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1. Re: Help with installing software (Nigel Sollars)


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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:01:28 -0500
From: Nigel Sollars <nsollars@gmail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Help with installing software
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Hi,

After inserting the dongle ( would suggest its usb ) open up the terminal
and do:

$ lsusb

after hitting enter you should see something similar too

~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
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 005: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2810
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6449 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:8197 Dell Computer Corp.
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 002: ID 0461:4e22 Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

you could do this of course before inserting to compare the difference as I
would imagine the chipset will appear not the name of the dongle ..

then you could run lsmod and check the list for a loaded kernel driver...

also ifconfig -a will show if all is good, after which you should be able
to configure it...

Nige

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Alex Butcher <lug@assursys.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Nov 2015, Neil Fraser wrote:
>
> Have you checked it has not already been recognised and is ready to
>> use? Ubuntu based distributions have a fairly broad set of drivers out
>> of the box so it's iunlikely you will need to do anything more than
>> plug it in.
>>
>
> ^ This. Look in kernel log files (traditionally /var/log/messages) when the
> device is plugged in to look for confirmation that it's been detected and a
> driver loaded.
>
> Failing that, look for drivers and utilities packaged by your distribution.
> I can't really provide a 'cookbook recipe' for Ubuntu, but on Red
> Hat/Fedora-like distros:
>
> $ yum search all ralink
> Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, kmdl, priorities,
> refresh-packagekit,
> : security
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>
> [...]
>
> =============================== Matched: ralink
> ================================
> rt2860-firmware.noarch : Firmware for Ralink RT28XX/RT30XX
> PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CardBus
> : series network adaptors
> rt2870-firmware.noarch : Firmware for Ralink RT28XX/RT30XX series USB
> network
> : adaptors
> rt61pci-firmware.noarch : Firmware for Ralink? RT2561/RT2661 A/B/G network
> : adaptors
> rt73usb-firmware.noarch : Firmware for Ralink? RT2571W/RT2671 A/B/G network
> : adaptors
> kmod-rt2860sta.x86_64 : rt2860sta kernel module(s)
> kmod-rt2870sta.x86_64 : rt2870sta kernel module(s)
> kmod-rt3070sta.x86_64 : rt3070sta kernel module(s)
> kmod-rt3090sta.x86_64 : rt3090sta kernel module(s)
> kmod-rt3562sta.x86_64 : rt3562sta kernel module(s)
> kmod-rt3572sta.x86_64 : rt3572sta kernel module(s)
> kmod-rt5370sta.x86_64 : rt5370sta kernel module(s)
> kmod-rt5390sta.x86_64 : rt5390sta kernel module(s)
>
> ralink is the manufacturer of a popular WiFi chipset used by many brands
> and
> models of WiFi adaptor. You will need to research your adaptor to find out
> who manufactures its chipset.
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex
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