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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] RTL8192CU
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:11:12
Message-Id: 20150321101056.215b4157@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] RTL8192CU by German
1 On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 06:00:24 -0400, German wrote:
2
3 > > Was the firmware for the driver in question installed as well?
4 > >
5 > > What's the output of 'lspci -k' and 'lsusb -v' for your device?
6 >
7 > It works, so yes, firmare is installed. Module's name is rtl8192cu. It
8 > just drops the connection after a while, this is a problem
9
10 You cannot assume that because it works, the firmware is there. The RTL
11 NIC in my Asus Vivo Mini MythTV frontend complained about missing
12 firmware at boot, but it still worked. Check dmesg, you may need firmware
13 to fix your problems.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Speak softly and carry a cellular phone.

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Re: [gentoo-user] RTL8192CU Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>