[SOLVED] How to use USBs on Ubuntu?

[Insane Potatoz]

Hey everyone. I’m new to Linux and have Ubuntu. I want to take some photos off a USB and put them on my hard drive. I also want to use my USB WiFi adapter. I just can’t find a way to activate them or anything. Any help?
Thanks!
Edit: What I said may have not made sense. I want to activate these USB devices so I can use them.

 

[Alabalcho]

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Don't! If someone could help, he/she would.

On your problem: You haven't described your setup: Hardware, Linux distro, kernel version ("uname -a"), etc. Most (every?) Linux distro made last 10+ years supports USB drives. As for USB Wi-Fi adapter, it depends - cheap knockouts may not work, so it is best to check Linux compatability before buying.

From Linux shell ("command prompt") execute "lsusb", before and after you plug your devices.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Don't! If someone could help, he/she would.

On your problem: You haven't described your setup: Hardware, Linux distro, kernel version ("uname -a"), etc. Most (every?) Linux distro made last 10+ years supports USB drives. As for USB Wi-Fi adapter, it depends - cheap knockouts may not work, so it is best to check Linux compatability before buying.

From Linux shell ("command prompt") execute "lsusb", before and after you plug your devices.

Oh okay. The WiFi adapter ay seems it supports Ubuntu.
The system: Core i5-750, 4gb drr3, h57h-AM2 motherboard, 160gb WD Blue, Ubuntu (idk what version, downloaded it a week for so ago)
I’m new to Linux. I have no idea what you’re talking about when you say kernel, distro, etc.
let me do that USB thing and see if it works. I just type in lsusb before and after I plug the drives in, right?

 

[TheDarkPleco]

Please post the model of your USB wireless adapter. It would help quite a bit. A good question is whether Ubuntu detects the device at all. If you go to the Software and Drivers window, you may find that the manufacturer has a driver you can enable. Sometimes the manufacturer will have a driver on their website. Some wireless adapters just don't have the support unless someone is willing to write the driver themselves. Either way, it may be worth it to look for an adapter that someone else says works with Linux.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Please post the model of your USB wireless adapter. It would help quite a bit. A good question is whether Ubuntu detects the device at all. If you go to the Software and Drivers window, you may find that the manufacturer has a driver you can enable. Sometimes the manufacturer will have a driver on their website. Some wireless adapters just don't have the support unless someone is willing to write the driver themselves. Either way, it may be worth it to look for an adapter that someone else says works with Linux.

I’m not sure of the exact model. It’s a USB 2.0 labeled with speeds up to 600mbps. It came with a driver CD.
Edit: it says it supports Ubuntu Linux

 

[TheDarkPleco]

If it says it supports it, then I would assume that their website would have some drivers available then.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

If it says it supports it, then I would assume that their website would have some drivers available then.

Well drivers aren’t really the issue. I have no idea how to get Ubuntu to try to detect that the drives and adapters are even there. If that makes sense

 

[Insane Potatoz]

If it says it supports it, then I would assume that their website would have some drivers available then.

So I did the lsusb thing the above person said. And linux detects that it’s there.
I went to install drivers from the CD, but all I found were documents with what I think we’re commands but I made nothing of it.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Also here’s a little more info:
It says this in the manual:
“1. Using install.sh Script for PC-Linux
For driver compilation and installation in PC-Linux, we provide an install.sh script to do the duties automatically...”
Does that help at all?

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Okay sorry for replying to this again. But I found out how to do the install.sh thing.
I ran it, and it says at the bottom: “Compile make driver error: 127”
Does that help? I’m really desperate right now. I really need this to work.

 

[Alabalcho]

Do yourself a favor, and get a WiFi adapter supported by Linux natively.

What this "setup/..sh" script is doing is to compile the driver for your Lunux distribution, and this error probably means that you don't have all the build tools installed (and usually they are not). You still haven't say what distro you're running, but try from the shell "sudo apt install binutils build-essential".

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Do yourself a favor, and get a WiFi adapter supported by Linux natively.

What this "setup/..sh" script is doing is to compile the driver for your Lunux distribution, and this error probably means that you don't have all the build tools installed (and usually they are not). You still haven't say what distro you're running, but try from the shell "sudo apt install binutils build-essential".

Any recommendations for a WiFi adapter supported by Linux natively?
How do I find out what distro I’m running?

 

[USAFRet]

How do I find out what distro I’m running?

"I’m new to Linux and have Ubuntu "

Ubuntu is your distro.

 

[Alabalcho]

Any recommendations for a WiFi adapter supported by Linux natively? How do I find out what distro I’m running?

It seems you've never heard for "Search Engine"..

• https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+find+linux+distribution+from+terminal&s=b
• go to eg Amazon, search for "WiFi USB adapter Linux support". Ones marked with "Raspberry Pie" are even "more supported"

 

[Insane Potatoz]

It seems you've never heard for "Search Engine"..

• https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+find+linux+distribution+from+terminal&s=b
• go to eg Amazon, search for "WiFi USB adapter Linux support". Ones marked with "Raspberry Pie" are even "more supported"

My distro is Ubuntu. It says it in my first post.

alright then. I guess I’ll just look for a different WiFi adapter - hopefully a plug and play one. Thanks for your help.