On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:04 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I just tested a Edimax EW-7811Un WiFi dongle on the BeagleBone Back the > latest Debian image. It is reported for many user to work, but unfortunately > it does not for me. > > On my notebook with OpenSUSE it works out of the box. However, it seems > there is a driver missing from the Debian BeagleBone image: > > lsusb: > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un > 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS] > > dmesg on BeagleBone (latest Debian testing image from yesterday) > [ 287.628336] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 3 > [ 378.891453] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using musb-hdrc > [ 378.992624] usb 2-1.2: device v7392 p7811 is not supported > [ 378.998456] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=7392, > idProduct=7811 > [ 378.998487] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > SerialNumber=3 > [ 378.998513] usb 2-1.2: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter > [ 378.998538] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek > [ 378.998562] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001 > [ 379.006472] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x10 > [ 379.090006] rtl8192cu: MAC address: 80:1f:02:d0:ea:a7 > [ 379.090053] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0 > [ 379.090221] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1 > [ 379.090400] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin > [ 379.093330] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc' > [ 379.097116] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on > > dmesg on notebook (OpenSUSE Tumbleweed) > [48737.955403] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci > [48738.042037] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=7392, > idProduct=7811 > [48738.042041] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > SerialNumber=3 > [48738.042043] usb 2-1.1: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter > [48738.042044] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Realtek > [48738.042045] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001 > [48738.073650] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x10 > [48738.161285] rtl8192cu: MAC address: 80:1f:02:d0:ea:a7 > [48738.161290] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0 > [48738.161532] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1 > [48738.161564] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin > [48738.161828] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu > [48738.162519] usb 2-1.1: Direct firmware load failed with error -2 > [48738.162522] usb 2-1.1: Falling back to user helper > [48738.163283] rtlwifi: Loading alternative firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin > [48738.163466] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc' > [48738.164162] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on > > > Any chances this can be fixed?
Looking at your dmesg above, it looks like it "works" better then opensuse.. Either disable hdmi in /boot/uEnv.txt cape_disable=capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN or get a 3 inch usb extension cable. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
