(Fedora 19) My wife's laptop was running fine on kernel 3.10.11-200: uname -a: Linux laptop.example.com 3.10.11-200.fc19.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 9 13:03:01 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -s 03:00.0: 03:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe rfkill list wlan: 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no I neither had nor needed any additional kernel modules. However, when I upgraded kernels: uname -a: Linux laptop.example.com 3.11.2-201.fc19.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 27 19:20:55 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -s 03:00.0: 03:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe rfkill list wlan: 0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes Now I've got "asus-wlan" while my original one is listed as "hard blocked." The problem is that the "asus-wlan" doesn't show as an available interface, and I cannot connect.
This probably should be handled in the Fedora bugzilla first?
Quite possible; the Fedora User's List (users@lists.fedoraproject.org) did suggest I file it here. I can go there if it is more appropriate.
Please try this bug with latest kernel image.
That laptop, after three years, is no longer accessible.
Closing per comment 4.