On 08Jan2012 20:37, Donald J. Tambeau <[email protected]> wrote: | Hi, I have tried ignoring the driver disk and just plug in the | adapters, I have several. The system does not seen to notice anything new | when I try the various adapters....no sound or any indication that the | system has notice something new. I then go into file system and double | click on the sbin folder. I then scroll down to the ifconfig folder. | Double clicking on it or trying the file open, does not open the folder. | I have tried the same thing on another Centros computer that is running | our repeater and I am not able to open the sbin//ifconfig folder on that | machine either.
My instructions were for the command line. Please open a terminal. At the command prompt, type: /sbin/ifconfig -a Note what inferaces are shown; probably "lo" and "eth0". Type the command: dmesg | tail -100 Leave it on the screen for reference. Open a second terminal. Plug in a USB adapter and wait a few seconds. Type the command: dmesg | tail -100 Is there new stuff at the bottom of the output? Type the command: /sbin/ifconfig -a Are there any new ethernet interfaces shown? Repeat with each USB adapter until one or both of dmesg and ifconfig show new stuff (ideally both). When ifconfig shown a new interface you can try to configure it with whatever setup tools your desktop interface offers. Anyway, please try the command line based experiments recited above and report. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. - Mark Twain, _A Horse's Tale_ ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
