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I tried to install the Asus USB-N53 WiFi adapter using the instructions from the "How do I install an Asus USB-N53 WiFi adapter?" however is failing with the message below:

2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1156:20: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘int’ from type ‘kuid_t’

   pOSFSInfo->fsuid = current_fsuid();

                    ^

/home/carlos/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1157:20: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘int’ from type ‘kgid_t’

   pOSFSInfo->fsgid = current_fsgid();

                    ^

make[2]: *** [/home/carlos/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.o] Error 1

make[1]: *** [_module_/home/carlos/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-39-generic'

make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

Additional information:

lsb_release -a:

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS

Release:    14.04

Codename:   trusty

sudo lshw -C network:

  *-network               

       description: Ethernet interface

       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

       physical id: 0

       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0

       logical name: eth0

       version: 06

       serial: d4:3d:7e:54:fd:a6

       size: 1Gbit/s

       capacity: 1Gbit/s

       width: 64 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation

       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 ip=192.168.2.18 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s

       resources: irq:43 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:f7c04000-f7c04fff memory:f7c00000-f7c03fff

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by

nls_utf8               12493  1 

udf                    83847  1 

crc_itu_t              12627  1 udf

rfcomm                 53664  0 

bnep                   18895  2 

bluetooth             342208  10 bnep,rfcomm

binfmt_misc            13140  1 

uvcvideo               71309  0 

videobuf2_vmalloc      13048  1 uvcvideo

snd_usb_audio         127948  1 

videobuf2_memops       13170  1 videobuf2_vmalloc

videobuf2_core         39258  1 uvcvideo

snd_usbmidi_lib        24367  1 snd_usb_audio

videodev              108503  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core

mxm_wmi                12893  0 

joydev                 17101  0 

hid_topseed            12522  0 

snd_hda_codec_hdmi     45440  2 

snd_hda_codec_realtek    59259  1 

intel_rapl             18301  0 

snd_hda_intel          42730  5 

x86_pkg_temp_thermal    13845  0 

intel_powerclamp       14239  0 

snd_hda_codec         164067  3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel

radeon               1420704  1 

snd_hwdep              13272  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec

snd_pcm                85501  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel

snd_page_alloc         14230  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel

i915                  709887  3 

snd_seq_midi           13132  0 

snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi

coretemp               13195  0 

snd_rawmidi            25135  2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi

snd_seq                55383  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi

ttm                    72725  1 radeon

kvm_intel             132620  0 

snd_seq_device         14137  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi

drm_kms_helper         48868  2 i915,radeon

snd_timer              28584  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

parport_pc             31981  1 

kvm                   388270  1 kvm_intel

drm                   244037  7 ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper,radeon

snd                    60939  25 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi

soundcore              12600  1 snd

ppdev                  17391  0 

crc32_pclmul           12967  0 

lp                     13299  0 

mei_me                 18195  0 

serio_raw              13230  0 

i2c_algo_bit           13197  2 i915,radeon

mei                    66737  1 mei_me

mac_hid                13037  0 

wmi                    18673  1 mxm_wmi

intel_smartconnect     12555  0 

lpc_ich                16864  0 

video                  18903  1 i915

parport                40836  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc

hid_logitech_dj        18165  0 

usbhid                 47070  0 

hid                    87604  5 hid_topseed,usbhid,hid_logitech_dj

usb_storage            48417  1 

ahci                   25579  3 

r8169                  61562  0 

psmouse                91357  0 

libahci                27214  1 ahci

mii                    13654  1 r8169

lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0766:0204 Jess-Link Products Co., Ltd TopSpeed Cyberlink Remote Control

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 059b:0475 Iomega Corp. 

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0b05:179d ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N53 802.11abgn Network Adapter [Ralink RT3572]

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 USB-2.0 "TetraHub"

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:08ce Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 5000

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

modinfo rt2800usb | grep 179

alias:          usb:v0B05p1790d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*



alias:          usb:v0B05p179Dd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*

Does anybody know to fix this issue?

Your modinfo result tells us that the default version of the driver rt2800usb covers your device. Let's load it and see if your wireless comes to life:

sudo modprobe rt2800usb

iwconfig

Do you have a wireless interface, ideally wlan0? Can you click the Network Manager icon and connect? If so, let's get the module to load on boot automatically:

sudo -i

echo rt2800usb  >>  /etc/modules

exit

If loading the module does not help, let's look in the logs to see what went wrong:

dmesg | grep rt2

rfkill list all

The ASus USB-N53 is now supported with any new install of ubuntu 18, I got the USB-N53 micro working with this package: https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8822bu