Wifi problems after Updates

[scottyjge]

Hello everyone,
I am new to the forum but not new to Linux, but by no means am I an expert.  I was wondering if anyone else has ever seen this problem before.

After installing update to Linux lite, I reboot and when linux loads, I have no wifi. After a lot of playing around I discover that if I shutdown the pc, pull the battery, and then remove power for a couple of minutes, then boot I will have wifi with no problems. but if I do a restart from the log out screen the wifi will not work. I have searched Google for a month or more but I have not found any answers. When the wifi doesn't work, the access point says "Not Authorized". I have tried setting it with ifconfig and iwconfig and of course it doesn't even recognized. But if I do a shut down, pull battery, disconnect power, wait a couple of minutes then boot the PC. I will have wifi when it boots up.

This problem appeared after the last updates but why would pulling power before booting give me wifi but if I restart the pc wifi doesn't work ?  It has me pulling my hair out not being able to fix this problem.

What am I over looking or missing here ? Anyone else ever run into this.  The PC is a HP Sleekbook,    4x AMD A8-4555M APU with Radeon™ HD Graphics, Memory 5570MB (856MB used), running Linux Lite 3.2.

Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
scottyjge

[bitsnpcs]

Hello scottyjge,

I have not came across this problem before where removing the battery solved it.

Can you try Menu>System>Lite Tweaks>Clear memory
then reboot and report back the results ?
1/ Does clearing memory (like pulling the battery does) also disconnect wifi, before the restart ?
2/ After restart is wifi now connected, if so it could be a running process is interfering with the shutdown/restart process.

Doing

Code:

sudo lshw -C network

will display your network interface

The specs say it should be a Ralink RT3290 ?

Here is the tutorial for installing it if it is needed.

Another option if not the driver, is it can be a Ram issue, try removing and blowing any lint particles off the corners and connector then refitting the Ram.

[scottyjge]

Hi bitsnpcs , thanks for the suggestions but unfortunately no joy. wifi doesnt work if you don't remove power. Odd ?

Thanks,
scottyjge

[ralphy]

I experienced a similar issue with a friend's HP... This helped me.

The download link for 16.04 is http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyfql95clz...u16.tar.gz

This is basically what it comes down to:

*If you update Linux kernel, you will have to run the following commands from the RT3290_u16 directory to compile and install the driver for new kernel:

Code:

./compile.sh
sudo ./install.sh

*If you do not see Wi-Fi network, you may need to activate it manually by executing the following command from RT3290_u16 folder or reboot computer:

Code:

sudo ./activate-net-rt

(the link in the site is hijacked and takes you to shady sites) so download from the mediafire link I provided above.

Good luck.

[ralphy]

Let me give you another hint...

If with the kernel previous to your update it worked for you without issues, I would, instead of installing the driver, just boot up with that kernel (SHIFT key on bootup - advanced options - previous kernel) and stop updating kernel in the machine by excluding it from updates.

[scottyjge]

I want to thank everyone for their input and suggestions in helping me solve this problem, but today I tired of looking for answers and I reinstalled Linus Lite and the problem went away. I wish that I would have waited just a little longer but it was getting to be a hassle to use the pc.

I have also made my mind up that I am not updating the OS anymore,  I will just wait and install the next release. That alone should save a lot of time.

Thank you everyone for helping me, I will tag this problem solved so that everyones suggestion may help someone else that runs into this problem.

scottyjge

[bitsnpcs]

Hello scottyjge,

Good to read you have LL working now 

[trinidad]

Download the Deb packages and save them to a USB as Deb packages. Deb 8 oldstable non free ralink firmware or for the future Deb 9 stable non free misc firmware which contains ralink blobs.

TC