Wireless N Nano USB adapter DWA-131 , I'm not able to make it working on Ubuntu 13.10.

Have you tried under Trusty live CD / USB?

No, I do not know what Trusty Live CD is. I installed XP drivers with
ndiswrapper but it does not wotk. It works on a xindows PC but not on
Ubuntu. Sorry, I do not know what to say more, I do not knwo where to look.

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On 14 April 2014 02:12, actionparsnip
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> Your question #246956 on gnome-nettool in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/246956
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Have you tried under Trusty live CD / USB?
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@Pasquale: what is the first search result that pops up when you enter "Trusty Live CD" in a Google search ?

The first search result is Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) Daily Build, which is what actionparsnip was referring to.

Not everybody knows Linux, but Google search should be used before asking questions anywhere on the Internet...

Thank you for your answer.

Yes, I did. The closest think to my problem seems to be this:

PC (Intel x86) desktop
image<http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/trusty-desktop-i386.iso>
For
almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type
processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as
newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you
are at all unsure.
Warning: This image is oversized (which is a bug) and will not fit onto a
standard 703MiB CD. However, you may still test it using a DVD, a USB
drive, or a virtual machine.

Does it mean that I should install these image of Ubuntu 14.04 replacing my
13.10?

Maybe I've not been clear, it is just a wifi dongle (D-Link DWA-131) that
I'm trying to connect to a pc with Ubuntu 13.10 on it. I installed xp
drivers (at least I think so) but the gadget does not work. Do you have any
idea on where I should look to investigate the problem please? I'm sorry
but I really know very little about Ubuntu although I've been using it for
more than one year now and experience is absolutely positive, with
exception of this dongle.

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On 14 April 2014 15:36, Mark Rijckenberg <
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> Your question #246956 on gnome-nettool in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/246956
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> @Pasquale: what is the first search result that pops up when you enter
> "Trusty Live CD" in a Google search ?
>
> The first search result is Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) Daily Build, which
> is what actionparsnip was referring to.
>
> Not everybody knows Linux, but Google search should be used before
> asking questions anywhere on the Internet...
>
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/246956/+confirm?answer_id=2
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No, you should always test an Ubuntu Live CD in a Live CD session first.

If you install straight away, without first testing all hardware components in the Live CD session, then it is already too late (hard disk contents have been changed).

Live CD sessions are useful to test all hardware before committing to an install and before touching the harddisk contents....

Here is an explanation on what LiveCD means:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Again, this is something you can easily find via a Google search.

Ok, understood. I made a CD with 14.04 and launched from CD itself.

The D-Link DWA-131 dongle does not work, while another one is working as
usual.

How can I be sure that drivers of this dongle are properly installed please?

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On 14 April 2014 18:16, Mark Rijckenberg <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #246956 on gnome-nettool in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/246956
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> No, you should always test an Ubuntu Live CD in a Live CD session first.
>
> If you install straight away, without first testing all hardware
> components in the Live CD session, then it is already too late (hard
> disk contents have been changed).
>
> Live CD sessions are useful to test all hardware before committing to an
> install and before touching the harddisk contents....
>
> Here is an explanation on what LiveCD means:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
>
> Again, this is something you can easily find via a Google search.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/246956/+confirm?answer_id=4
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/246956
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
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You have 2 options:

1) Selling your wireless USB adapter and getting one that works out-of-the-box in Ubuntu. Wireless USB adapters are dirt cheap....

2) Performing a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Then boot into Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and execute the following commands using a working, wired Internet connection:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware linux-firmware-nonfree

Then reboot your PC again and retest wireless.

If wireless is not working, send us the full Terminal output of the command in the following procedure:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure

In option 2, it is apparently not possible to use wireless during the Live CD session and I think it is because the linux-firmware package is not installed by default and not included in the CD iso image.

Or you can try option 3:

3) Booting into Ubuntu 13.10 and executing the following commands using a working, wired Internet connection:

sudo -i

apt-get update

apt-get remove ndiswrapper-common

apt-get install linux-firmware linux-firmware-nonfree

echo rtl8192cu >> /etc/modules

modprobe rtl8192cu

echo "2001 330D" | tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id

Then reboot your PC again and retest wireless.

Done. Old dongle works the new one doesn't. Sorry for all this trouble.

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On 14 April 2014 22:21, Mark Rijckenberg <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #246956 on gnome-nettool in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/246956
>
> Mark Rijckenberg requested more information:
> Or you can try option 3:
>
> 3) Booting into Ubuntu 13.10 and executing the following commands using
> a working, wired Internet connection:
>
> sudo -i
>
> apt-get update
>
> apt-get remove ndiswrapper-common
>
> apt-get install linux-firmware linux-firmware-nonfree
>
> echo rtl8192cu >> /etc/modules
>
> modprobe rtl8192cu
>
> echo "2001 330D" | tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl8192cu/new_id
>
> Then reboot your PC again and retest wireless.
>
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Please set the thread status to "solved", if you do not have any more open questions concerning wireless. Thanks.

Ok, thank you. We give up this D-Link DWA-131 has been just a waste of money and bit of frustration. Nothing dramatic however.