Wow... He doesn't know what dmesg is, and you're throwing him straight into pipes, tail, and less? What's wrong with just running a command naked?
This is how people get overwhelmed... And overwhelmed people start asking questions like "How do I make my Linux system single-user?" On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 04:38 Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 4:22 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 06/18/2018 10:14 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 2:55 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> [snip] > >> > >>> You say "USB Master-USB Master" cable. Which one? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I didn't buy online but from local computer store. > >>> This page describes what I bought. > >>> https://www.castleproductshop.com/products/Plugable-Windows- > >>> Transfer-Cable-for-Windows-10-8-1-8-7-Vista-XP-Includes/588583685 > >>> > >>> > >> The description says, in part: > >> > >> "Supported by Linux kernel 3.0 and later as a high-speed virtual network > >> interface, no special file transfer support." > >> > >> That implies the cable should provide a network interface to both sides. > >> > >> What happens when you plug it in? Look in dmesg (near the bottom right > >> after you plug it in) and you should see something that implies a > network > >> interface has been created. > >> > > > > I found /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dmesg dated last year. > > It was not changed when I plugged or unplugged the cable. > > HOWEVER, MATE's Network Icon never showed completion. > > Am I looking in right place? > > > > No, I mean run the dmesg command and look at the tail, something like this: > > # dmesg | tail -n 20 > > right after you have plugged in the cable. The tail command prints only > the (in this case) last 20 lines of output. If you want to see more, you > can pipe to less instead: > > # dmesg | less > > ... and you can scroll around. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
