and I just did it with lsmod.... no hits On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Michael wrote: > that is actually what I did with dmesg. The grep thing was just to show > there were no hits. > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Michael wrote: > >> I'll write it to a file and saearch with a word processor >> ` >> >> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Carruth, Rusty > > wrote: >> >>> And you might want to do it case-INsensitive, just to be sure you don’t >>> miss it. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On >>> Behalf Of *Bob Elzer >>> *Sent:* Friday, August 25, 2017 3:11 PM >>> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list >>> *Subject:* Re: netis wf2118 >>> >>> >>> >>> doing a grep will not show adjacent lines that have errors on them. >>> >>> >>> >>> you need to use the less or more commands and search for those same >>> things and read the lines before and after, to see if there are any errors. >>> >>> >>> >>> keep searching for the next occurrence, until you reach the end of file >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2017 1:43 PM, "Michael" wrote: >>> >>> The driver appears to be loading: >>> >>> >>> >>> $ lsmod| grep rt2x00 >>> >>> rt2x00pci 13287 1 rt2800pci >>> >>> rt2x00mmio 13603 2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio >>> >>> rt2x00lib 55307 5 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci, >>> rt2800mmio,rt2x00mmio >>> >>> mac80211 626489 6 rtl_usb,rtlwifi,rt2x00lib,rt2x >>> 00pci,rt2800lib,rtl8192cu >>> >>> cfg80211 484040 3 mac80211,rtlwifi,rt2x00lib >>> >>> >>> >>> and pci-id and RT5362 do not appear in dmesg: >>> >>> >>> >>> $ dmesg |grep RT5362 >>> >>> $ dmesg |grep pci-id >>> >>> $ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:02 AM, Michael wrote: >>> >>> $ iwconfig >>> >>> lo no wireless extensions. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Michael wrote: >>> >>> iwconfig doesn't see it >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Michael Butash >>> wrote: >>> >>> Need to make sure the system sees it as a usable network device. Do: >>> >>> >>> >>> iwconfig ## verifies if the system sees it as a proper 802.11 device, >>> and/or ap association >>> >>> ip link ## sees the nic as a real interface >>> >>> ip addr ## shows ip layer data, if it has an address >>> >>> cat /var/log/syslog | grep NetworkManager ## verfies if network-manager >>> is trying to do anything with it >>> >>> >>> >>> Also, does the systray applet show the network scanning for any wifi >>> devices? You should see *some* ssid's being found. >>> >>> >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Michael wrote: >>> >>> or more as it is being detected just not transmitting data. what should >>> I do? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Michael wrote: >>> >>> lspci sees SOMETHING at least. It says >>> >>> 03:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5362 PCI 802.11n Wireless >>> Network Adapter >>> >>> >>> >>> so it is detected. >>> >>> >>> >>> The card in the other computer is almost identical It is pci-e wile the >>> one not being detected is a pci card. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Michael Butash >>> wrote: >>> >>> Look at the pci devices with lspci, grep for network devices: >>> >>> >>> >>> >> lspci | grep Network >>> >>> >> 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac >>> Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32) >>> >>> >>> >>> You should see a like device there, your new card. If it's not being >>> detected properly, search dmesg output looking for an unknown device, might >>> be a firmware thing or something. Dmesg should at least tell you what >>> pci-id, vendor, or model of chip to then google why that doesn't load under >>> your os. >>> >>> >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Michael wrote: >>> >>> I got two wireless cards (netis wf2118) for two computers. both >>> computers have mint. One card is pci the other pci-e. the pci-e card works >>> great. the pci not so much. the green connectivity light on the pci card is >>> happily a solid green. Any ideas on how to get it to work?.... >>> >>> I just googled it and the one hit I got said he had a dead card. 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