This is my first time messing with Linux so please forgive my ignorance.

I have an HP Elitebook 840 G8 that I’ve installed Ubi server on. I was trying to install a GUI on it, so I tried pulling the SLiM package from the web, but got "Temporary Failure resolving ‘Archive.ubuntu.com’.

This laptop doesn’t have an Ethernet Port, so I have to use a Microsoft USB-Ethernet dongle. But I haven’t been successful in getting that to work.

Is there a way for me to manually download the driver on a USB, then load it that way?

  • Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    The first question which arises before proceeding with network manager: is the USB Ethernet dongle recognised?

    You can check the output of sudo dmesg shortly after you plug in the dongle into the USB port.

        • SecretSauces@lemmy.worldOP
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          6 months ago

          I dont see anything standing out.

          usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd

usb 4-2: new USB device found: idVendor , idProduct, bcdDevice

usb 4-2: new USB Device Strings: mfr=1 product=2, serialnumber=6

usb 4-2: Product: Ethernet Adapter

usb 4-2: Manufacturer: Microsoft

usb 4-2: SerialNumber: xxxxxxxxxx

usbcore: registered new device driver r8152-cfgselector

r8152-cfgselector 4-2: reset SuperSpeed USB Device number 2 using xhci_hcd

r8152 4-2:1.0: load rtl8153b-2 v2 successfully

r8152 4-2:1.0 eth0: v1.12.13

usbcore: registered new interface driver r8152

usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether

r8152 4-2:1.0 enx949aa22353: renamed from eth0