Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint? Solved

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Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint? Solved

Post by sdowney717 »

It works in Ubuntu, I just tested this.
In the mint machine ( on the boat 30 minutes away) it appears in the lsusb list, but no wireless functionality, as if it is not there.
What does mint need installed to make it work?

here it is in Ubuntu, it looks the same in lsusb in Mint 18

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scott@scott-P5QC:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 107b:55f2 Gateway, Inc. WGU-210 802.11g Adapter [Intersil ISL3886]
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 055f:021c Mustek Systems, Inc. BearPaw 1200 CU Plus
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. M90/M100 Optical Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
scott@scott-P5QC:~$ 

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syg00

Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

Post by syg00 »

Use "inxi -n" on Ubuntu to see what drivers it's using. On Mint you'll either get nothing (no driver) or something that is clashing. Usually just black-listing the offending driver will allow the "good" one to load successfully.
sdowney717

Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

Post by sdowney717 »

0.100.0-19) ...
scott@scott-P5QC:~$ inxi -n
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: d4:3d:7e:31:55:42
Card-2: Gateway WGU-210 802.11g Adapter [Intersil ISL3886]
driver: p54usb
IF: wlx00e0b86c8ce9 state: N/A mac: N/A
sdowney717

Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

Post by sdowney717 »

p54usb driver.
Can that be downloaded somewhere?
Is there a package linux firmware nonfree?


Card-2: Gateway WGU-210 802.11g Adapter [Intersil ISL3886]
driver: p54usb
IF: wlx00e0b86c8ce9 state: N/A mac: N/A
sdowney717

Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

Post by sdowney717 »

https://askubuntu.com/questions/237392/ ... or-working

Found a response, do you have a link where I can download the linux firmware nonfree package?
Then I can install with dpkg?
sdowney717

Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

Post by sdowney717 »

I downloaded here and will try it later.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+pa ... re-nonfree
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Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

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sdowney717 wrote:https://askubuntu.com/questions/237392/ ... or-working

Found a response, do you have a link where I can download the linux firmware nonfree package?
Then I can install with dpkg?
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/p54/
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Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

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wget https://daemonizer.de/prism54/prism54-fw/fw-usb/2.13.1.0.lm86.arm --no-check-certificate

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sudo mv 2.13.1.0.lm86.arm /lib/firmware/isl3886usb
Reboot
sdowney717

Re: Gateway wgu-210 won't work in mint?

Post by sdowney717 »

I downloaded the ubuntu file linux-firmware-nonfree and installed by right clicking and using gdebi
It works well now the device.
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