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TP-Link USB Wireless
« on: January 04, 2013, 04:42:21 PM »
Okay, my 17 inch laptop died so now On to plan B.  I have my spare box running PCLinuxOS with KDE 3.5.  yeah, been awhile since I booted it.

A frinedly forum member rcommendd the -Link TL-WN722N USB wireless adapter.

I have the system and the device. I plugged it in and don't see it reported in PCC's network center.  What else do i need to do?

Obviously, i need to upgrade.:)  But, gotta get online first.:)
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2013, 04:50:08 PM »

http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN722N
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ath9k_htc provides hardware support for Atheros AR9001 and AR9002 family hardware.
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2013, 05:15:05 PM »
When you want a lightweight system iso I recommand the:
PCLinuxOS-LXDE-2012.12.iso
The KDE 3.5 version is NOT upgradable annymore :(
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2013, 05:39:26 PM »
Quote from: DeBaas on January 04, 2013, 05:15:05 PM
When you want a lightweight system iso I recommand the:
PCLinuxOS-LXDE-2012.12.iso
The KDE 3.5 version is NOT upgradable annymore :(

I have  hard drive with PCLinuxOS KDE 3.5 on one side and on the other partition, Freespire.  I'm thinking about wiping both.  Make one root, the other home an then do a complete clean install.

I'm a KDE fan but 'l also plug in LXDE.:)
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 05:40:00 PM »
Quote from: DonKKong on January 04, 2013, 04:50:08 PM

http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN722N
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ath9k_htc provides hardware support for Atheros AR9001 and AR9002 family hardware.



Yes, that's it.:)  Exactly.:)
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2013, 05:43:37 PM »
Quote from: Georgetoon on January 04, 2013, 04:42:21 PM
Okay, my 17 inch laptop died so now On to plan B.  I have my spare box running PCLinuxOS with KDE 3.5.  yeah, been awhile since I booted it.

A frinedly forum member rcommendd the -Link TL-WN722N USB wireless adapter.

I have the system and the device. I plugged it in and don't see it reported in PCC's network center.  What else do i need to do?

Obviously, i need to upgrade.:)  But, gotta get online first.:)

Yes, I remember buying one of these in that time and it didn´t work. But I can tell you if you install the latest and the greatest it will work ....
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2013, 06:21:59 PM »
Quote from: bicol_willem on January 04, 2013, 05:43:37 PM
Quote from: Georgetoon on January 04, 2013, 04:42:21 PM
Okay, my 17 inch laptop died so now On to plan B.  I have my spare box running PCLinuxOS with KDE 3.5.  yeah, been awhile since I booted it.

A frinedly forum member rcommendd the -Link TL-WN722N USB wireless adapter.

I have the system and the device. I plugged it in and don't see it reported in PCC's network center.  What else do i need to do?

Obviously, i need to upgrade.:)  But, gotta get online first.:)

Yes, I remember buying one of these in that time and it didn´t work. But I can tell you if you install the latest and the greatest it will work ....

Okay, so Once I install PCLinuxOS 2012.12, TP-Link should work.

I purchased an Acer 21.5" widescreen monitor today and my friend is putting in wiring tomorrow.  Once I get this in place, I'll hook up the system (I hooked it up temporarily tonight...just box and monitor), reformat those two partitions, and do a clean install of 2012.12.  I'll plug in TP-Link, reboot, and I should be good to go.:)
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2013, 12:36:10 PM »
Wow!!!!  I'm running PCLinuxOS KDE 2012.12 Live CD and the system immediately saw the TP-Link!  I connected and I'm online!  Outstanding!

Now, I'll have to do is grab a spare drive, format and install the current version.

this spare sytem is a rack system. i have two slos.  One for the main hard drive and one for storage.  I have a couple fo drive sI can reformat to use.  I have PCLinuxOS KDE 3.5 one one drive with Freespie on the second partition.  I'm thinkig of wiping this completely and installing PCLinuxoS to it.  it's 250 gigs.  i figure 100 gis for / and the remainder for /home.

However, I have a second drive with multiple partitions that I'm checking out right now.  problem is, all distros do not come up in grub.  I installed a rather fly-by-night distro that rewrote grub and my boot menu no longer lists all distros.  I'd like to take a look at what's on this drive.  Is there  way to get a grub menu to see all these distros and list them?  am I looking at /boot/grub?
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2013, 01:55:04 PM »
Found the grub menu.

Here it is:
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,10)
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda11
#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,10)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Dragon (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586)
   root (hd0,10)
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 ro root=UUID=7890a4fd-e2c2-4b7d-b393-76240ac8994a rhgb quiet
   initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.img

title      Linux Mint 4.0 KDE CE, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root      (hd0,2)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=/dev/hda3 ro quiet splash
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
boot

title      Linux Mint 4.0 KDE CE, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd0,2)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=/dev/hda3 ro single
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
boot

title      Linux Mint 4.0 KDE CE, kernel memtest86+
root      (hd0,2)
kernel      /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title      Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/hda1.

# hda5, boot entry
title Freespire Ver. 1.0.13
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-gratis  root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 rootdev=0x0305 ramdisk=35392 video=vesafb:nomtrr jiffymount=noatime resume2= vga=0x311 splash=silent
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.14-gratis.gz

title      Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-51-386 (on /dev/hda1)
root      (hd0,0)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-51-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-51-386
savedefault
boot



title Freespire
   rootnoverify (hd0,4)
   chainloader +1
title Linux Mint
   rootnoverify (hd0,2)
   chainloader +1
title Ubuntu
   rootnoverify (hd0,0)
   chainloader +1


Just curious as to what I need to edit to get all partitions to read in Grub.
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2013, 04:25:33 PM »
100 gis for / and the remainder for /home.


Thats a LOT for / Mark.  You're wasting space that way. My guess is that you won't need more 25 Gb at max. Just my opinion...
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2013, 04:31:51 PM »
Quote from: bicol_willem on January 05, 2013, 04:25:33 PM
100 gis for / and the remainder for /home.


Thats a LOT for / Mark.  You're wasting space that way. My guess is that you won't need more 25 Gb at max. Just my opinion...

25 gigs for /? 
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2013, 04:54:59 PM »
since 2007 my / partition, from the first FM updated till now and extra programs:

/
ext4
40.03 GiB
17.41 GiB used
22.62 GiB free

/home
ext4
38.68 GiB
14.82 GiB used
23.87 GiB free

But movie's, iso's and torrent downloads are on another partition, also a mirror of the complete repo.
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2013, 06:17:42 PM »
Well, this drive has multiple partitions running Dragon Linux, Linux Mint, etc.  It was always a test drive for Linux.  Drgon Linux was a distro a frined tried to launch.  it appears to have abandoned a boot menu altogether.  So, rather than try to wtretle with it, I'm just reformatting the entire drive, repartiton it and setting it up as a new PCLinuxOS drive with storage.

It'll gie me something to do while I watch the game

BTW, wiring is done and computer and new monitor and peripherals al plugged in.:)
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2013, 02:56:29 AM »
Quote from: Georgetoon on January 05, 2013, 04:31:51 PM
Quote from: bicol_willem on January 05, 2013, 04:25:33 PM
100 gis for / and the remainder for /home.


Thats a LOT for / Mark.  You're wasting space that way. My guess is that you won't need more 25 Gb at max. Just my opinion...

25 gigs for /? 

Yeah, just check your present usage of your /    (and make sure /var/cache/apt/archives isn´t loaded with old stuff which you really don´t need unless you are aware of the reason you keep these packages))
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Re: TP-Link USB Wireless
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2013, 06:58:15 AM »
Quote from: bicol_willem on January 06, 2013, 02:56:29 AM
Quote from: Georgetoon on January 05, 2013, 04:31:51 PM
Quote from: bicol_willem on January 05, 2013, 04:25:33 PM
100 gis for / and the remainder for /home.


Thats a LOT for / Mark.  You're wasting space that way. My guess is that you won't need more 25 Gb at max. Just my opinion...

25 gigs for /? 

Yeah, just check your present usage of your /    (and make sure /var/cache/apt/archives isn´t loaded with old stuff which you really don´t need unless you are aware of the reason you keep these packages))
I went with 30 gigs for / and 70 gigs for home.  remainder is strage that I have not yet gained access to.  I think I have ot issue chown.:)
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