[Kernal Version 4.4.0-96-generic] ubuntu 16.04 system Freezes every time on Installation

[moghya]

System info

Entry	Details
OS	Ubuntu 16.04
Kernel version	4.4.0-96-generic
Compiler	gcc-5.4.0

Devince info

Device ID: 0489:e080

General info:

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sawant@sawant:~$ lspci -vv | grep -A20 -i mediatek
03:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7630e 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
	Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. MT7630e 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 4
	Region 0: Memory at 9b100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
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Bluetooth stats:

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0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

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What didn't work?

Ubuntu freezes on Installing the driver, It was working fine I might have installed some ubuntu update and after restarting the PC wifi drivers were not present and hence I tried to install again but now it freezes at installation.

What did you try?

I tried solution provided at #68

[MuhammedResulBilkil]

My ubuntu freezing to. I installed and there was no problem but I tried to connect a wifi and my system freezed and now I can't launch my ubuntu on kernel 4.4.0-96-generic. It's freezing after enter my password at login screen ! Can anyone help ?

[trungnnh]

Ubuntu 16.04 Kernel: 4.4.0-97-generic.
Same issue with @moghya.

[ivlukin]

same issue with @MuhammedResulBilkil

[simeon-r-gordon]

Similar issues ever since 4.4.0-83-generic. My freeze happens as soon as the computer starts searching for WiFi, exact same results with all kernels 4.4.0-83 to 4.4.0-97. Tried using both the dkms and manual installs just in case, but that didn't change anything.

Solutions at #68 not working for me =(

[gergomando]

@MuhammedResulBilkil , @ivlukin
You can restore "your access" to your system, if you:

1. login as a guest user
2. Disable Wifi - uncheck "Enable Wifi" (click on connections menu at the top bar)
3. press Ctrl + Alt + F1
4. on the command screen: login with your credentials
5. systemctl reboot -i

After this You can login with your regular account

[dtrenin7]

Go to MT7630E-release/rt2x00 folder.

Open rt2800lib.c in Gedit and search if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0) replace it with if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 0) for the 2 matches.

Open rt2800lib.h and search if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0) replace it with if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 0) for the 1 match.

Now, you can install the drivers:

sudo ./uninstall

make clean

make

sudo ./install