu i have to choose it because it is not first on the list). i have downloaded the driver from ralink and it is in a .zip file... i do not know how to install it from there... when i try to make it i get a bunch of errors.... someone has apparently already solved this but when i posted in their thread for help there was no response which is why i am opening a new thread....

[Fitzcarraldo]

Did you try aquarius's solution: Re: Ralink 3090 [Solved]?

[imu96]

i do not understand what he means by symlink but there is already a file called rt3090.bin in my /lib/firmware file

[Fitzcarraldo]

i do not understand what he means by symlink

Google is your friend. Try, for example, googling "linux symlink".

there is already a file called rt3090.bin in my /lib/firmware file

Did you read the bug report that aquarius linked to in the aforementioned post? Try the fix given in that bug report in the comment on 2011-12-14 17:33:14 CET by picard12. (If you don't know what blacklisting a module means then Google will again help you. You can also see an example of how to blacklist a module in the thread: Re: Quit shipping nouveau with the kernel!). After you remove the blacklist, as mentioned by picard12, don't forget to use the update-modules command, then reboot.

[imu96]

okay! thank you! i understand everything now! the bug report helped a lot! ONE PROBLEM:

the bug report says to comment out this one line in the blacklist.conf file but when i save the file it says that the file is read only... how do i change that???

i tried

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sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

it said that no protocol was specified and that it cannot display...

P.S. i DID google how to access the file and the best i came up with was the above but that didn't work so how do i get the above to work or an alternative method to access the file? i did not find any alternative methods though....

i also tried copying and pasting the file outside of the directory. i edited that, successfully saved it and then tried to paste it into the modprobe.d file but it wouldn't give me the paste option! :'( i'm all out of ideas...

[Fitzcarraldo]

Please don't using the sudo command: sudo does not launch gedit with the correct user profile. If you're using GNOME then you should use the GNOME command gksu, like so:

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$ gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Alternatively, you could use the command line editor nano as the root user:

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$ su
Password: <--- Enter the root user's password, not yours.
# nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# exit
$

[imu96]

i used the second option you posted as i am running KDE and gdsu did not work.

but thank you! after i was able to edit the file it worked perfectly and now the network card is working!

[Fitzcarraldo]

As you wrote "gksu", which is a GNOME application, I assumed you are using GNOME. This is why it's important to tell us from the outset as much information about your installation and hardware as possible in order to save time and effort.

For KDE the command would be:

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$ kdesu kwrite /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Anyway, I'm glad to read that it it now working for you.