mint xfce couldnt find my wireless adapter

[ataa92]

Hi guys

Today i want to install mint to my computer but unfortunately it couldn't find my wireless usb adapter ( model No. TL-WN727N TP-Link) would you know a way to solve this problem?

thanks for prompt responses

[richyrich]

Within the Live environment, open the terminal and execute the following commands, then copy/paste them back here:

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inxi -Nx

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lsusb

[ataa92]

Within the Live environment, open the terminal and execute the following commands, then copy/paste them back here:

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inxi -Nx

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lsusb

The result is:

mint@mint ~ $ inxi -Nx
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
Card-2: Ralink usb-ID: 148f:7601
mint@mint ~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Drive
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1c4f:0002 SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 279e:024f
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[ataa92]

Anybody can help me please?

[richyrich]

If you show nothing in the Driver Manager program that is found in the menu, then you can go here :

Read through, pay close attention to answer number 4 : http://askubuntu.com/questions/422647/h ... k-148f7601

[JeremyB]

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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git

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sudo apt-get install git

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git clone https://github.com/porjo/mt7601.git 

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cd mt7601/src

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make

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sudo make install

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sudo mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/

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sudo cp RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/

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sudo modprobe mt7601Usta

This was reported to work as of a few months ago http://askubuntu.com/questions/457061/r ... stallation