LINUX LITE 7.2 FINAL RELEASED - SEE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION FOR DETAILS


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internal Wifi no work after installation of Linuxlite 3.8 on Eeebox pc b202
#1
Hardware is Ralink rt2790, someone know the problem? Thanks
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#2
Hello davtio68,

do you have this button  ( ( i ) )
You need to check it is lighting up, if not press it so it lights up.
Next click the connections icon near the clock, choose your wifi, and type in the password.
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#3
Sorry, there isn't that button in Eeebox pc b202
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#4
Are you using kernel 4.4 or newer ?
Menu>System>System Information>Operating System

The driver is included in kernel from version 4.4 (Ubuntu say) otherwise it may need installing, using the wrong driver.

Code:
sudo lshw -C network

post the results of this for -
Description : Wireless
Configuration Lines
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#5
kernel is 4.4.0 138-generic

Code:
sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for linuxlite:
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: enp4s0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:23:54:c6:0e:ca
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:27 ioport:dc00(size=256) memory:fe8ff000-fe8fffff memory:bfef0000-bfefffff memory:fe8c0000-fe8dffff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:fe7f0000-fe7fffff
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#6
This is the only information I have been able to find.
https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci
I am unsure if it would work to use the commands it says, on Linux Lite, and I don't wish to make your wifi issue worse.
There is also a way to install update firmware from the command line, but I am also unsure about this.

Hopefully someone else has ideas?
I did notice from Google results that this driver has unsolved issues for connectivity, crashing, slow speeds/disconnects on Ubuntu forums, Linux Mint forums, and Manjaro forums, if this saves anyone some time looking about it.

Edit -
I just thought, after installing Linux Lite, have you checked for updates yet ?
Menu>Favorites>Install Updates.

Also can you try (in case it picks the driver up) -
Code:
sudo apt-get update

Code:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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#7
Follow istructions in https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci now work!
Thank you very much  Smile
bye
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#8
Glad you have got it working now [member=8187]davtio68[/member]  Smile
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