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<div>in looking over a record of a previous issue along these lines in a link you provided a question arose about whether there was a file realtek.ko in the modules folder. I looked and there is. I rebooted and now dmesg shows (at the end) the text</div><div><br></div><div>26.797211] Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-100:00: attached PHY driver [Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-100:00, irq=IGNORE)<br>[ 26.922749] r8169 0000:01:00.0 enp1s0: Link is Down</div><div><br></div><div>so I suppose I need to bring the link up, how?</div><div><br></div><div>Dave<br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div> </div><div id="editor_signature"></div><div>On Monday 08/02/2021 at 8:05 am, Dave Stevens wrote: </div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="sw_message"><div> </div><div> </div><div id=""></div><div>On Monday 08/02/2021 at 2:59 am, Liam Proven wrote: </div><blockquote>On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 01:31, Dave Stevens <geek@uniserve.com> wrote:<br><blockquote><br><br> I'd like to use a realtek r8169-100 wifi radio in a usb socket but<br> although Mint 20 recognizes it, it doesn't show any further signs of<br> life. I tested it in a vanilla W10 box and it's fine there. I'm<br> assuming a driver issue, is that right?<br><br> kernel 5.4.0-64-generic<br><br> Suggestions welcome<br></blockquote><br>I am not 100% sure what a "USB radio" means.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>a little wifi radio that has an appended usb plug, to supplement an old computer with no wifi</div><div> <br></div><blockquote><br><br>Is this relevant?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'll check, thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>d<br></div><blockquote><br><br><a target="_blank" href="https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204343">https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204343</a><br><br><a target="_blank" href="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25794">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25794</a><br><br>-- <br>Liam Proven – Profile: <a target="_blank" href="https://about.me/liamproven">https://about.me/liamproven</a><br>Email: lproven@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lproven@gmail.com<br>Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven<br>UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053<br><br>-- <br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br>ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br></blockquote><br></div>-- <br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br>ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br></blockquote><br>
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