I just bought an HP Pavilion g6 laptop and I installed Natty Narwhal alongside Windows 7. In Windows 7, my WiFi works perfect but in Ubuntu it absolutely (no matter what I do) won't detect my home WiFi network.
Here is the output of 'lspci':
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The RT5390PCIe is not directly supported by the current Natty kernel.
You will need to download some driver source code and patch the Natty kernel.
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Unfortunately you need to be aware, everytime the Natty kernel is updated, you will need to repeat the following instructions:
- Download the linux driver (RT5390PCIe) from Ralink.
Extract it. The files will be extracted to 2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO folder.
Download all the patches except the x64_86 patch, assuming you have a 32-bit system, from opensuse website.
Copy the patches to the folder – 2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO
Goto the folder.
Make the following change in /os/linux/config.mk file – HAS_ANTENNA_DIVERSITY_SUPPORT=y (originally was n)
Now run the following commands in terminal:
Need to have connected to the Internet for this. Have you already gone into System->Adminstration->Hardware Drivers and Seen if any WiFi was listed if nothing was listed . i tracked down the manufacturers website and driver for you. http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=501 Your WiFi Card is RT5390PCIe aka Ralink corp. Device 5390 Hope this helps!