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On 03/04/20 23:04, Julian Hall wrote: > On 03/04/2020 22:40, Julian Hall wrote: >> On 02/04/2020 22:48, comrade meowski wrote: >>> On 02/04/2020 22:01, Julian Hall wrote: >>> >>>> Does it? That's news to me.. I installed clean from the ISO I >>>> downloaded from Mint's own website. Weirdly their Update Manager >>>> claims 4.18.* and 5.* are not supported as long as 4.15.* which is the >>>> only reason I have not installed a 5.* kernel yet. And yes oops, I >>>> read this biit /after/ following your instructions.. d'oh! >>>> >>>> It detects now in lsusb, which it wasn't before, However when I try to >>>> add a Wireless Network connection I don't know its MAC address etc. >>>> How do I actually use it now? Daft question I know! >>> >>> Well you're most of the way there then which is a good start. >> >> I tried 'sudo ifconfig enp0s10 down' which correctly knocked the wired >> ethernet offline [another bit of Mint weirdness it doesn't use eth0], >> however 'sudo ifconfig wlan0 up' gave an error that there was no such >> device. This is the output of both commands, followed by 'sudo ifconfig' >> and lsusb: >> >> (base) julian@CERCE:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down >> [sudo] password for julian: >> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >> (base) julian@CERCE:~$ ifconfig >> enp0s10: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >> inet6 fe80::1110:fb2e:baa6:2ceb prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> >> ether 00:19:66:f7:4b:1c txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) >> RX packets 3665036 bytes 5225319141 (5.2 GB) >> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 >> TX packets 861429 bytes 63884703 (63.8 MB) >> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 >> >> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> >> loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback) >> RX packets 9569 bytes 876649 (876.6 KB) >> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 >> TX packets 9569 bytes 876649 (876.6 KB) >> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 >> >> (base) julian@CERCE:~$ sudo ifconfig enp0s10 down >> (base) julian@CERCE:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up >> wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >> (base) julian@CERCE:~$ sudo ifconfig enp0s10 up >> (base) julian@CERCE:~$ lsusb >> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA >> Technology Corp. JM20329 SATA Bridge >> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub >> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 04f3:0103 Elan Microelectronics Corp. ActiveJet >> K-2024 Multimedia Keyboard >> Bus 004 Device 002: ID 192f:0916 Avago Technologies, Pte. >> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:081b Logitech, Inc. Webcam C310 >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b05:1853 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. >> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 >> USB-2.0 "TetraHub" >> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub >> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> (base) julian@CERCE:~$ >> >> The ASUSTech device is the USB WiFi dongle. >> >> Obviously until the wireless device exists in Mint the dongle will not >> work. >> >> I have also heard that USB 3 is an issue in Linux. Although it is >> plugged in a USB 2 port of a powered hub, the device itself is USB 3. >> Could this also be an issue? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Julian > > PS. I keep seeing advice on forums to check the Device Manager but that > has never shown me anything other than the Nvidia graphics card. I assume > it only looks at cards plugged into the motherboard. > > Julian > > Does this article help you out any .. no idea what 'Ukuu' is but looks useful ...
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