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I got my newly purchased wireless stick to work, but I had to change the /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id file during the process. I somehow managed to add the string "050d 11f1" to it, but it seems that this file is somehow not possible to edit. When I try to edit it sudo vim new_id with vim and want to save it (wq!) afterwards, vim exclamates: 

ew_id [+] Line:1/1[100%]Col:1Buf:#1[48][0x30]                                                                                                                                                                                                 
"new_id"
"new_id" E667: Fsync failed

The same with geany/nano/gedit. I simply cannot edit propperly this file, I can just somehow add stuff...

I assume that some privileged process is constantly polling the file and doing I/O operations on it. What's the exact reason and how to successfully edit it?

Thanks

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I don't know the reason for your problem, but one solution would be to edit the file using a text editor on a live Ubuntu (or any distro) disc.

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  • Not possible. /sys exists only in memory, it isn't written to disk.
    – Eric Carvalho
    Apr 9, 2013 at 23:38
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This file is not mean for editing.

You can try: echo "050d 11f1" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id

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