On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:38:00 +0100
Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> wrote:
> Quoting Charles Curley (2020-03-04 18:01:50)
> > Mar 4 09:53:22 chaffee kernel: [2078550.601134] CPU: 0 PID: 20521
> > Comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: G W 4.19.0-8-686 #1
> > Debian 4.19.98-1 Mar 4 09:53:22 chaffee kernel: [2078550.614861]
> > Hardware name: CompuLab AMD "CM-iGLX" Geode LX/CS5536 /CM-iGLX
> > Platform, BIOS Version 5.2 09/02/2007
>
> Not sure, but it looks like your CPU is one of those no longer
> supported by Debian.
Well, it seem to work....
But I decided to try the adapter on a more modern machine, and got this
in my syslog:
Mar 4 12:28:50 dzur kernel: [2077971.764787] usb 1-5: new high-speed
USB device number 3 using ehci-pci Mar 4 12:28:50 dzur kernel:
[2077971.935351] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05,
idProduct=17ab, bcdDevice= 2.00 Mar 4 12:28:50 dzur kernel:
[2077971.946300] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3 Mar 4 12:28:50 dzur kernel: [2077971.957109] usb 1-5:
Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter Mar 4 12:28:50 dzur kernel:
[2077971.967889] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Realtek Mar 4 12:28:50 dzur
kernel: [2077971.978600] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001 Mar 4
12:28:50 dzur systemd[1]: Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch
Status /dev/rfkill Watch. Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077972.672174]
rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x11 Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.021735] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0 Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.036429] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1 Mar
4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077973.039258] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware
rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.048763] usb 1-5: firmware: direct-loading firmware
rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur kernel:
[2077973.048763] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm
'rtl_rc' Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077973.052201] usbcore:
registered new interface driver rtl8192cu Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur
systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status... Mar 4 12:28:51
dzur systemd-udevd[202969]: Using default interface naming scheme
'v243'. Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur systemd-udevd[202969]: ethtool:
autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not
writable. Mar 4 12:28:51 dzur kernel: [2077973.173353] rtl8192cu
1-5:1.0 wlx1c872cc720d8: renamed from wlan0
That looks better.
root@dzur:~# ifconfig wlx1c872cc720d8
wlx1c872cc720d8: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 1c:87:2c:c7:20:d8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
root@dzur:~# iwconfig
wlx1c872cc720d8 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
root@dzur:~# rfkill list ; echo $?
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
0
root@dzur:~# uname -r
4.19.0-6-amd64
root@dzur:~# uname -a
Linux dzur 4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 (2019-11-11)
x86_64 GNU/Linux root@dzur:~#
Thanks for the pointer!
The next step is to get hostapd running.
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