Re: NetGear N150 Wireless USB Adaptor fails to initialise
Posted by AlanBartlett on 2012/7/18 20:31:17
Thank you for providing that comprehensive set of system data. The line that is of relevance is --
This tells us that the Vendor:Device ID Pairing (a.k.a. the fingerprint) of your USB adaptor is 0846:9030.
The first step is to see if there is a driver within the distributed kernel --
The null return tells us "no".
So on to the next step. Go to the ELRepo Project's Device IDs page and check there for that fingerprint.
Hmm . . . no luck there.
Last resort. Familiarise yourself with the ELRepo Project's kernel-ml packages.
I know that fingerprint can be found in the driver alias list for the latest kernel-ml-3.4.5-1.el6.elrepo package.
How do I know? Well that would be telling . . .
Oh, all right. Take a quick look down at my signature block. Being the "lead" for the kernel-ml sub-project, I try to test each newly released package. Look at the date of this announcement.
From my laptop --
It seems as your USB adaptor should be supported by the latest ath9k_htc driver, which is available in that kernel.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:9030 NetGear, Inc. WNA1100 Wireless-N 150 [Atheros AR9271]
This tells us that the Vendor:Device ID Pairing (a.k.a. the fingerprint) of your USB adaptor is 0846:9030.
The first step is to see if there is a driver within the distributed kernel --
[ajb@Duo2 ~]$ grep 0846 /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep 9030
[ajb@Duo2 ~]$
The null return tells us "no".
So on to the next step. Go to the ELRepo Project's Device IDs page and check there for that fingerprint.
Hmm . . . no luck there.Last resort. Familiarise yourself with the ELRepo Project's kernel-ml packages.
I know that fingerprint can be found in the driver alias list for the latest kernel-ml-3.4.5-1.el6.elrepo package.
How do I know? Well that would be telling . . .
Oh, all right. Take a quick look down at my signature block. Being the "lead" for the kernel-ml sub-project, I try to test each newly released package. Look at the date of this announcement.
From my laptop --
[ajb@Duo2 ~]$ uname -a
Linux Duo2 3.4.5-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 17 09:31:17 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ajb@Duo2 ~]$ grep 0846 /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep 9030
/lib/modules/3.4.5-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64/modules.alias:alias usb:v0846p9030d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* ath9k_htc
[ajb@Duo2 ~]$
It seems as your USB adaptor should be supported by the latest ath9k_htc driver, which is available in that kernel.
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