Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
Richard Hector wrote: Oh - I don't think you mentioned the USB device was actually WiFi. As you were :-) The clue is in the subject Richard Do pay attention. :-) Richard --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
Gene Heskett wrote: All video cards should respond to the vesa driver. Trolling thru /var/log/Xorg.0.log with 'less' will answer that question. But vesa has I believe a max resolution of 800x600 so while it will work it will not work to the cards or monitors real capabilities. There 2 schools

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
FIXED. su - worked a treat and I'm now looking at the Debian home page on the Linux box. I got some odd messages from dpkg about possible missing firmware in /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp108/ mostly for "module nouveau". so presumably my graphics card. I've not noticed any problems with the gra

Re: Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
Greg Wooledge wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes Thanks Greg, RTFM always works. R --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
I don't think "She who must be obeyed" would be happy with a cable protector, cables strung across the ceiling or anything else in our entrance hall, both for practical and aesthetic reasons. I think we're getting a bit off topic, can we just accept that a cat5 connection isn't possible unless

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 05:28:18PM +0100, Richard Hobson wrote: > warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable > warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable > error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
Curt wrote: Of course, if you have no network connectivity on the machine, this might prove to be a difficult maneuver. However, you could download the package from another machine with connectivity and transfer it via sneakernet to the machine with the realtek wifi dongle, where it might be inst

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
Gene Heskett wrote: Chuckle. I have about 50 feet of cat-5, the rounded blue stuff, strung in a chinese handcuff on each end of a suspended run from a corner of my back porch roof to the apex of a 12x16 shed up on the hill which has some of my cnc machinery in it, been there since about 2002, a

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Dan Ritter
Richard Hobson wrote: > Richard Hector wrote: > > Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you > > use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able > > to copy/paste things into email. > > The router is on the other side of a corridor which is use

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread deloptes
Richard Hobson wrote: > The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife > in a power wheelchair. I think a twisted pair cable would be in ribbons > within a few passes. Modern PCs do not need twisted pair AFAIK

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
Richard Hector wrote: Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able to copy/paste things into email. The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife in a power wheelchair. I

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-18 Thread Richard Hobson
Richard Hector wrote: Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able to copy/paste things into email. The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife in a power wheelchair.

Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

2019-07-17 Thread Richard Hobson
ip r - gives no output ip a - too much output to transpose accurately but seems to find ethernet card (from MAC address given) and effectively tells me it isn't connected (which it isn't). Any specific information you'd like me to convey? R --- This email has been checked for viruses by