Wireless USB Driver

[Bryan88]

I have a DLink DWA-125 wireless usb that I am making a half hearted attempt to get working with Mint 13 Xfce. I have the CD that it came with, my question is should I use the driver from the CD via the "Windows wireless drivers" option or look for a more suitable one online? Thanks.

[Pjotr]

Forget the CD and its Windows drivers....

Launch a terminal. What does this terminal command give:

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lsusb

..... and, while you're at it, please generate an overview of your system like this:
- make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz

(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste both outputs in your next message.

[Bryan88]

bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c16 D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT3070]
bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $

bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.0 (Gtk 2.24.10) Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq dx2200 MT
Mobo: MSI model: 0A48 Bios: Phoenix version: MS7254 1.02 date: 04/04/2006
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6000.01
Clock Speeds: 1: 3000.009 MHz 2: 3000.009 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] bus-ID: 01:05.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: de00 bus-ID: 02:03.0
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT3070] usb-ID: 07d1:3c16
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 140.0GB (9.8% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU_MHW2060B 60.0GB
2: /dev/sdb WDC_WD800JB 80.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 74G used: 13G (19%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 0.94GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info: Processes: 132 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 241.2/873.9MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.6.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.33
bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $

if a driver for the usb is showing up, I had already installed it previously, but have since removed it.
Thanks

[Pjotr]

First try this:
Enable level 4 and 5 updates and install the latest 3.2.x kernel (probably 3.2.0-87 or something). Then reboot.

Does that help?

[Bryan88]

Don't know if it made any difference, here are the latest results

bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c16 D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT3070]


bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT Kernel: 3.2.0-87-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.0 (Gtk 2.24.10) Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq dx2200 MT
Mobo: MSI model: 0A48 Bios: Phoenix version: MS7254 1.02 date: 04/04/2006
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6000.2
Clock Speeds: 1: 3000.101 MHz 2: 3000.101 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] bus-ID: 01:05.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: de00 bus-ID: 02:03.0
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT3070] usb-ID: 07d1:3c16
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 140.0GB (9.2% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU_MHW2060B 60.0GB
2: /dev/sdb WDC_WD800JB 80.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 73G used: 13G (18%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 0.94GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info: Processes: 132 Uptime: 25 min Memory: 222.4/873.8MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.6.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.33
bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $

Although the usb is showing up under lsusb, it is not shown under system information.
Thanks.

[Bryan88]

Been following the "before you post here" thread, but don't know if it's a bit outdated.
Here are some results, can't understand why there is no wireless showing. Don't know what the DHCP thing is about, but it asked for my password so I entered it. Thanks.

bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c16 D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT3070]
bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $ mintwifi
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:17:3e:bc:7f
inet addr:10.0.0.15 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4010 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2215 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4911826 (4.9 MB) TX bytes:173372 (173.3 KB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xde00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:100 (100.0 B) TX bytes:100 (100.0 B)

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* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for bryan:
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 10.0.0.2
Address: 10.0.0.2#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 216.58.223.14

bryan@bryan-HP-Compaq-dx2200-MT ~ $

[Pjotr]

It might be, that this particular chipset is too new for the old kernel of Linux Mint 13.

I can recommend the TP-Link TL-WN725N (version 2.0):
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN725N ... B008IFXQFU

Works only out of the box in Mint 17.x, but in Mint 13 it works fine if you do the following:

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sudo apt-get install build-essential

Then download this driver package:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/a ... master.zip

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cd Downloads && unzip ~/Downloads/rtl8188eu-master.zip

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cd rtl8188eu-master

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make

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sudo make install

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sudo modprobe 8188eu

[Bryan88]

Don't really want to buy anything new, had this one lying around so thought I would try get it to work. Thanks very much for your time and patience.