it's a;ll good now. I reinstalled and  it works!

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
well it is the same distro different version. Do you think upgrading the desktop will do amything?


On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:42 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
well dang! I got the same card working in my tower though.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:40 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
[   15.881957] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RF chipset 0x5362 detected
 says it hates your driver

probably should check the forums of whatever distro you're using for that device to see if anyone else has problems.  a google of the device name as it shows in lspci shows lots of folk with various fiddliness with like chips.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 7:22 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
 ~ $ lsmod |grep 2800pci
rt2800pci              13606  0 
rt2800mmio             20986  1 rt2800pci
rt2800lib              89076  2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio
rt2x00pci              13287  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00mmio             13603  2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio
rt2x00lib              55307  5 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci,rt2800mmio,rt2x00mmio
eeprom_93cx6           13344  1 rt2800pci


On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:17 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
does lsmod show rt2800pci?

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
~ $ sudo lspci
[sudo] password for kodi: 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express MEI Controller (rev 02)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PT IDER Controller (rev 02)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Serial KT Controller (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IO (ICH9DO) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos PRO [Radeon HD 7450]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6400 Series]
03:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5362 PCI 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
kodi@kodi-OptiPlex-755 ~ $ 

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 8:17 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
response with lspci output for wireless device would help.  maybe it's a known funky chipset.  it's probably in the wall of text somewhere, but lspci is a good tool for grabbing your peripherals.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
My wireless card isn't working (never has). Could someone take a look and tell me what I need to do to get it to work? Here is a link to dmesg and  and /var/log/syslog:
 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZkeLVAytkRQW1q57YktgOh4lL8VbfDwa?usp=sharing

after inspecting the syslog I see that actually sees the wireless router but according to the gui there is 'no network connection' available. I believe things start falling apart around 7:1:20....
that was this morning! When I started it this afternoon the network starts initiating around 17:23:19. or another start was around 17:42:01

dmesg was a bit more helpful! (perhaps- look at the last line_

[   15.729249] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000828-0x000000000000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \GLBC 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[   15.729254] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000828-0x000000000000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \SACT 2 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[   15.729257] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000828-0x000000000000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \SSTS 3 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[   15.729260] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[   15.729263] ACPI Warning: 0x00000000000008b0-0x00000000000008bf SystemIO conflicts with Region \GIC2 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[   15.729266] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[   15.729268] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000880-0x00000000000008af SystemIO conflicts with Region \GIC1 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[   15.729270] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[   15.729272] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[   15.747472] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[   15.794599] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[   15.824809] kvm: disabled by bios
[   15.872017] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5392, rev 0223 detected
[   15.881957] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RF chipset 0x5362 detected
[   15.881961] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device

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