RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22) not working in Ubuntu

Hi,

Please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)

sudo iwlist scanning
nm-tool
iwconfig
ifconfig
sudo lshw -C network
lspci
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg|grep ound
dmesg|grep etect

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark, Thanks for the speedy reply. I have run the above commands and it gives the following (makes no sense to me - no surprise there though)...... here goes:

davecarter@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for davecarter:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

davecarter@ubuntu:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: r8169
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:03:0D:A4:66:83

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Settings

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.2.7
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.2.1

    DNS: 192.168.2.1
    DNS: 62.31.176.39
    DNS: 194.117.134.19
    DNS: 195.188.53.175

- Device: ttyUSB0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Mobile Broadband (GSM)
  Driver: option
  State: disconnected
  Default: no

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes

davecarter@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

davecarter@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:0d:a4:66:83
          inet addr:192.168.2.7 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::203:dff:fea4:6683/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
          RX packets:390 errors:0 dropped:2031415384 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:497 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:274609 (274.6 KB) TX bytes:81020 (81.0 KB)
          Interrupt:221 Base address:0xe000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:412 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:412 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:89814 (89.8 KB) TX bytes:89814 (89.8 KB)

davecarter@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:03:0d:a4:66:83
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.2.7 latency=0 link=yes module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 22
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 82:22:04:a9:06:41
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
davecarter@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)
davecarter@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB Modem
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04f2:b119 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
davecarter@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
davecarter@ubuntu:~$ dmesg|grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] 000ff780
[ 0.849196] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 2.086659] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 2.087197] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.1: found MSI capability
[ 2.441971] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.569158] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 4.420434] No dock devices found.
[ 4.580437] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.786388] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.994629] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.098398] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.349561] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 6.985608] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 16.181511] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH7-M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0860)
[ 21.492968] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device CNF8111 (04f2:b119)
[ 25.454627] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
davecarter@ubuntu:~$ dmesg|grep etect
[ 0.000000] Detected 1595.977 MHz processor.
[ 2.563696] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.0.
[ 2.566469] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 4.580460] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 4.786414] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 4.994654] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 5.098424] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 5.349587] hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 15.763343] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7932K stolen memory
[ 16.576467] intel_rng: FWH not detected
[ 21.142719] option 5-7:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 21.143375] option 5-7:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 21.155568] option 5-7:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
davecarter@ubuntu:~$
davecarter@ubuntu:~$

Hope this will givea clue as to what is or isn't going on....... look forward to any help you can offer.

Cheers,

Dave

Hi,

Please follow these instructions:

http://forums.msiwind.net/post55525.html?sid=b8345605eb4ff16f384b12dd1bbf5064

Because you are using Linux kernel version 2.6.27-9-generic, choose the following wireless kernel module package:

http://boskastrona.ovh.org/download/linux-rtl8187se-modules-1023.2@2.6.27.9.19.deb

Regards,

Mark

Hi,

Please look at

http://boskastrona.ovh.org/index_en.html

for more info about the Realtek newest drivers.

Regards,

Mark

Hi,

Tried downloading the package but when it tried to install I get an error message on the package installer which says: ERROR: Dependency is not satisfiable: linux-generic

Still no wireless :-(

Hi,

Please send us the output of the following command:

sudo aptitude search 2.6.27

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark,

Thanks for all the help. I am currently re-installing Ubuntu8.10, as all the netwrok connections stopped working.

I had tried following the instructions but must have messed something up as it all just stopped on me.

Had downloaded drivers from:

http://boskastrona.ovh.org/download/linux-rtl8187se-modules-1023.2@2.6.27.11.14.deb

However, this wasstill giving me the error message when rting to install the drivers.

I am getting to the point where I may just change the wireless card fro one that is supported.

Thanks,

Dave

Thanks for the answers to my problem. I am very slowly getting to grips with Linux........ This sort of support is invaluable tobeginners like me.

Many thanks,

Dave :-)