I have just bought a Realtech wifi dongle. Not only does it not work,it
kills the mouse onscreen display, and a hardware probe discovers it
listed under scanners. It is purported to work under linux. To get the
mouse visible it has to be unplugged and plugged in again.
The system is Mageia 1.
lsusb shows it as follows:
Bus 003 Device 012: ID 0bda:8178 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
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Hardware probe lists it under Scanners & gives the following:
Identification
Vendor: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Description: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Media class:
Connection
Bus: USB
Bus PCI #: 3
PCI device #: 17
Vendor ID: 0x0bda
Device ID: 0x8178
Misc
Module: unknown
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After plugging it in I get the following msgs from /var/log /messages
Dec 26 15:11:36 TheBox kernel: usb 3-2: new high speed USB device using
ehci_hcd and address 20
Dec 26 15:11:36 TheBox mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 20:
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.2/usb3/3-2"
Dec 26 15:11:36 TheBox kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device found,
idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8178
Dec 26 15:11:36 TheBox kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Dec 26 15:11:36 TheBox kernel: usb 3-2: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Dec 26 15:11:36 TheBox kernel: usb 3-2: Manufacturer: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Dec 26 15:11:36 TheBox kernel: usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
Dec 26 15:11:37 TheBox mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 20 was not an MTP device
Is this likely to be a faulty dongle?, missing software?, incorrect setup?
Any help greatly appreciated
TIA
Barry
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