(Solved) Panda PAU06 wireless usb adapter will not connect.

Doberdad · 2018-07-09 02:14:04

Good Evening!

I need a little help with my new Panda Wireless USB Adapter. The model is PAU06. The chipset is RT5372. This thing will not connect. It does see all the networks in the neighborhood. When I plug a different adapter in at the same time, the system recognizes and states exactly what it is.
When I lspci -v, it does not show up. Only the Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 controller is listed.
When I lsusb, the adapter shows up on the usb bus.
When I lsmod, the following modules are listed and in order:
Module Size Used by
rt2800usb 32768 0
rt2x00usb 24576 1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib 122880 1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib 61440 3 rt2800lib,rt2800usb,rt2x00usb
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
mac80211 802816 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb
usbcore 290316 6 usbhid,rt2800usb,rt2x00usb,ehci_hcd,ehi_pci

rfkill is installed. The firmware is installed. The cable modem is Arris TG862 (Spectrum/TW/BrightHouse). This SOB is obsolete. I can't get into the modem menu. It seems to be locked down.

I screwed around and moved the system to buster from a clean install through a wired connection in another room. The PAU06 was NOT hooked up to this computer until I did that move to buster. That's why I didn't copy all the actual output. If I have to, I'll lug the thing back into the other room and hook it up.

BTW, I've tried Gentoo from the tarball. I know. Glutton for punishment. This box was running CrunchBang Waldorf since it came out, it's a playground.

Thank you, gentlemen!

Edit: For grins and giggles, I found an old installation of XP and loaded up the XP drivers. It does work. So it's got to be the modules. I wonder if I have to blacklist or install the Fedora driver.

Last edited by Doberdad (2018-07-13 16:04:02)

hhh · 2018-07-09 05:43:27

Strange, you should be up and running...

https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb

Modprobe the driver?

sudo modprobe rt2800usb

And check?

iwconfig

Doberdad · 2018-07-09 20:23:06

sudo modprobe rt2800usb returns nothing.

iwconfig returns:

lo no wireless extensions

enp5s0 no wireless extensions

wxl9cefd5ff4ac0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any

Mode: Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short long limit:2 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

Password continues to not be accepted.

Thanks.

hhh · 2018-07-09 22:54:49

Output of apt-cache policy, please...

apt-cache policy firmware-misc-nonfree

If that shows Installed: none, you'll have to hook back up to a hardline and install the package.

Doberdad · 2018-07-10 05:16:35

So I did the apt-cache policy firmware-misc-nonfree and it was there. So I decided to try the clean install again. I didn’t hook the system to an ethernet cable for grins and giggles.
So here’s what happened. Run through the installer. It identified the device asked for the password. Wouldn’t connect. I did it again. Wouldn’t connect. I did a continue. The installer asked for the ESSID. Entered that and then the password. The SOB connected. System installed! Go to do the updates and this MF won’t connect. Verified password. Ran through all the commands again. Only difference was the installed version. It was the stretch version. MF still won’t connect. FML. The darn thing sees the router. Just won’t connect. Need more beer. LOL!

Last edited by Doberdad (2018-07-10 05:17:27)

Doberdad · 2018-07-10 06:12:28

This is the output from the commands.

randall@remulak2:~$ iwconfig
enp5s0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlx9cefd5ff4ac0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

randall@remulak2:~$ lapci -v
bash: lapci: command not found
randall@remulak2:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fe7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000dfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at ac00 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at a880 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at a800 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at f9fffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
Memory at f9ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fe800000-fe8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f01fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0200000-00000000f03fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 5 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0400000-00000000f05fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 6 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f8f00000-00000000f8ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at a480 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at a400 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at a080 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at f9fff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller #1 (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at a000 [size=8]
I/O ports at 9c00 [size=4]
I/O ports at 9880 [size=8]
I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]
I/O ports at 9480 [size=16]
I/O ports at 9400 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
Kernel modules: ata_piix, ata_generic

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at f9fff400 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801

00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2 (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 9000 [size=8]
I/O ports at 8c00 [size=4]
I/O ports at 8880 [size=8]
I/O ports at 8800 [size=4]
I/O ports at 8480 [size=16]
I/O ports at 8400 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
Kernel modules: ata_piix, ata_generic

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] G94 [GeForce 9600 GT]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=512M]
Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at bc00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau

02:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
Physical Slot: 0
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fe8fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

02:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
Physical Slot: 0
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at cc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at c880 [size=4]
I/O ports at c800 [size=8]
I/O ports at c480 [size=4]
I/O ports at c400 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_jmicron
Kernel modules: pata_jmicron, ata_generic

03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Physical Slot: 0-1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at fe9ff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at fe9ff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Memory at fe9ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Memory at fe9fec00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
Kernel modules: firewire_ohci

04:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
Physical Slot: 0-2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at feafe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

04:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
Physical Slot: 0-2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at d880 [size=4]
I/O ports at d800 [size=8]
I/O ports at d480 [size=4]
I/O ports at d400 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_jmicron
Kernel modules: pata_jmicron, ata_generic

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Slot: 0-3
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Memory at febff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at f8ff0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at febc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

randall@remulak2:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5372 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5372 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:00e5 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
randall@remulak2:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 98304 3
cpufreq_conservative 16384 0
cpufreq_powersave 16384 0
cpufreq_userspace 16384 0
nouveau 1556480 2
arc4 16384 2
rt2800usb 28672 0
rt2x00usb 24576 1 rt2800usb
coretemp 16384 0
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
rt2800lib 94208 1 rt2800usb
wmi 16384 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
rt2x00lib 53248 3 rt2800lib,rt2800usb,rt2x00usb
kvm_intel 192512 0
kvm 593920 1 kvm_intel
mac80211 671744 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb
cfg80211 589824 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
video 40960 1 nouveau
ttm 98304 1 nouveau
crc_ccitt 16384 1 rt2800lib
rfkill 24576 3 cfg80211
drm_kms_helper 155648 1 nouveau
drm 360448 5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
sg 32768 0
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
iTCO_vendor_support 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau
evdev 24576 6
serio_raw 16384 0
pcspkr 16384 0
lpc_ich 24576 0
shpchp 36864 0
mfd_core 16384 1 lpc_ich
snd_hda_codec_realtek 90112 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 69632 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 36864 3
snd_hda_codec 135168 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core 86016 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 110592 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer 32768 1 snd_pcm
snd 86016 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm
soundcore 16384 1 snd
acpi_cpufreq 20480 0
button 16384 1 nouveau
ip_tables 24576 0
x_tables 36864 1 ip_tables
autofs4 40960 2
ext4 585728 2
crc16 16384 1 ext4
jbd2 106496 1 ext4
fscrypto 28672 1 ext4
ecb 16384 0
lrw 16384 0
gf128mul 16384 1 lrw
glue_helper 16384 0
ablk_helper 16384 0
cryptd 24576 1 ablk_helper
aes_x86_64 20480 0
mbcache 16384 3 ext4
btrfs 1060864 0
crc32c_generic 16384 3
xor 24576 1 btrfs
raid6_pq 110592 1 btrfs
dm_mod 118784 6
hid_generic 16384 0
usbhid 53248 0
hid 122880 2 hid_generic,usbhid
sr_mod 24576 0
sd_mod 49152 3
cdrom 61440 1 sr_mod
ata_generic 16384 0
pata_jmicron 16384 0
i2c_i801 24576 0
i2c_smbus 16384 1 i2c_i801
ata_piix 36864 2
r8169 86016 0
mii 16384 1 r8169
ahci 36864 0
firewire_ohci 40960 0
libahci 32768 1 ahci
firewire_core 65536 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core
libata 249856 5 ahci,ata_piix,libahci,pata_jmicron,ata_generic
ehci_pci 16384 0
uhci_hcd 45056 0
ehci_hcd 81920 1 ehci_pci
scsi_mod 225280 4 sd_mod,libata,sr_mod,sg
usbcore 253952 6 usbhid,rt2800usb,rt2x00usb,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ehci_pci
usb_common 16384 1 usbcore
randall@remulak2:~$ sudo modprobe rt2800usb

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[sudo] password for randall:
randall@remulak2:~$ iwconfig
enp5s0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlx9cefd5ff4ac0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

randall@remulak2:~$ apt-cache policy firmware-misc-nonfree
firmware-misc-nonfree:
Installed: 20161130-3
Candidate: 20161130-3
Version table:
*** 20161130-3 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/non-free amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
randall@remulak2:~$

Doberdad · 2018-07-11 18:19:07

I just installed an old LMDE I had laying around. This effing PAU06 is recognized and working. DAFUQ? Where do I look for dif? Is it the kernel? Sooooo. The usb card works during the setup. It works on an old LMDE. BUT the fucker doesn't work on BL. FML. The LMDE Kernel is 3.16.

hhh · 2018-07-12 05:40:18

First of all, I applaud you for posting this in the correct forum (K & H and not Basic Support) *golf clap*

Sometimes we have forum members who have similar hardware, or lots of spare time, and can troubleshoot this with you, sometimes not.

Panda USB PAU06? My bad, I'd recommend going to the source...

http://www.pandawireless.com/Drivers%20 … eless.html

http://www.pandawireless.com/download/L … .3.tar.bz2

If that fails, I'd just install that old LMDE ISO and we can walk you through upgrading it and Bunsenfying it.

Path of least resistance, the goal is to run Linux.

Doberdad · 2018-07-12 16:39:03

Thanks. I thought this was the appropriate forum since the problem seemed to be a driver issue and there was interaction with the kernel and system communication. I looked at the website and a bunch of others. This works for some folks and not for others. Might just get a powerline or another usb adapter unless I can find a pci card cheap. So I'll just consider this as continuing education. The box is not my main box. I just have a habit of putting GNU/Linux on any machine I run across. Thanks again, I'll leave this here in case anyone happens across a solution before I do. Have a great day!

Doberdad · 2018-07-13 16:14:57

Finally got the durn thing to work!!!!!!

Did a "rfkill list". Got soft blocked=yes. Hard block=no, so "rfkill unblock all".

Added:

[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

at the bottom.

"sudo service network-manager restart".

Bam!

Hope this helps someone else.I got this from AskUbuntu.

#1 2018-07-09 02:14:04

(Solved) Panda PAU06 wireless usb adapter will not connect.

#2 2018-07-09 05:43:27

Re: (Solved) Panda PAU06 wireless usb adapter will not connect.

#3 2018-07-09 20:23:06

Re: (Solved) Panda PAU06 wireless usb adapter will not connect.

#4 2018-07-09 22:54:49

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#5 2018-07-10 05:16:35

Re: (Solved) Panda PAU06 wireless usb adapter will not connect.

#6 2018-07-10 06:12:28

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#7 2018-07-11 18:19:07

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#8 2018-07-12 05:40:18

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#9 2018-07-12 16:39:03

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#10 2018-07-13 16:14:57

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