I have a desktop with Mint 18.2 Cinnamon, and no wifi on the mobo, an MSI B75MA-P45.

I purchased this USB/WiFi dongle:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1200Mbps-Lo...72.m2749.l2649

The installation disk has a "Linux" folder on it, and the "Start Guide" there advises (in broken english) to use the "install.sh" item to accomplish the install. There is a fragmented, seemingly incomplete "procedure" apparently assuming the user is a pro.

Trying the "install.sh" item, I get a reply in the terminal to the effect "command not recognized", and I think "install.sh" might be a Fedora command, as that is the only distribution explicitly mentioned.

There are folders with names that don't quite match what's in the Guide, so it is not possible to follow the procedure, spotty as it seems to be. I think the software was changed or updated, but the manual was not...

Clearly, this dongle can work with Linux, but how?

System details;

Mint Cinnamon 18.2

MSI B75MA-P45 mobo

i7-3770 CPU, 3.4 Ghz

16Gb RAM @ 1600 Mhz

64Gb SSD for the OS

1Tb Data HDD

Radeon HD5850 Video Bd, 1Gb

"install.sh" is most likely a BASH script.

Check to make sure it is executable; you can do this using this command:

(The odds are that it is not executable out of the box.)

Also, depending on where it resides, it may not be in your path, so you may have to use the full path to the file to run it.

You might also try running it like this:

See man sh for more.

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hey thanks frankbell.

I'll get back to you after I try these (first have to get back to base w/ your post screencapped )

I wouldn't even touch the software that came with it and try to find the device driver in my distros repositories instead.

To find out what sort of dongle you have there, something like should help.

OK, thanks for that.

I will try that command asap, and get back to you.

Nice to know The supplied driver likely a dead end.....

Hey Frankbaell,

I tried your two suggested commands, unfortunately, they didn't seem to get the machine to do much.

see attachments for screen caps of terminal, "Driver's" "Linux" sub folder contents, and "install.sh" code.

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path to install was a general term you have to use your own path. Anyway you don't start off by trying to install software.

Start with the above command and report about lsusb (while the usb stick is inserted). List usb is the command.

It is very possible that the usb chipset in this is already one that is supported by default.

Also might turn out to be a poor selection. https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...stalling-error

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You need to replace”/path/to/“ with the actual path to the script…Looks like it’s starts with RTL8...but It’s not clear where that directory.

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The install script is dated 2010/2011, the driver that currently comes installed in the kernel may work.
plug in the usb wifi dongle, open a terminal
to load the driver.
you may also have to install linux-firmware-nonfree or maybe firmware-realtek

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Colorpurple;

Tried your idea, and now at least, I get the "WiFi" section in the "Network Connections" window, which did not happen before.

I still do not get the "Wireless" list of available connections, so it looks as if the driver in the kernel is only partly functional with the dongle.

see attachment

Ondoho:

I used your command and got about 4-6 screens of data in the terminal.

see attachment for the part that seems to pertain to the dongle.

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this website https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes suggest using the rtl8xxxu driver


may have to do this according to the link to create a config file in /etc/modprobe.d

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You want the ID XXXX:XXXX on the first line.

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Thanks again to colorpurple and ondoho. I will try to thoroughly exhaust these suggestions before posting on this again.