Hi there I am glad to assist. Following the instructions, I have install the mainline kernel 3.16.0-031600rc5-generic but the problem persists.
$ uname -a Linux christoph-desktop 3.16.0-031600rc5-generic #201407131735 SMP Sun Jul 13 23:02:38 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux $ dmesg | grep rt2 [ 15.135346] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5392, rev 0223 detected [ 15.138720] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RF chipset 0x5362 detected [ 15.138724] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device As per request, I have add the following tags to the bug report: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16.0-031600rc5-generic My apologies, I could not locate the tag 'needs-upstream-testing' ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists- upstream-3.16.0-031600rc5-generic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1344845 Title: 1814:5362 Ralink Failed to allocate device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1344845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs