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whitethorn

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Registered: 2010-05-02

Posts: 153

can't get dlink dwa-125 usb wireless dongle to work

Hi, I'm installing arch on my parents PC.  I want them to try linux out but I've got a couple problems. 

1)  Firstly I can't get our dlink dwa-125 dongle to work.  I checked aur out and saw that there was a package for a kernel driver, but it wouldn't install.  So I got stuck there, I wasn't able to figure out how to compile the module myself.  I tried downloading the source code from ralink  http://eng.ralinktech.com.tw/support.php?s=2 .  The version I require is for the rt3070. 

2) I can't get the webcam to work in skype, it's a quickcam pro 5000.  The camera works fine in luvcview and cheese, when I click on test in skype the camera led turns on but no picture, when I double click to get fullscreen it's just grey. I followed the guide here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam_Setup  and I tried

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1

before starting skype but it didn't help.

Hope someone can help me get these two things running then my parents won't have a reason to keep starting windows.

hooch

Member

Registered: 2010-12-15

Posts: 21

Re: can't get dlink dwa-125 usb wireless dongle to work

1) you need to blacklist the rt3070 drivers. maybe this helps: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1289917

good luck