How to use USB wireless adapter in 4.3?
How to use USB wireless adapter in 4.3?
I'm running puppy 4.3 from a live cd. It works great but when I plug in my Wireless USB Adapter nothing happens. I have the driver cd that came with the adapter and it has linux drivers on it but I don't really know what to do with them. Can someone help please. BTW, I copied the cd to a flash drive and plugged it into my computer since my cd drive is being used by the live cd. The flash drive shows up and I can access all the folders but don't know where to go from there. Thanks.
Also, I have Windows XP on this computer and it's super slow. Puppy is much faster.
Also, I have Windows XP on this computer and it's super slow. Puppy is much faster.
Doing that right now. Forgot to say, the lights on the adapter don;t blink at all as they do on my Windows machine. It's like its totally dead.Semme wrote:Hi Danxaz, welcome! Pup phaster than XP? Easily!
USB plugged.. open a terminal'n enter: dmesg | grep -i network and let's see what you've got there..
Well, as pointed out by Pemasu, it seems you need the 8192cu driver, which also covers rtl8188cu. Unfortunately I couldn't get the driver to compile, (on p431).
Is there any reason why you couldn't try a newer pupversion? e.g. if you tried any of the lucid series Tempestuous has the driver for lucid here:
8192cu-k2.6.33.2.pet
Also, having 128M RAM, have you created a swap file, or swap partition?
Is there any reason why you couldn't try a newer pupversion? e.g. if you tried any of the lucid series Tempestuous has the driver for lucid here:
8192cu-k2.6.33.2.pet
Also, having 128M RAM, have you created a swap file, or swap partition?
I have compiled 8192cu about week ago for dpup exprimo with 2.6.39.4 kernel...it was effort for one user.
It wont hurt if I post the pet here.
To install these pet packaged drivers. Install the pet and the driver might be immediately loaded. Due to pinstall.sh script inside driver pet. But rebooting is sometimes needed.
My pet does not work with Lucid Puppies. They have different, older kernel.
It wont hurt if I post the pet here.
To install these pet packaged drivers. Install the pet and the driver might be immediately loaded. Due to pinstall.sh script inside driver pet. But rebooting is sometimes needed.
My pet does not work with Lucid Puppies. They have different, older kernel.
Try this instead....from Iguleder. ..Kinda Lucid Puppy 006
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57371
I tried this on my little Acer netbook when kinda lucid was released.
Wireless worked perfectlt with encyption.
Pwireless 2
Network Wizard >> Dougal
Simple Network
Network Wizard Classic >> Barry
My review.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67859
And use my latest April 2011 technique.if it won't work with Pwireless2.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=66936
And quite honestly why not try Wary?
And did you post your specs?????
Chris.
Chris.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57371
I tried this on my little Acer netbook when kinda lucid was released.
Wireless worked perfectlt with encyption.
Pwireless 2
Network Wizard >> Dougal
Simple Network
Network Wizard Classic >> Barry
My review.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67859
And use my latest April 2011 technique.if it won't work with Pwireless2.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=66936
And quite honestly why not try Wary?
And did you post your specs?????
Chris.
Chris.
Your frustration is understandable but it's important, in fault-finding, to let us know exactly what you've done. You've installed an 8192cu pet, but don't say whether it was the one by Pemasu for Exprimo, or the one compiled by Tempestuous, for Lucid, which uses a completely different kernel.
After install, did you reboot?
I'm still not sure what you're actual device is...could you perhaps give a link to the product's page?
Have you run Menu>Setup>Internet Connect Wizard? (I'm guessing you would tryInternet by wired or wireless LAN)
After install, did you reboot?
I'm still not sure what you're actual device is...could you perhaps give a link to the product's page?
Have you run Menu>Setup>Internet Connect Wizard? (I'm guessing you would tryInternet by wired or wireless LAN)
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You do understand that this driver is compatible only with Puppy Lucid versions 5.1 - 5.2.8 ?muggins wrote:Tempestuous has the driver for lucid here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 469#462469
The (Realtek) 8192cu driver is definitely compatible with that device ID.danxaz wrote:Vendor ID: 0xbda
Product ID: 0x8176
By "nothing" you mean that no wifi interface is listed in the Network Wizard?danxaz wrote:Still nothing happening with usb adapter
Ok here are some details:
My system is an Old IBM Thinkpad:
Intel Celeron 550 Mghz
128 Mb Ram
30G Hard Rive
Currently running Windows XP, but very slowly. The wirelss USB Adapter works fine on XP.
The USB Adapter is a mini usb type:
Realtek RTL8188CU 802.11n
It came with a cd that has drivers for Windows, Mac, and Linux
There is a lot of information about Linux on the disk as well as a power point slide show that has instructions but it has a lot of information about teminal prompts and "building" etc. ??
There are files that end in .tar that I think are the drivers but I don't know what to do with them.
My system is an Old IBM Thinkpad:
Intel Celeron 550 Mghz
128 Mb Ram
30G Hard Rive
Currently running Windows XP, but very slowly. The wirelss USB Adapter works fine on XP.
The USB Adapter is a mini usb type:
Realtek RTL8188CU 802.11n
It came with a cd that has drivers for Windows, Mac, and Linux
There is a lot of information about Linux on the disk as well as a power point slide show that has instructions but it has a lot of information about teminal prompts and "building" etc. ??
There are files that end in .tar that I think are the drivers but I don't know what to do with them.
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Your information still doesn't tell us the Puppy version with which you attempted to install the 8192cu driver.
and pemasu has already compiled and packaged for dpup exprimo.
That's the source code, which I have already compiled and packaged as a dotpet for Lucid 5.1 - 5.2.8,danxaz wrote:There are files that end in .tar that I think are the drivers but I don't know what to do with them.
and pemasu has already compiled and packaged for dpup exprimo.