belkin usb wifi not working.
by bruce
hey guys.
got a base test box with a wired/eth connection that works, trying to
install belkin N150 wifi usb adapter.
I've got the device blinking, but I can't get NetworkManager to be
able to access it.
running
[root@dell1 ~]# iwconfig
wlan2 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
#lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:1.4
logical name: wlan2
serial: ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes
wireless=unassociated
[root@dell1 ~]# iwlist wlan2 scan
wlan2 No scan results
[root@dell1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:AC:6F:67:DC:BD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB) TX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB)
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@dell1 ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:67:dc:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@dell1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ufn
ESSID="UFN"
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MODE=Managed
#KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#DEFROUTE=yes
#IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
#IPV6INIT=no
NAME=ufn
#UUID=c2148d62-031b-4463-9aa2-1c1b62521907
ONBOOT=yes
#PEERDNS=yes
#PEERROUTES=yes
#LAST_CONNECT=1392342407
HWADDR=EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=889b7f7d-296d-7cfa-21ce-f1d575f94936
the wireless network
[root@dell1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub
(part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan
(formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 v1 Basic
Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated
Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
[root@dell1 ~]# grep -i 050d /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 945a
/lib/modules/3.10.29-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias
usb:v050Dp945Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* r8712u
-which happened via the installation of the mod/kernel
yum -y reinstall /start/kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall
http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-lt-3.10.29-1.el6.el...
[root@dell1 ~]# iwconfig
wlan2 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
#lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:1.4
logical name: wlan2
serial: ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes
wireless=unassociated
[root@dell1 ~]# iwlist wlan2 scan
wlan2 No scan results
[root@dell1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:AC:6F:67:DC:BD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB) TX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB)
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@dell1 ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:67:dc:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@dell1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ufn
ESSID="UFN"
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MODE=Managed
#KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#DEFROUTE=yes
#IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
#IPV6INIT=no
NAME=ufn
#UUID=c2148d62-031b-4463-9aa2-1c1b62521907
ONBOOT=yes
#PEERDNS=yes
#PEERROUTES=yes
#LAST_CONNECT=1392342407
HWADDR=EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=889b7f7d-296d-7cfa-21ce-f1d575f94936
the wireless network
[root@dell1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub
(part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan
(formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 v1 Basic
Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated
Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
[root@dell1 ~]# grep -i 050d /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 945a
/lib/modules/3.10.29-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias
usb:v050Dp945Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* r8712u
-which h[root@dell1 ~]# iwconfig
wlan2 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
#lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:1.4
logical name: wlan2
serial: ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes
wireless=unassociated
[root@dell1 ~]# iwlist wlan2 scan
wlan2 No scan results
[root@dell1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:AC:6F:67:DC:BD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB) TX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB)
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@dell1 ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:67:dc:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@dell1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ufn
ESSID="UFN"
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MODE=Managed
#KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#DEFROUTE=yes
#IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
#IPV6INIT=no
NAME=ufn
#UUID=c2148d62-031b-4463-9aa2-1c1b62521907
ONBOOT=yes
#PEERDNS=yes
#PEERROUTES=yes
#LAST_CONNECT=1392342407
HWADDR=EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=889b7f7d-296d-7cfa-21ce-f1d575f94936
the wireless network
[root@dell1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub
(part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan
(formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 v1 Basic
Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated
Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
[root@dell1 ~]# grep -i 050d /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 945a
/lib/modules/3.10.29-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias
usb:v050Dp945Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* r8712u
-which happened via the installation of the mod/kernel
yum -y reinstall /start/kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall
http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-lt-3.10.29-1.el6.el...
[root@dell1 ~]# iwconfig
wlan2 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
#lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:1.4
logical name: wlan2
serial: ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes
wireless=unassociated
[root@dell1 ~]# iwlist wlan2 scan
wlan2 No scan results
[root@dell1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:AC:6F:67:DC:BD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB) TX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB)
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@dell1 ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:67:dc:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@dell1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ufn
ESSID="UFN"
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MODE=Managed
#KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#DEFROUTE=yes
#IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
#IPV6INIT=no
NAME=ufn
#UUID=c2148d62-031b-4463-9aa2-1c1b62521907
ONBOOT=yes
#PEERDNS=yes
#PEERROUTES=yes
#LAST_CONNECT=1392342407
HWADDR=EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=889b7f7d-296d-7cfa-21ce-f1d575f94936
the wireless network
[root@dell1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub
(part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan
(formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 v1 Basic
Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated
Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
[root@dell1 ~]# grep -i 050d /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 945a
/lib/modules/3.10.29-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias
usb:v050Dp945Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* r8712u
-which happened via the installation of the mod/kernel
yum -y reins[root@dell1 ~]# iwconfig
wlan2 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
#lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:1.4
logical name: wlan2
serial: ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes
wireless=unassociated
[root@dell1 ~]# iwlist wlan2 scan
wlan2 No scan results
[root@dell1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:AC:6F:67:DC:BD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB) TX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB)
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@dell1 ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:67:dc:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@dell1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ufn
ESSID="UFN"
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MODE=Managed
#KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#DEFROUTE=yes
#IPV4_FAILUR[root@dell1 ~]# iwconfig
wlan2 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
#lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:1.4
logical name: wlan2
serial: ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes
wireless=unassociated
[root@dell1 ~]# iwlist wlan2 scan
wlan2 No scan results
[root@dell1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:AC:6F:67:DC:BD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB) TX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB)
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@dell1 ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:67:dc:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@dell1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ufn
ESSID="UFN"
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MODE=Managed
#KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#DEFROUTE=yes
#IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
#IPV6INIT=no
NAME=ufn
#UUID=c2148d62-031b-4463-9aa2-1c1b62521907
ONBOOT=yes
#PEERDNS=yes
#PEERROUTES=yes
#LAST_CONNECT=1392342407
HWADDR=EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=889b7f7d-296d-7cfa-21ce-f1d575f94936
the wireless network
[root@dell1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub
(part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan
(formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 v1 Basic
Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated
Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
[root@dell1 ~]# grep -i 050d /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 945a
/lib/modules/3.10.29-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias
usb:v050Dp945Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* r8712u
-which happened via the installation of the mod/kernel
yum -y reinstall /start/kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall
http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-lt-3.10.29-1.el6.el...
now, the funny (or not so funny thing)
[root@dell1 ~]# iwconfig
wlan2 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
#lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:1.4
logical name: wlan2
serial: ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes
wireless=unassociated
[root@dell1 ~]# iwlist wlan2 scan
wlan2 No scan results
[root@dell1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:AC:6F:67:DC:BD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:840 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB) TX bytes:66040 (64.4 KiB)
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@dell1 ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether b8:ac:6f:67:dc:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: wlan2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether ec:1a:59:26:3e:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[root@dell1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ufn
ESSID="UFN"
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
MODE=Managed
#KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#DEFROUTE=yes
#IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
#IPV6INIT=no
NAME=ufn
#UUID=c2148d62-031b-4463-9aa2-1c1b62521907
ONBOOT=yes
#PEERDNS=yes
#PEERROUTES=yes
#LAST_CONNECT=1392342407
HWADDR=EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=889b7f7d-296d-7cfa-21ce-f1d575f94936
the wireless network
[root@dell1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub
(part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan
(formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 v1 Basic
Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated
Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
[root@dell1 ~]# grep -i 050d /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 945a
/lib/modules/3.10.29-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias
usb:v050Dp945Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* r8712u
-which happened via the installation of the mod/kernel
yum -y reinstall /start/kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall
http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-lt-3.10.29-1.el6.el...
now, the funny (or not so funny thing)
neither
#lspci | grep -i Belkin
# lspci -v
return anything with Belkin!!!!!
so have I screwed something up, or not completely installed the
underlying drivers/mods to support the device??
neither
#lspci | grep -i Belkin
# lspci -v
return anything with Belkin!!!!!
so have I screwed something up, or not completely installed the
underlying drivers/mods to support the device??
E_FATAL=yes
#IPV6INIT=no
NAME=ufn
#UUID=c2148d62-031b-4463-9aa2-1c1b62521907
ONBOOT=yes
#PEERDNS=yes
#PEERROUTES=yes
#LAST_CONNECT=1392342407
HWADDR=EC:1A:59:26:3E:A3
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=889b7f7d-296d-7cfa-21ce-f1d575f94936
the wireless network can be accessed via another onboard laptop/nic
with an auto generated config
-the wireless uses wep/wpa/dhcp - pretty straightforward
the onboard nic has no issues connecting wirelessly.
[root@dell1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub
(part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan
(formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 v1 Basic
Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated
Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
[root@dell1 ~]# grep -i 050d /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 945a
/lib/modules/3.10.29-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias
usb:v050Dp945Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* r8712u
-which happened via the installation of the mod/kernel
yum -y reinstall /start/kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall
http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-lt-3.10.29-1.el6.el...
now, the funny (or not so funny thing)
neither
#lspci | grep -i Belkin
# lspci -v
return anything with Belkin!!!!!
so have I screwed something up, or not completely installed the
underlying drivers/mods to support the device??
tall /start/kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall
http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-lt-3.10.29-1.el6.el...
now, the funny (or not so funny thing)
neither
#lspci | grep -i Belkin
# lspci -v
return anything with Belkin!!!!!
so have I screwed something up, or not completely installed the
underlying drivers/mods to support the device??
now, the funny (or not so funny thing)
neither
#lspci | grep -i Belkin
# lspci -v
return anything with Belkin!!!!!
so have I screwed something up, or not completely installed the
underlying drivers/mods to support the device??
appened via the installation of the mod/kernel
yum -y reinstall /start/kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall
http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-lt-3.10.29-1.el6.el...
now, the funny (or not so funny thing)
neither
#lspci | grep -i Belkin
# lspci -v
return anything with Belkin!!!!!
so have I screwed something up, or not completely installed the
underlying drivers/mods to support the device??
now, the funny (or not so funny thing)
neither
#lspci | grep -i Belkin
# lspci -v
return anything with Belkin!!!!!
so have I screwed something up, or not completely installed the
underlying drivers/mods to support the device??
10 years, 4 months
Installing Linux on a windows hd
by Roger
A friend who is not computer literate at all has a Dell 1520 laptop
which when new, Dell required it have xp installed. I insisted at the
time that the hd have 2 partitions as I intended to install either
Fedora or Ubuntu but that was years ago and I had forgotten all about it
till today.
Macafee insists on updating but will not do so until she updates
explorer which she never uses and knows nothing about. I have no idea
about updating explorer either, never used it. I've googled but my
google produces different results to her google search so I can't tell
her to click on this or that option.
I do not know if her xp is sp1, 2 or 3 and have no way of finding out as
all contact is by phone, she doesn't have a clue about finding out, me
neither, and she lives some 120 km away.
I would like to run her through installing one of the Linux systems on
the second partition but am worried that on installing it may overwrite
the windows MBR making her windows files, folders, etc useless,
particularly Thunderbird and Firefox. She would not be able to reinstall
windows without me spending a day on the phone. I no longer have the
stamina for epic phone calls.
This person has no confidence with computers. Over the years I have
talked her through windows problems but now I am lost as to how to
tackle this one.
I understand how to get linux to clean install on the second partition
and I think I remember about how to use it's own boot record not the MBR
but have no idea how she would access linux with windows on the first
partition. I would prefer to make Linux the default boot option without
overwriting her MBR. I think this can be done as a bios option as I do
on my desktop pc.
I think the best linux option would be ubuntu 12.04LTS so she doesn't
have to update the OS.
Can someone direct me on the best approach for this as I would have to
set aside 3-4 hours on the phone to walk her through a basic install
before the file system updates, which can also take hours.
Help is most gratefully appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Roger
10 years, 4 months
Empty directories no content for >= 6mths
by Frank Murphy
Looking at:
find ~/ -mtime 180 -type d -empty
Some empty dirs are important,
so how to filter out those that may be needed.
Would -mtime, cover for those that have had no content for => 6mths
___
Regards
Frank
frankly3d.com
10 years, 4 months
find limit output to file
by Frank Murphy
If I run:
find /usr/lib/systemd /etc/systemd -name '*.service' > service-files
How can I limit output to just foo.service, not full paths.
So I can then run
yum whatprovides $(cat service-files) | rpm -qf "%{NAME}\n" >
systemctl-list
which ^^^ is currently giving a broken pipe.
# I'll do a uniq bit between both lists.
___
Regards
Frank
frankly3d.com
10 years, 4 months
Clearing screen after selecting windows from grub?
by Michael D. Setzer II
I just got 20 new machines in my classroom to replace the 8 year old
machines, and added the Fedora 20 to the Windows 7 that the machines
came with. I was able to figure how to the old graphic from previous versions
to show up instead of the black screen with text only, and they is no issue
with any kernel or non-windows options, but when selecting the windows 7
boot option, the screen seems to show multiple copies of the original image
of the verne.png file but not correctly set. It just sits there for some time, but
then the windows does finally come up. Is there an option to have it clear the
screen when the option is picked?
Thanks.
Another issue that I have run into is that I setup one machine, and then
imaged them to the other machines. The the nic commands would not work
because the hardcoded mac wasn't matching, so I had create a script to
automatically modify the file in these 20 machines, but have also worked to
get the script to work with other machines with various nics.
This script works, but doesn't automatically change the file since I want to
make sure that it is correct before changing. I recall on previous versions that
you could tell it not to link the mac to the nic, so it was no issue with imaging
machines. Not a big deal, but found I couldn't use ifup or other commands
since it would give errors that the mac wasn't matching.
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
nic=`ls ifcfg* | grep -v \~ | grep -v lo | grep -v org | grep -v new`
nicname=`echo $nic | cut -b 7-12`
HW=`ifconfig $nicname | grep ether | cut -b 15-31 | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]`
clear
echo NIC $nic NICNAME $nicname HW $HW
sed -e "s/HWADDR=.*/HWADDR=\"$HW\"/g" $nic >$nic.new2
cat $nic | grep -v HWADDR >$nic.new
echo HWADDR=\"$HW\" >>$nic.new
Again Thanks.
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor
Guam Community College Computer Center
mailto:mikes@kuentos.guam.net
mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com
http://www.guam.net/home/mikes
Guam - Where America's Day Begins
G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/
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10 years, 4 months
Re: Installing Linux on a windows hd
by EGO-II.1
I would just tell her to backup all her data that she wants saved to an external device.....then do a clean install of Ubuntu...and then she can transfer her data back. ....ditch WinXP altogether.....makes for an easier time when its time to support it remotely.....
----- Reply message -----
From: "Tim" <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au>
To: <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
Subject: Installing Linux on a windows hd
Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 9:40 am
Allegedly, on or about 12 February 2014, Roger sent:
> A friend who is not computer literate at all has a Dell 1520 laptop
> which when new, Dell required it have xp installed.
As has already been said, XP support dies very soon. It's not safe to
use XP on the net after then. It was never particularly safe when XP
was being supported, anyway...
Seen it fubared within seconds of going on-line, even saw it pop up a
warning about being fubarred, but did nothing to prevent it, nor would
anything succeed in unfubarring it. Needed a reinstall. How I laughed
when I watched my friend go through that three times in a row, on one
night.
It's not just XP, itself, that becomes unsupported. It software that
can be run on XP, as *those* other coders abandon the abandoned Windows
XP over time. Though it's probably quite likely that some anti-virus
vendors will continue to produce anti-virus software for an out-of-date
XP for some time, long after Microsoft abandons XP. That's been the
trend with even older versions of Windows. Some do recognise that users
are stuck with using old OSs, for whatever reason (e.g. workplace
computers might be un-upgradable).
If they are going to continue using XP, go through all the Windows
updates, now, let it update all the bug fixes that can be done, and
that'll take care of internet explorer, at the same time. Then stop
using internet explorer, except for browsing the Microsoft site. Use
other, safer, browsers for the www.
But it's not new, now, is it? So the Dell *requirement* of having XP
isn't really so concrete, and that requirement is surely going to have
to change when XP is killed. If they must use Windows, find out the
latest version that can be installed on the hardware, then install it.
Though you may have something so old that it can't support newer
releases.
> I do not know if her xp is sp1, 2 or 3 and have no way of finding out
> as all contact is by phone, she doesn't have a clue about finding
> out, me neither, and she lives some 120 km away.
If you feel so inclined, and both of your internet is fast enough, you
can take remote control of her PC, and fix it for her yourself, rather
than play the telephone support game. Alternatively, have the thing
posted to you, sort it out, then send it back.
There are tools that give you summaries of the installation, and the
"about this computer" option can reveal the service pack installed, at
least. You'd need to try Windows update to see how many other things
its out-of-date with.
But I abandoned helping friends with Windows, long ago. I tell them
that I don't use it anymore, I'm not up to date with its foibles, and
it'll take me much longer to sort it out than taking it to a computer
shop. It's saved me no end of grief.
> I would like to run her through installing one of the Linux systems on
> the second partition but am worried that on installing it may
> overwrite the windows MBR making her windows files, folders, etc
> useless, particularly Thunderbird and Firefox. She would not be able
> to reinstall windows without me spending a day on the phone. I no
> longer have the stamina for epic phone calls.
I know that feeling. I had one friend who would have something go wrong
with his computer, then get stupidly drunk before phoning me for help.
It was hard enough, normally, but that made it extremely painful.
The last few times that I've installed Linux (including recent/current
Fedora) on a machine with Windows already on it, it has sorted itself
out, and the boot menu lets you pick whether to boot Linux or Windows.
Depending on which distro was installed, Windows may actually appear as
Windows in the menu, or simply be referred to as "Other." And Linux is
usually the default boot option.
Yes, it takes over the MBR, but the grub bootloader takes care of
booting up Linux or Windows, so that doesn't really matter.
It might be worth you trying out doing a multi-boot install at your own
end, to familiarise yourself with it. It doesn't have to be a
Linux/Windows dual-boot, if you don't have a Windows install to play
with. Make it two different Linux installations.
> This person has no confidence with computers. Over the years I have
> talked her through windows problems but now I am lost as to how to
> tackle this one.
Explain carefully and strongly that XP will not be supported within
about a month, that they really need to abandon it.
> I think the best linux option would be ubuntu 12.04LTS so she doesn't
> have to update the OS.
Could be... Or CentOS, if you're more familiar with solving problems
similar to Fedora, than dealing with Ubuntu issues.
> I would have to set aside 3-4 hours on the phone to walk her through a
> basic install before the file system updates, which can also take
> hours.
I know your pain. But a clean Linux install shouldn't take that long.
Only an update-install, which is based on what was previously installed
(and has to churn through assessing it and all the updates that will be
needed), should take that long to run.
--
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All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.
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a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.
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10 years, 4 months
Fun observation after installing a new UPS
by SternData
The very old APC 900VA unit I had under my desk died over the weekend. I
replaced it with an Cyber Power System, Inc. CP1500, $99 from Amazon
with free shipping.
Anyhow, the front display shows the power drawn by the stuff plugged
into it, currently computer and monitor. Typically, they're drawing
about 60-65 watts. Running Yum and updating SELinux policies increased
the power draw to 95 watts!
The other cool thing is that the UPS is compatible with apcupsd, so
events are properly logged. Gnome is happy talking to it, too.
--
-- Steve
10 years, 4 months
F20 gnome inactivity causes mouse/kbd unresponsiveness, must restart gnome-shell
by Pekka Savola
Hello,
I've two systems running F20 + updates-testing, a T400 laptop and a
desktop PC. PC was upgraded with yum from F18, laptop was a fresh
install. Both experience the same problems, at least for roughly two
weeks now, maybe longer (not sure when this started, maybe even from
the install in Dec/Jan). The problems are much more severe on the
laptop, though (laptop is on docking station and on power all the
time).
After inactivity timeout, you need to swipe the screen or use keyboard
to reactivate it (I've disabled screen locking). The problem that
often occurs is that mouse movement works, but clicking doesn't do
anything. Similarly keyboard is unresponsibe. The clock has been
frozen to the inactivity time.
The workaround is to use CTRL-ALT-F2, log on there and do 'killall
-HUP gnome-shell'. Then you can resume the session (after entering the
password etc.). Sometimes restarting doesn't work.
I've been unable to find similar reports on F20 but maybe I don't know
what to look for. On F18 I found something remotely familiar (but this
occurs pre-locking and there are no errors):
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872118
I see no strange messages in messages, Xorg.0.log or gdm logs.
Any ideas? Where to start digging?
--
Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
10 years, 4 months
# systemctl start nfs.service works -- # systemctl enable nfs.service doesn't
by Jonathan Ryshpan
Setting up an nfs server on a laptop running Fedora-20, I get the
following perplexing results:
# systemctl start nfs.service
# systemctl enable nfs.service
Failed to issue method call: No such file or directory
Sure enough, as promised, nfs works up to the next reboot, then it stops
working. Is the system missing a module? Or what?
Thanks - jon
10 years, 4 months
Re: New Install
by EGO-II.1
Maybe try downloading the F20 installer again?.......did you use Unetbootin to get the files on the USB?....
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From: "Leo Simmonds" <leo.simmonds(a)live.com>
To: "users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org" <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
Subject: New Install
Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 11:10 am
Hi, I have v20 on a USB drive and want to install on a new machine with no OS currently in place.
When I boot, the Fedora install page comes up but then goes into "Starting Dracut Emergency Shell" after the "Warning: Can't mount root filesystem"
What now?
10 years, 4 months