Hello my foreign friends!  I need some assistance from a Linux pro please!

I have to deploy 50 of these before the first of September, and for the most part it's not a big deal but there is something that could be a very big deal!  These things were ordered by my boss, and instead of getting them with the integrated wifi he opted for a USB stick.  So on to the possibly big deal...

The OS I'm running is their ThinPro.  It's a stripped down version of Debian or Ubuntu and that could be some of my issue.  I don't have enough space to upgrade the kernel or to install all the updates actually.  Not that your supposed to.  They try their best to keep you from messing with the underlying 'nix but I was able to break it very well a couple of times!  The kernel is labeled as 3.8.13-hp.  

The USB wifi adapter is a generic model that works with a Realtek RTL8191U driver.  I booted a couple of live distros on the TC and was able to get the wifi working .  So I thought I could just copy that driver and firmware over but it didn't work.  I also tried ndiswrapper, but the OS is so butchered up that make won't fucking run, I can't seem to find the src files so that's probably why.  So hello, hello, hello... is there anybody out there?  Just nod if you can fix this... is there anyone home?

Seriously, if you have the skillz and time I would not hesitate to send you some crisp 'merican dollars, or maybe even some FREEDOM!

Thanks my bitches!

Do apt-get and dpkg work?

Not that my supposed to did what?

Yes.

Update a thin client?

Output from "lshw -c network" if you have lshw

I can install it, give me one minute, I have boxes of stuff piled around like a fort!

With the USB wifi plugged in.

And also install 

apt-get install firmware-realtek

OK, of course the one I just set up is running CE.  It won't be long but more than a minute now!

Making the installer USB right now, you still have time to run!

OK how the fuck do you copy and paste in x term?

I assume you can't ssh in?

good thinking

And here we gooooooooo!
 

 lshw -c network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: c8:cb:b8:16:71:4e
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.129d duplex=full firmware=sb ip=172.17.244.189 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:68 memory:febf0000-febfffff
  *-network:0 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: dummy0
       serial: f6:1a:21:a2:6f:72
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: ipeak0
       serial: c8:cb:b8:16:71:4e
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes
  *-network:2 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: ipeak1
       serial: 02:01:02:03:04:05
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes

 

 apt-get install firmware-realtek
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package firmware-realtek

Looks like the wrong repo's are setup.

 lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05e0:1200 Symbol Technologies Bar Code Scanner
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04ca:004b Lite-On Technology Corp.
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:134a Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

try apt-cache search realtek

aptosid.com Cats on here are debian wizards who rolls their own kernels & stuff. If anyone can help you...

apt-cache search realtek
flashrom - Identify, read, write, erase, and verify BIOS/ROM/flash chips
nictools-pci - Diagnostic tools for many PCI ethernet cards

apt-cache search rtl