On Dec 26, 2012 3:39 PM, "Barry" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
Perhaps it isn't supported by your distro's kernel. What module does it require? What kernel version? Certainly looks like your system doesn't have a midule for it. Try some googling with the vendor:product ids. > The system is Mageia 1. > > lsusb shows it as follows: > > Bus 003 Device 012: ID 0bda:8178 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > -------------------------------------- > 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 > -------------------------------------------- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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