Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread Russell via talk
On August 25, 2017 11:38:11 AM EDT, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: >> LOL Evan, I've been waiting for your follow-up. You had to know that >your >> comment would solicit replies. >> > >​As many TLUGers know I've been following the issue for a long time, at >one >point being the ZDNet writer on o

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On 25 August 2017 at 12:27, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > Is that latest-latest Raspbian, as in Raspbian Stretch released last > ​ ​ > week? It has some known networking issues that the Raspbian devs have > ​ ​ > been a bit coy about addressing. > ​That's the one, and thanks for the head

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2017-08-23 06:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > I have a RPi Model B running current Raspian, and a wifi dongle that > claims to run on it. Is that latest-latest Raspbian, as in Raspbian Stretch released last week? It has some known networking issues that the Raspbian devs have been a

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
> LOL Evan, I've been waiting for your follow-up. You had to know that your > comment would solicit replies. > ​As many TLUGers know I've been following the issue for a long time, at one point being the ZDNet writer on open source for more than 100 columns. I heard a crapload about the frustration

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread John Moniz via talk
On Aug 25, 2017 5:07 AM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:Sheesh.Six replies, and only on actually relevant to the question asked.LOL Evan, I've been waiting for your follow-up. You had to know that your comment would solicit replies.>> Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread Russell via talk
On August 25, 2017 5:07:48 AM EDT, Evan Leibovitch wrote: >Sheesh. > >Six replies, and only on actually relevant to the question asked. > >Thanks, Russell. I'd seen that page. >It indicates that the MT7601U driver is already in the kernel after >kernel >4.2. >I see it there, it shows up what I run

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Sheesh. Six replies, and only on actually relevant to the question asked. Thanks, Russell. I'd seen that page. It indicates that the MT7601U driver is already in the kernel after kernel 4.2. I see it there, it shows up what I run `lsmod`. But I still can't get it running. Under `usb-devices` I

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-24 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/24/2017 01:21 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > 3. If someone isn't using a cloud-based email IMAP hosting service, but > instead using a POP3 / SMTP hosting service and keeping emails on local > disk (as I am), dropping Microsoft Windows means converting the local > MS-based email d

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-24 Thread Kevin Cozens via talk
On 2017-08-23 06:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard. I have a RPi Model B running current Raspian, and a wifi dongle that claims to run on it. To keep

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-23 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm greetings to GTALUG, Comments below. (apologies for the messy format -- due to ancient Microsoft Outlook Express...) Steve - Original Message - From: "CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi pro

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-23 Thread CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk
On 2017-08-23 06:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: Hi all. Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard. This is a red herring. The reason why Linux desktops have not caught on has nothing to do

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-23 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Hi all. > > Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the > reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard. > > I have a RPi Model B running current Raspian, and a wifi dongle that claims

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-23 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/23/2017 06:11 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the > reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard. > I've never had a problem getting networking to run on Linux. In fact, I find it's better than Win

[GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-23 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Hi all. Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one of the reasons why it's not caught on. Stuff just shouldn't be this hard. I have a RPi Model B running current Raspian, and a wifi dongle that claims to run on it. `lsusb` reports it as Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:7601 Ralin