[ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

[Rowan Berkeley]

On 05/02/13 09:48, Mark Einon wrote:
> On 5 February 2013 08:58, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Mark. Thanks for the thoughts.
>> ~/pcilist.text: No such file or directory
>
> Ah, ok. Not sure what when on there - perhaps you could just try
> 'lspci --nn' and copy the printout the way you know works?
>
> The PCI device ID we need from this is important - as each driver has
> a table of such device IDs that it can support. If the device ID isn't
> listed in any of the drivers you are trying to "blindly" install, they
> will not work - It might just be that Compaq has changed the device ID
> themselves and it would just be a case of adding the device ID to the
> relevant driver, or I can grep the kernel code for your particular
> device ID to see which driver should be handling it. The device ID
> should also help to tell us the exact chip model that we are dealing
> with.

I think the double dash in --nn is wrong, should be a single dash.

lspci --nn
lspci: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: lspci [<switches>]

There follows a long list of possible instructions, all using a single
dash. I'm reluctant to try all of these at random, but the ones I have 
tried which have given any new information are these (giving relevant 
lines of response only). I'll try other possibilities from the list of 
lspci commands if you like.

Display options:
-k show kernel drivers handling each device
lspci -k
04.00.0 Network controller:Ralink Corp. RT3290
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 18ec

Resolving of device ID's to names:
-n Show numeric ID's
lspci -n
04.00.0 0280: 1814:3290

-nn Show both textual and numeric ID's (names and numbers)
lspci -nn
04.00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3290
Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3290]

-q Query the PCI database for unknown ID's via DNS
lspci -q
04.00.0 Network controller:Ralink Corp. RT3290
Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
-qq As above, but re-query locally cached entries
-Q Query the PCI ID database for all ID's via DNS

By the way, do you think I should uninstall rt3562sta? You gave the 
instruction for doing so in a previous message.

- Rowan