D-Link DWA-130 wireless adapter

[jerryz2356]

I am very to new to Linux Ubuntu and so far like it very much. I would like to connect to the Internet through my Netgear wireless modem. I was using a D-Link DWA-130 wireless adapter when I ran windows on this computer. With Ubuntu it does not work, nor does the computer even recognize that the adapter is plugged into the USB port.
I have an HP slimline desktop with an AMD Athlon II X2 250 processor
Can anyone help me get this hooked up and working?

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
Start here and post your results back into this thread please.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html

[jerryz2356]

jerry@jerry-AY652AA-ABA-s5310y:~$ lspci -knn
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller [10de:03ea] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge [10de:03e0] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus [10de:03eb] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2
00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller [10de:03f5] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller [10de:03f1] (rev a3)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller [10de:03f2] (rev a3)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge [10de:03f3] (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio [10de:03f0] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet [10de:03ef] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
	Kernel modules: forcedeth
00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller [10de:03f6] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
	Kernel modules: sata_nv
00:08.1 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller [10de:03f6] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
	Kernel modules: sata_nv
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e8] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e9] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e9] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [10de:03d0] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nouveau, nvidiafb
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
	Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
jerry@jerry-AY652AA-ABA-s5310y:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04ca:0040 Lite-On Technology Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2001:3301 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWA-130 802.11n Wireless N Adapter(rev.C1) [Realtek RTL8192U]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
jerry@jerry-AY652AA-ABA-s5310y:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             30086  0 
ppdev                   6804  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   300173  1 
binfmt_misc             7984  1 
usbhid                 42030  0 
nvidia              10221046  38 
snd_hda_intel          26147  2 
snd_hda_codec         100951  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6660  1 snd_hda_codec
hid                    84710  1 usbhid
snd_pcm                89104  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi            5932  0 
snd_rawmidi            22207  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7291  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                57512  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23850  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6912  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ndiswrapper           245044  0 
snd                    64181  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse                62080  0 
serio_raw               4910  0 
edac_core              46822  0 
edac_mce_amd            9387  0 
lp                     10201  0 
soundcore               1240  1 snd
i2c_nforce2             6155  0 
snd_page_alloc          8588  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
k10temp                 3535  0 
parport                37032  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usb_storage            50436  0 
forcedeth              55649  0 
sata_nv                23770  2 
jerry@jerry-AY652AA-ABA-s5310y:~$ dmesg | grep firmware
jerry@jerry-AY652AA-ABA-s5310y:~$ uname -r
2.6.35-28-generic
jerry@jerry-AY652AA-ABA-s5310y:~$

[rokytnji]

@TBoB

The thread

Just helping.

@ Original Poster. Just open a terminal and paste in

wget http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian-backports//pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-realtek_0.27~bpo50+1_all.deb

Close terminal. Go into /home and left click on .deb and open with Gdebi. Then reboot and see if wireless can be enabled in Network Manager.

[jerryz2356]

rokytnji,

Thanks but your suggestion did not work. It tried to overwrite but would not. Installation failed. I tried to copy and post but I could not using ctrl c and ctrl v

[jerryz2356]

rokytnji

how do uninstall the link?

[rokytnji]

Open terminal and try

sudo apt-get remove -purge firmware-realtek

or do a search in synaptic and search for firmware-realtek and uninstall using synaptic.

If nothing shows. Then installation failed and it is not installed.

[rokytnji]

sudo apt-get remove -purge firmware-realtek

after pasting or typing this in terminal. try hitting the tab key to see if it adds any lines. Tab key auto-completes commands sometimes in terminal.

[rokytnji]

I'm surprised but sorry it did not work out for you as the post is dated FEB 28,2011. Thought it was recent enough.

Ubuntu Forums - View Single Post - [ubuntu] Need help setting up RTL8192u usb wireless driver (Realtek device)

[MikeTbob]

I've only been able to get mine working with NDISWrapper. Which should be installed already because the module is loaded.
Did you try using the system menu and looking for the drivers through there? I don't have Ubuntu but it's something like Restricted drivers.

EDIT: The rtl8192u driver is still in kernel staging as of 2.6.38-gentoo-r2...hopefully they get it fixed sooner rather than later.