Netgear N150 wireless USB adapter setup

71GA · 2014-06-15 07:54:40

I have been following this topic and Wiki to set up a Netgear N150 wireless USB adapter.

I first blacklisted modules "rtl8192cu", "rtlwifi" and "rtl8192c_common" by adding the below three lines into /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf:

blacklist rtl8192cu
blacklist rtlwifi
blacklist rtl8192c_common

Then I installed package "8192cu-dkms" from AUR.

When I restarted and checked which modules are up and running using command lsmod I got this output:

[ziga@ziga-pc ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   75264  3 
snd_usb_audio         116462  3 
arc4                    2000  2 
snd_usbmidi_lib        19187  1 snd_usb_audio
hid_generic             1185  0 
snd_rawmidi            19062  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
usbhid                 42010  0 
hid                    89642  2 hid_generic,usbhid
ath9k_htc              59356  0 
ath9k_common            1991  1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw              370370  2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc
ath                    15649  3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
mac80211              464387  1 ath9k_htc
cfg80211              411648  3 ath,mac80211,ath9k_htc
joydev                 10028  0 
rfkill                 16018  1 cfg80211
usb_storage            47911  0 
xpad                   12362  0 
snd_seq_device          5244  1 snd_rawmidi
wacom                  47651  0 
uvcvideo               73273  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc       3272  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2335  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         27925  1 uvcvideo
videodev              105853  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
media                  11108  2 uvcvideo,videodev
ff_memless              6147  1 xpad
radeon                809526  3 
ttm                    67433  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         35438  1 radeon
drm                   233224  5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
i2c_algo_bit            5391  1 radeon
acpi_cpufreq           10502  1 
mperf                   1235  1 acpi_cpufreq
kvm                   379740  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     30013  1 
evdev                  10244  14 
ppdev                   7118  0 
microcode              13172  0 
psmouse                85260  0 
pcspkr                  2027  0 
serio_raw               5041  0 
k10temp                 3114  0 
edac_core              44073  0 
snd_hda_codec_via      19814  1 
forcedeth              58502  0 
edac_mce_amd           13054  0 
i2c_nforce2             5743  0 
i2c_core               23808  6 drm,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,radeon,i2c_nforce2,videodev
shpchp                 25649  0 
pci_hotplug            22866  1 shpchp
parport_pc             19639  0 
snd_hda_intel          35885  8 
snd_hda_codec         148220  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6396  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                79013  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          7202  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              19222  1 snd_pcm
snd                    59750  32 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
parport                31317  2 ppdev,parport_pc
asus_atk0110           12000  0 
soundcore               5546  1 snd
button                  4701  0 
processor              27883  1 acpi_cpufreq
ext4                  461819  2 
crc16                   1359  1 ext4
mbcache                 6146  1 ext4
jbd2                   80346  1 ext4
sd_mod                 30682  5 
sr_mod                 14994  0 
cdrom                  34848  1 sr_mod
ata_generic             3402  0 
pata_acpi               3419  0 
sata_nv                21199  3 
pata_amd               11374  0 
ehci_pci                4152  0 
ohci_hcd               26704  0 
libata                171648  4 pata_acpi,sata_nv,pata_amd,ata_generic
ehci_hcd               47896  1 ehci_pci
scsi_mod              128956  4 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
usbcore               178757  12 xpad,wacom,snd_usb_audio,uvcvideo,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,snd_usbmidi_lib,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,ath9k_htc,8192cu
usb_common              1648  1 usbcore

I can't see module "8192cu-dkms" listed. Why doesn't it load? Should I add it in the APPEND section of the "/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg" and use "mkinitcpio -p {linux,linux-rt}" (I have two kernels) But there are theese modules listed:

ath9k_htc              59356  0 
ath9k_common            1991  1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw              370370  2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc
ath                    15649  3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw

Should I blacklist allso these three?

ADD: Now I added a module to the kernel by adding file "8192cu-dkms.conf" in the "/etc/etc/modules-load.d/". File looks like this:

8192cu

And after reboot kernel module is loaded and is listed when using command "lsmod". But still there are no wireless networks detected by wicd-curses.

Last edited by 71GA (2014-06-15 09:08:52)

71GA · 2014-06-15 15:04:59

Bump. No response.

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#1 2014-06-15 07:54:40

Netgear N150 wireless USB adapter setup

#2 2014-06-15 15:04:59

Re: Netgear N150 wireless USB adapter setup

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