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I have the exact same chip. Please use the instructions here.
EDIT: Installing the driver for this adapter is most likely going to involve a crash course in how to use the CLI (terminal) but to make this a bit easier, from what I said in the thread I linked to above, simply go here and follow the instructions that start with "Download Driver and Patch by using the links." Follow them exactly. These instructions are what got my adapter working.
Regards...
Hello ardvark71. The links for the driver and patch are not good any more. Thanks anyway.
It might be easier to download the package here and then just double click on it (to start installing it) after it gets done downloading.
If this doesn't work, try the instructions I mentioned in my previous post.
Regards...
I tried this too. The package installer came up and appeared to work properly (there were no errors and it said all dependencies were satisfied and the installation was complete, but when I plugged the adapter in, still no wireless. I also tried rebooting, but that didn't help either.
I tried this too. The package installer came up and appeared to work properly (there were no errors and it said all dependencies were satisfied and the installation was complete, but when I plugged the adapter in, still no wireless. I also tried rebooting, but that didn't help either.
Then please see my previous post and try my other instructions. I provided a new link to the driver. The link to the patch still works fine.
Yes, there is a drop down menu including the option to use the GDebi package installer. I used that option and got the same error as when I used dpkg.
GDebi should of worked.
Is this the same error you keep getting?
Code:
dpkg: error processing archive firmware-ralink_0.43_all.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/rt3290.bin', which is also in package linux-firmware 1.127.15
Errors were encountered while processing:
If so....I'll see what I can find out and post back.
You can't install that firmware package because some of the files already exist in the firmware package (wireless-firmware-osmc) that is provided with OSMC.
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