On 12/14/2012 09:35 AM, Kevin McCready wrote: > > FAQ says: Forget about XXX, what really matters is PCI or USB > (depending on the bus your device uses) ID pair: VID:PID. So to find > out if your device is supported, use lspci -nn or lsusb to learn the > ID pair. > > I have no idea what this means. > > I did lspci and got > k@k-Presario-CQ57-Notebook-PC: > ~$ lspci ... > 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE > 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01) ... You have a Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter and it should be supported by Linux since 2.6.38. If you are using such a kernel version or a more recent one and this device is still not recognized by Linux, please run "lspci -nn" like the FAQ says to get the pci id. > > I have no idea whether my wireless problem is a usb or pci problem. > I have no idea what the pair is. > > I would be grateful for a better FAQ to help me. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
