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ess3sq1643y@electrineer that works but is a temporary solution (I probably should have installed the stuff that way though... Not that it would have worked anyway thanks to poor driver software)
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https://thinkpenguin.com/catalog/...
Take a look here or at the e.g. Ubuntu / other distributions supported list.
Thinkpenguin has the full model information, so you should be able to find it in your favorite store, too.
Just make sure that chipset matches - many cheap sticks have different chipset under same model name.
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hjk10157523yYou can just prep the entire install on the computer with internet. Than transfer the disk back and rebuild the the initram. On Ubuntu you do it with the update-initramfs tools
So I salvaged some computer that was about to be thrown out by IT because it works perfectly fine and would be a waste to lose.
The (current) problem is, there is no built-in wi-fi adapter so I had to order a usb adapter to plug into the machine.
Fortunately enough it supports Linux but cones with a cd with the _source_ of the driver in it and we are supposed to build it. Now what's the problem with that?
First problem: building needs all sorts of build tools, starting from gcc and make. Since it's a fresh install, though, I _cannot_ install those normally because -- you guessed it -- I don't have a WiFi connection, which is why I needed the bloody adapter in the first place, so I spent hours trying to fetch the binaries from the apt register using another computer and bringing them over via USB.
Once that was (more or less) successful, the next problem came around; Second problem: the instructions clearly state to run make, but there is no fucking makefile anywhere so that obviously fails spectacularly. What _is_ there are some bash scripts so I try running those.
Now, just when I think it's finally done (one of the scripts has been running for a while and seems to work) the compiler dies with an error: the fucking driver won't build for the current kernel version. And not just that, but it is clear nobody is using basic things like include guards because gcc kept screaming at me about the same macros being defined over and over due to header file re-inclusion. Like, seriously? Come on!
Long story short the fucking adapter is going back to the seller, let's see if the next one I order more civilized.
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