On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:02:59 +0200, ZOT wrote:

> On a new installation on a old raspberry (the very first version)
> There is no wlan device, even after inserting a usb wifi device.
> Ifconfig shows only eth0 en lo.
> How to create the device?
> Shouldn't it created automatically when the device is inserted? Many
> thanks in advances

What's written to /var/log/messages when the USB wifi dongle is plugged
in?

Hint: having "sudo tail -f /var/log/messages" running on another terminal
session when you plug it in  helps a lot. It should show you what the USB
device announces itself as.

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