Yes, it's a dmesg that might help someone (by giving them system information) help you.
I just learned how to carryout the (dmesg > /tmp/foo process. I'm going to write down all steps for future reference. The only question I have is how to do the same with the results of a 'service netif restart' output.
Your info is now understood!! Thanks for your time and patience with me!
% script /tmp/foo
Script started, output file is /tmp/foo
You have mail.
% freebsd-version -ruk
13.2-RELEASE-p8
13.2-RELEASE-p8
13.2-RELEASE-p9
% exit
exit
Script done, output file is /tmp/fookern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
cryptodev_load="YES"
zfs_load="YES"
##############
loader_logo="beastie"
autoboot_delay="3"
cuse_load="TES"
fuse_load="YES"
if_run_load="YES"
runfw_load="YES"root@randy:/etc #] cat rc.conf
hostname="randy.bsd.net"
ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
ifconfig_re0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
sshd_enable="YES"
dumpdev="NO"
zfs_enable="YES"
################
kld_list="nvidia-modeset"
dbus_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"
bison_enable="YES"
cupsd_enable="YES"
usb_enable="YES"
webcamd_enable="YES"
autofs_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
##########################
wlans_run0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
##################################
devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"
devfs_system_ruleset="system"
devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules"# /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf written by wifimgr(8)
#network={
#ssid="AARIS-3C91"
#key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
#psk="xxxxxxx"
#}
network={
ssid="AARIS-3C91-5G"
priority=3
bssid=c4:04:15:7d:53:80
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=RSN
psk="xxxxxxx"
}
You are not BLIND - I did not either! That is why I posted the loader.conf, rc.conf, and wpa_supplicant.conf. I'm totally bemused as to what is going on?? I even had the dongle plugged in when starting BSD form a turned off computer. I did plug the dongle into my old Windows 10 computer and it lite up and was ready to be loaded for use. Oh! I check the GENERIC Kernel and under wifi devices the run driver was part of the Kernel. I also checked the bsdconfig networking and then the wireless networks where I found "WARNING! No wireless device found": thus I'm as bemused as you are. Maybe my TP-Link
Starting Network: lo0 re0 wlan0.
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
groups: lo
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=8209b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE>
ether fc:34:97:15:f0:f4
inet6 fe80::fe34:97ff:fe15:f0f4%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet6 2600:8800:a580:3d0:fe34:97ff:fe15:f0f4 prefixlen 64 autoconf
inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
status: active
nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether f8:1a:67:20:79:af
groups: wlan
ssid "" channel 4 (2427 MHz 11g)
regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED
deftxkey UNDEF txpower 30 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme
roaming MANUAL bintval 0
parent interface: run0
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> pciconf -vl either.
USB devices don't show up here, pciconf(8) only enumerates PCI/PCIe devices. If this is a USB wireless interface you should look at usbconfig(8).
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FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p9 GENERIC amd64
FreeBSD clang version 14.0.5 ([URL]https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git[/URL] llvmorg-14.0.5-0-gc12386ae247c)
VT(efifb): resolution 640x480
module run already present!
module wpi already present!
module_register: cannot register isa/an from kernel; already loaded from if_an.ko
Module isa/an failed to register: 17
module_register: cannot register pci/an from kernel; already loaded from if_an.ko
Module pci/an failed to register: 17
module_register: cannot register pci/ral from kernel; already loaded from if_ral.ko
Module pci/ral failed to register: 17
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz (3800.00-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin="GenuineIntel" Id=0xa0655 Family=0x6 Model=0xa5 Stepping=5
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x7ffafbff<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
AMD Features2=0x121<LAHF,ABM,Prefetch>
Structured Extended Features=0x29c67af<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,SGX,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,NFPUSG,MPX,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PROCTRACE>
Structured Extended Features2=0x40000018<PKU,OSPKE,SGXLC>
Structured Extended Features3=0xbc000400<MD_CLEAR,IBPB,STIBP,L1DFL,ARCH_CAP,SSBD>
XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
IA32_ARCH_CAPS=0x2b<RDCL_NO,IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL_VME,MDS_NO>
VT-x: (disabled in BIOS) PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID,VID,PostIntr
TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory = 34359738368 (32768 MB)
avail memory = 33102688256 (31569 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
ACPI APIC Table: <ALASKA A M I >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 16 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 8 core(s) x 2 hardware threads
random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG"
random: unblocking device.
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-119
Launching APs: 1 15 3 13 14 11 2 10 12 6 5 9 4 7 8
Cuse v0.1.37 @ /dev/cuse
random: entropy device external interface
kbd1 at kbdmux0
[ath_dfs] loaded
[ath_rate] loaded
[ar9300] loaded
[ar5212] loaded
[ar5416] loaded
[ar5211] loaded
[ar5210] loaded
[ath] loaded
efirtc0: <EFI Realtime Clock>
efirtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
smbios0: <System Management BIOS> at iomem 0x7fbb8000-0x7fbb801e
smbios0: Version: 3.2, BCD Revision: 3.2
aesni0: <AES-CBC,AES-CCM,AES-GCM,AES-ICM,AES-XTS>
acpi0: <ALASKA A M I >
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 350
Event timer "HPET1" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 340
Event timer "HPET2" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 340
Event timer "HPET3" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 340
Event timer "HPET4" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 340
Event timer "HPET5" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 340
Event timer "HPET6" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 340
Event timer "HPET7" frequency 24000000 Hz quality 340
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1808-0x180b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0x5000-0x507f mem 0x8a000000-0x8affffff,0x90000000-0x9fffffff,0xa0000000-0xa1ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
vgapci0: Boot video device
hdac0: <NVIDIA (0x0fb8) HDA Controller> mem 0x8b080000-0x8b083fff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1
xhci0: <XHCI (generic) USB 3.0 controller> mem 0x4000010000-0x400001ffff at device 20.0 on pci0
xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
usbus0 on xhci0
usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
pci0: <simple comms> at device 22.0 (no driver attached)
ahci0: <AHCI SATA controller> port 0x6050-0x6057,0x6040-0x6043,0x6020-0x603f mem 0x8b204000-0x8b205fff,0x8b207000-0x8b2070ff,0x8b206000-0x8b2067ff irq 16 at device 23.0 on pci0
ahci0: AHCI v1.31 with 6 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0
ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0
ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci0
ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci0
ahciem0: <AHCI enclosure management bridge> on ahci0
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 27.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.0 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
emu10kx0: <Creative SBLive! Value [CT4832]> port 0x4000-0x401f irq 19 at device 1.0 on pci4
pcm0: <EMU10Kx DSP front PCM interface> on emu10kx0
pcm0: <TriTech TR28602 AC97 Codec>
pcm1: <EMU10Kx DSP rear PCM interface> on emu10kx0
pci4: <input device> at device 1.1 (no driver attached)
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.3 on pci0
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0x8b104000-0x8b104fff,0x8b100000-0x8b103fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci5
re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
re0: ASPM disabled
re0: Chip rev. 0x54000000
re0: MAC rev. 0x00100000
miibus0: <MII bus> on re0
rgephy0: <RTL8251/8153 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
rgephy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
re0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048
re0: Ethernet address: fc:34:97:15:f0:f4
re0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
pci0: <memory> at device 31.2 (no driver attached)
hdac1: <Intel Comet Lake-S HDA Controller> mem 0x4000020000-0x4000023fff,0x4000000000-0x400000ffff irq 16 at device 31.3 on pci0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbdc0: non-PNP ISA device will be removed from GENERIC in FreeBSD 14.
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O.
atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
atrtc0: non-PNP ISA device will be removed from GENERIC in FreeBSD 14.
hwpstate_intel0: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu0
hwpstate_intel1: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu1
hwpstate_intel2: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu2
hwpstate_intel3: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu3
hwpstate_intel4: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu4
hwpstate_intel5: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu5
hwpstate_intel6: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu6
hwpstate_intel7: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu7
hwpstate_intel8: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu8
hwpstate_intel9: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu9
hwpstate_intel10: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu10
hwpstate_intel11: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu11
hwpstate_intel12: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu12
hwpstate_intel13: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu13
hwpstate_intel14: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu14
hwpstate_intel15: <Intel Speed Shift> on cpu15
Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1895996964 Hz quality 1000
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ZFS filesystem version: 5
ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
hdacc0: <NVIDIA (0x0081) HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
hdaa0: <NVIDIA (0x0081) Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
pcm2: <NVIDIA (0x0081) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 4 on hdaa0
pcm3: <NVIDIA (0x0081) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 5 on hdaa0
hdacc1: <Realtek ALC887 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1
hdaa1: <Realtek ALC887 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
pcm4: <Realtek ALC887 (Rear Analog)> at nid 20 and 24,26 on hdaa1
pcm5: <Realtek ALC887 (Front Analog)> at nid 27 and 25 on hdaa1
pcm6: <Realtek ALC887 (Internal Digital)> at nid 17 on hdaa1
Trying to mount root from zfs:zroot/ROOT/default []...
ugen0.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0 on usbus0
uhub0: <Intel XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ada0 at ahcich2 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <CT1000MX500SSD1 M3CR045> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada0: Serial Number 2303E69F8755
ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 512bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors)
ses0 at ahciem0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
ses0: <AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 2.00 0001> SEMB S-E-S 2.00 device
ses0: SEMB SES Device
ses0: ada0,pass0 in 'Slot 02', SATA Slot: scbus2 target 0
ses0: pass1,cd0 in 'Slot 03', SATA Slot: scbus3 target 0
cd0 at ahcich3 bus 0 scbus3 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <ASUS DRW-24B1ST j 1.11> Removable CD-ROM SCSI device
cd0: Serial Number N1D0CL070884
cd0: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA 1.x, UDMA6, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 8192bytes)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed
Root mount waiting for: usbus0
uhub0: 24 ports with 24 removable, self powered
ugen0.2: <Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1012> at usbus0
ugen0.3: <Chicony USB Keyboard> at usbus0
ukbd0 on uhub0
ukbd0: <Chicony USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on usbus0
kbd2 at ukbd0
Root mount waiting for: usbus0
ugen0.4: <SHENZHEN EMEET TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. HD Webcam eMeet C960> at usbus0
ugen0.5: <Generic 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub> at usbus0
uhub1 on uhub0
uhub1: <Generic 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub, class 9/0, rev 2.10/1.04, addr 4> on usbus0
uhub1: MTT enabled
Root mount waiting for: usbus0
uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
ugen0.6: <Logitech USB Receiver> at usbus0
ukbd1 on uhub1
ukbd1: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/12.10, addr 5> on usbus0
kbd3 at ukbd1
WARNING: attempt to domain_add(netlink) after domainfinalize()
[nl_generic] genl_register_family: Registered family nlctrl id 16
[nl_generic] genl_register_cmds: Adding cmd GETFAMILY(3) to family nlctrl
nvidia0: <NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030> on vgapci0
vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 535.146.02 Sun Dec 3 13:40:40 UTC 2023
acpi_wmi0: <ACPI-WMI mapping> on acpi0
acpi_wmi0: cannot find EC device
acpi_wmi0: Embedded MOF found
ACPI: \134AWW0.WQMO: 1 arguments were passed to a non-method ACPI object (Buffer) (20201113/nsarguments-361)
acpi_wmi1: <ACPI-WMI mapping> on acpi0
acpi_wmi1: cannot find EC device
acpi_wmi1: Embedded MOF found
ACPI: \134AMW0.WQMO: 1 arguments were passed to a non-method ACPI object (Buffer) (20201113/nsarguments-361)
acpi_wmi2: <ACPI-WMI mapping> on acpi0
acpi_wmi2: cannot find EC device
acpi_wmi2: Embedded MOF found
ACPI: \134ABAW.WQMO: 1 arguments were passed to a non-method ACPI object (Buffer) (20201113/nsarguments-361)
acpi_wmi3: <ACPI-WMI mapping> on acpi0
acpi_wmi3: cannot find EC device
acpi_wmi3: Embedded MOF found
ACPI: \134_SB.WFDE.WQCC: 1 arguments were passed to a non-method ACPI object (Buffer) (20201113/nsarguments-361)
acpi_wmi4: <ACPI-WMI mapping> on acpi0
acpi_wmi4: cannot find EC device
acpi_wmi4: Embedded MOF found
ACPI: \134_SB.WFTE.WQCC: 1 arguments were passed to a non-method ACPI object (Buffer) (20201113/nsarguments-361)
acpi_wmi5: <ACPI-WMI mapping> on acpi0
acpi_wmi5: cannot find EC device
lo0: link state changed to UP
re0: link state changed to DOWN
re0: link state changed to UP
ulpt0 on uhub0
ulpt0: <Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1012, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
uhid0 on uhub0
uhid0: <Chicony USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on usbus0
uhid1 on uhub1
uhid1: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/12.10, addr 5> on usbus0
uaudio0 on uhub0
uaudio0: <HD Webcam eMeet C960> on usbus0
uaudio0: No playback.
uaudio0: Record[0]: 16000 Hz, 1 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer.
uaudio0: No MIDI sequencer.
pcm7: <USB audio> on uaudio0
uaudio0: No HID volume keys found.
ums0 on uhub1
ums0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/12.10, addr 5> on usbus0
ums0: 16 buttons and [XYZT] coordinates ID=2
ugen0.7: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN> at usbus0
run0 on uhub1
run0: <1.0> on usbus0
run0: MAC/BBP RT5592 (rev 0x0222), RF RT5592 (MIMO 2T2R), address f8:1a:67:20:79:af
run0: [HT] Enabling 802.11n
wlan0: Ethernet address: f8:1a:67:20:79:af
run0: firmware RT3071 ver. 0.33 loadedroot@randy:~# ugen0.7: <Ralink 882.00 n WLAN at usbus0
run0 on uhub1
run0: <1.0> on usbus0
run0: MAC/BBP RT5592 (rev 0x0222), RF RT5592 (MIMO 2TR2), address f8:1a:67:20:79:af
run0: [HT] Enabling 801.11n
Feb 2 06:59:08 randy webcamd[1868]: webcamd: cannot find USB device
Feb2 06:59:08 randy wpa_supplicant[1912]: ioctl[SIOCS802.11, op=2-, val=0, arg_len=71]: Invalid argument
run0: firmware RT3071 ver.0.33 loaded
Feb 2 06:59:08 randy syslogd: last message repeated 1 timesusbconfig posting