lenovo x100e, 8192se adapter [Solved]

[mfischer]

Hi,

This did not work out of the box so I went to get the driver from Realtek's site. Here is the output;


m@x100e ~/src/8192se wireless/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0019.1207.2010 $ lsfirmware Makefile realtek rtllib wpa1.conf
HAL readme.txt release_note runwpa wpa_supplicant-0.6.9.tar.gz
m@x100e ~/src/8192se wireless/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0019.1207.2010 $ sudo make
Password:
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-sabayon'
Makefile:314: /usr/src/linux-2.6.37-sabayon/scripts/Kbuild.include: No such file or directory
Makefile:546: /usr/src/linux-2.6.37-sabayon/arch/x86/Makefile: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: /usr/src/linux-2.6.37-sabayon/scripts/gcc-goto.sh: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-sabayon/arch/x86/Makefile'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-sabayon'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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What does this mean? What do I need to do? Thanks.

[smb96]

hi,

install net-wireless/rtl8192se-firmware and net-wireless/rtl8192se-2.6.0018.1013.2010#2.6.37-sabayon (if you use 2.6.37 kernel) from Entropy and see if it works. If not show us the output of lspci or lsusb if a usb device.

cu

[mfischer]

Yeah no dice. Here is the entire lspci. The last line is the actual important one.

m@x100e ~ $ sudo lspci
Password:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)


03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)

[mfischer]

iwconfig output;

m@x100e ~ $ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

At least the controller is recognized...

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here is lspci -nnk

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:e020]
Kernel modules: r8192se_pci

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That's reassuring. Checking firmware....


m@x100e ~ $ dmesg | grep firmware
[ 13.932418] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[ 24.578705] thinkpad_acpi: asked for hotkey mask 0x040988fc, but firmware forced it to 0x000988fc

aha.

[mfischer]

ok then;

m@x100e ~ $ sudo modprobe r8192se_pci
m@x100e ~ $ sudo /sbin/depmod -a

m@x100e ~ $ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 802.11bgn Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA2"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:130 Mb/s
Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-100 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0



oh hello there mr wireless.