Package: firmware-realtek
Version: 20201218-3
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: mathi...@hotmail.com
Dear Maintainer,
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* What led up to the situation? i plugged in the usb realtek adapter to my
pc hoping to connect to internet via wifi. But this device is not recognized.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
lsusb -d 0bda:f179 -v ----------> shows the following
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:f179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188FTV
802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
idProduct 0xf179 RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 1 Realtek
iProduct 2 802.11n
iSerial 3 002E2D5AF615
bNumConfigurations 1
How ever "lshw -c network" does not show the wireless interface for this
device.
Device is not recognized. So, it can't be used for wifi connections.
* What was the outcome of this action? Device not recognized
* What outcome did you expect instead? Wireless network interface to show up
on my pc and enable me to connect to wifi network.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not
set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
firmware-realtek depends on no packages.
firmware-realtek recommends no packages.
Versions of packages firmware-realtek suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.139
