lspci and lsusb do not care if the OS has a driver nor if it is being used. They will show the device if it simply exists.
do lspci and/or lsusb and see if it reports it. It may not give the device a proper name if the pci-id definition is not in its database, so if you don't see it then anything with no name may be it. On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM Stephen Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I've just connected up a new wifi dongle that came with my > >> motherboard to the motherboard wifi terminals. Given that the device > >> is not USB or PCI, how do I determine what F43 sees the device as and > >> what chipset F43 thinks it has? If what Windows says the device is, > >> is correct, I believe that I read somewhere that the Linux Kernel > >> will potentially not have support for the device until the 6.18 > >> kernel. > > Certain devices are connected via PCI or USB, do do not have the common > > connectors. > > > > Check lsusb and lspci for relevant output. > I didn't believe the device was USB or PCI because it is connected > directly into the motherboard via terminals on the back of the PC (where > the motherboard provides the Audio and USB ports direct wired to the > motherboard rather than attached via wires connected to the motherboard > (as the port on the front of the PC case are). How do I determine what > Fedora thinks it is if I can't be certain exactly what it is, and wifi > is not active. > Windows is telling me the wifi device is a "Mediatek MT7927 Wifi 7 Media > Card". What I have read tells me that mt7927 is similar to mt7925 with > the only difference being on the mt7927 the 6 GHz channel supports a > higher connection speed, but I also believe I have seen an article on > the net that was saying mt7927 support was potentially not being > provided in any form until the 6.18 kernel. > Having said this though, if I don't know exactly what device it is, how > do I determine whether lsusb or lspci is actually seeing it. The direct > connected wifi dongle is replacing a usb dongle that appeared to also be > using the mt7927 chipset which lsusb indicated couldn't be seen, until > as I've seen indicated with other distributions the dongle was removed a > plugged back in underneath the running system. > > regards, > > > regards, > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
