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Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

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On 2019-07-17, Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> usb 1-2: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin failed with error -2
>
> usb 1-2: r8712u: Firmware request failed.
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> Does this suggest the appropriate firmware isn't available locally?

I think so.

> If so some help on how I obtain it would be very much appreciated.
>

apt install 'firmware-realtek' (you need to activate the 'non-free'
portion of the respository).

Of course, if you have no network connectivity on the machine, this
might prove to be a difficult maneuver. However, you could download the
package from another machine with connectivity and transfer it via sneakernet
to the machine with the realtek wifi dongle, where it might be installed
like this (as root or with sudo):

 dpkg -i firmware-realtek_20190502-1_all.deb

https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/firmware-realtek/download

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USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 15:00 +0200
  Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-07-17 15:40 +0200
  Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2019-07-17 16:10 +0200
    Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 17:10 +0200
      Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2019-07-17 17:10 +0200
        Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 18:40 +0200
      Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-17 18:00 +0200
        Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 18:50 +0200
          Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-07-18 19:00 +0200
            Re: Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 19:30 +0200
          Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-18 19:00 +0200
            Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 19:50 +0200
              Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-07-18 22:10 +0200
                Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-19 01:30 +0200
                Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-07-19 05:00 +0200
          Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-07-18 19:10 +0200
      Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-18 08:10 +0200
        Re: USB wireless dongle not detected David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-18 23:50 +0200
          Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-19 00:20 +0200
  Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-07-17 16:30 +0200
  Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 16:50 +0200

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