wifi module ralink rt2570 not working

[selujtje]

I'm trying to connect to wifi using a ralink rt2570 module, but with no luck.

the module used to be part of a desktop pc, but after that pc died I salvaged this part. I felt lucky and connected usb wires to a 10pin connector where the cable colors were the same. To my surprise this actually worked and my pc recognised both a ralink rt2570 module and a bluetooth module in windows.
Linux(both on my laptop and on my pi) also recognises these two but doesn't allow me to turn wifi on as it is hard blocked according to rfkill.

pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

after sudo rfkill unblock all, rfkill list still shows this:

pi@raspbmc:~$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

additional possibly interesting outputs:

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pi@raspbmc:~$ iwconfig
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pi@raspbmc:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:27:eb:3e:c8:21  
          inet addr:192.168.178.31  Bcast:192.168.178.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::ba27:ebff:fe3e:c821/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1065 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:687 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:445646 (435.2 KiB)  TX bytes:135377 (132.2 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo lshw -class network
  *-network:0 DISABLED    
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       bus info: usb@1:1.2.1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:11:09:e0:2b:8c
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2500usb driverversion=3.6.11 firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: eth0
       serial: b8:27:eb:3e:c8:21
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=smsc95xx driverversion=22-Aug-2005 duplex=full firmware=smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet ip=192.168.178.31 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s

I'm using a 512mb raspberry pi running raspbmc

[DBryant]

Have you tried bring the wireless into service without Bluetooth present?
Or vice versa.

At least you can be sure that both are indeed functional before getting them to co-exist.

[selujtje]

both are on the same pcb, I can only connect the hub that both those modules are connected to.
On a windows system both bluetooth and wifi are functioning correctly...

[chris57100]

Hi,
Did you find a way to activate your wifi module ? I have the same issue and i can't activate it despite a run of

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rfkill unblock wifi; rfkill unblock all