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rtl819xE:request firmware fail! -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8192] (rev 01) not working on Samsung N130 in Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04

Asked by Roger Peniston-Bird

I installed Ubuntu Netbook 10,04 on my Samsung N130. Although I can access the Internet by WLAN using Windows XP, under Ubuntu this did not work until I hooked up the netbook via cable to my router. Then I could access Firefox.

I understand that when there is both a cable and a wlan connection the former takes precedence. But I would prefer to use the wlan and disconnect the cable.

My version of Ubuntu does not appear to have a "Network Manager", just "Network Connections". Attempting to edit a wireless connection I am confronted with unanswerable questions about SSID, BSSID, mode, MAC address, MTU, etc.

The four books I have on Ubuntu provide helpful(?) advice about getting an IP address via DHCP, ESSID and defining a WEP key.

Can you please provide a solution for a linux newbie which does not require me to have a degree in Acronymology?

RPB

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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Roger Peniston-Bird (translator-chello) said : 		#2

roger@sam:~$ sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for roger:
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I presume that I should answer that I should like to continue.

The netbook is a Samsung N130, as I already stated.

Regards,

Roger

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Roger Peniston-Bird (translator-chello) said : 		#3

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  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:24:d2:c9:7d:f3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl819xE latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=802.11bgn
       resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0100000-f0103fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:13:77:bb:f9:49
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:26 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0510000-f0510fff(prefetchable) memory:f0500000-f050ffff(prefetchable) memory:f0520000-f053ffff(prefetchable)
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8192] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse
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 010: ID 0951:1624 Kingston Technology
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0ac8:c33f Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                                  system N130
/0 bus N130
/0/0 memory 103KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/e memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/e/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
/0/e/1 memory SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns) [empty]
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 wlan0 network Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB SAMSUNG HM160HI
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 7169MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 71GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 38GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 32GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 30GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/4/6 /dev/sda6 volume 1405MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi7 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 8005MB SCSI Disk
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 7634MiB Windows FAT volume
/1 power Intel Corporation
/2 system
Linux sam 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f71c0] f71c0
[ 0.206311] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.240142] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.251066] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.324093] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.324204] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.624259] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.661946] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.662820] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.663534] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.664199] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.664854] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.671276] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.671284] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.678394] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.719451] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.202493] eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf8074000, 00:13:77:bb:f9:49, XID 04c00000 IRQ 26
[ 1.329902] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 12.146722] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.989820] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device WebCam SCB-0340N (0ac8:c33f)
[ 14.224250] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 14.566819] rtl819xE: PlatformInitFirmware()==>
[ 14.579849] rtl819xE 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192E/boot.img
[ 14.610775] rtl819xE:request firmware fail!
[ 14.610787] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()
[ 14.621775] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 14.621790] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 25.176015] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 201.512866] Switching to clocksource hpet
[13573.865892] usb-storage: device found at 5
[17702.589381] usb-storage: device found at 6
[17704.697960] usb-storage: device found at 7
[17750.403873] usb-storage: device found at 9
[18112.060685] usb-storage: device found at 10
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 802.11bgn Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
          Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
23: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.SsFI_+3iht2
  Parent ID: z8Q3.ZbAWgKMCoE3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek WLAN controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8192
  SubVendor: pci 0x144f "Askey Computer Corp."
  SubDevice: pci 0x7160
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "rtl819xE"
  Driver Modules: "r8192_pci"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf0100000-0xf0103fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (39782 events)
  HW Address: 00:24:d2:c9:7d:f3
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
  WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 11 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
  WLAN encryption modes: TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008192sv0000144Fsd00007160bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8192_pci is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8192_pci"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #12 (PCI bridge)

24: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.H1gF1xp4j_3
  Parent ID: hoOk.dFyVbcq0vm4
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8136 "RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x144d "Samsung Electronics Co Ltd"
  SubDevice: pci 0xc04d
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x3000-0x3fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf0510000-0xf0510fff (rw,prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0500000-0xf050ffff (rw,prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0520000-0xf053ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 26 (67909 events)
  HW Address: 00:13:77:bb:f9:49
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008136sv0000144Dsd0000C04Dbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                                                                      [ OK ]
roger@sam:~$

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Regards,
Roger

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

I think your wireless card is experiencing this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/508746

Please try this workaround solution:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/508746/comments/2

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Roger Peniston-Bird (translator-chello) said : 		#5

Here is the latest:
roger@sam:~$ cd /tmp
roger@sam:/tmp$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/firmware.git
The program 'git' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install git-core
roger@sam:/tmp$ sudo cp -av firmware/RTL8192E /lib/firmware/
[sudo] password for roger:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for roger:
cp: cannot stat `firmware/RTL8192E': No such file or directory
roger@sam:/tmp$ ^C
roger@sam:/tmp$ cd /tmp
roger@sam:/tmp$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/firmware.git
The program 'git' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install git-core
roger@sam:/tmp$ sudo apt-get install git-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libdigest-sha1-perl liberror-perl patch
Suggested packages:
  git-doc git-arch git-cvs git-svn git-email git-daemon-run git-gui gitk gitweb diffutils-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  git-core libdigest-sha1-perl liberror-perl patch
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 197 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,796kB of archives.
After this operation, 12.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
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Get:4 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main patch 2.6-2ubuntu1 [123kB]
Fetched 5,796kB in 17s (325kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package liberror-perl.
(Reading database ... 118473 files and directories currently installed.)
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Processing triggers for man-db ...
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Setting up git-core (1:1.7.0.4-1) ...
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roger@sam:/tmp$ ^C
roger@sam:/tmp$
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But what next?
Trying to open the Network Connections now has no effect, and I still cannot find a Network Manager...
Should I switch off, remove the cable and restart, or what?

With many thanks for your quick help.

Roger

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

It did not work for you, because you ran the whole procedure BEFORE installing git-core.

Now that git-core is installed, rerun this procedure:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/508746/comments/2

After rerunning the procedure, reboot and retest wireless....

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Roger Peniston-Bird (translator-chello) said : 		#7

I hope I understood Mark correctly.
I entered the following.

roger@sam:~$ cd /tmp
roger@sam:/tmp$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/firmware.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/firmware/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 585, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (482/482), done.
remote: Total 585 (delta 245), reused 182 (delta 89)
Receiving objects: 100% (585/585), 5.98 MiB | 2.36 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (245/245), done.
roger@sam:/tmp$ sudo cp -av firmware/RTL8192E /lib/firmware/

I then switched off and restarted Ubuntu.

I could not access the Internet until I replugged the lan cable

I still did not have a Network Manager, and the wireless page of the Network Connections still asks for SSID, BSSID, MAC address, etc.

Over to you again.

Roger

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Roger Peniston-Bird (translator-chello) said : 		#8

I hope I understood Mark correctly.
I entered the following.

roger@sam:~$ cd /tmp
roger@sam:/tmp$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/firmware.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/firmware/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 585, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (482/482), done.
remote: Total 585 (delta 245), reused 182 (delta 89)
Receiving objects: 100% (585/585), 5.98 MiB | 2.36 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (245/245), done.
roger@sam:/tmp$ sudo cp -av firmware/RTL8192E /lib/firmware/

I then switched off and restarted Ubuntu.

I could not access the Internet until I replugged the lan cable

I still did not have a Network Manager, and the wireless page of the Network Connections still asks for SSID, BSSID, MAC address, etc.

Over to you again.

Roger

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

Please follow these instructions to enable the lucid-proposed repository:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

Then run the following commands to install the newest version of linux-firmware:

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install linux-firmware

Then please reboot and retest wireless....

If that does not help, then I unfortunately have no more suggestions to make.

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Roger Peniston-Bird (translator-chello) said : 		#10

As suggested I enabled the lucid-proposed repository and ran

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install linux-firmware.

On rebooting without the lan cable I still could not use firefox.

Perhaps, instead of sending me reams of code, you could tell me the answers I might type in to the wireless page of the Network Connections, (SSID, etc.). Or alternatively, tell me how to install the Network Manager.

As a newbie, I have been very disappointed with this first attempt to get to grips with Ubuntu, though impressed by the speed of your replies.

I have had no problems using WLAN with my XP installation...

Regards,

Roger

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Subject: Re: [Question #116019]: CONNECT UBUNTU VIA WLAN

Your question #116019 on gnome-nettool in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/116019

    Status: Open => Answered

Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
Please follow these instructions to enable the lucid-proposed
repository:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

Then run the following commands to install the newest version of linux-
firmware:

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install linux-firmware

Then please reboot and retest wireless....

If that does not help, then I unfortunately have no more suggestions to
make.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#11

There is a good reason why I sent you so many "reams of code".

Those reams of code are attempts to solve the issue your wireless card is experiencing. The error is "rtl819xE:request firmware fail!" and the code I sent was a recommended workaround from the following bugreport:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/508746

Now if NetworkManager is not visible in the bottom bar or top bar of your screen, then I suggest replacing it with wicd, which is an alternative wireless network manager.

You can install wicd using these commands:

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install wicd

But remember that the REAL issue/error "rtl819xE:request firmware fail!" needs to be fixed before you can attempt to use NetworkManager or wicd.

More info about wicd here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicd

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Roger Peniston-Bird (translator-chello) said : 		#12

Dear Mark,

As you say,

"You can install wicd using these commands:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install wicd
But remember that the REAL issue/error "rtl819xE:request firmware fail!"
needs to be fixed before you can attempt to use NetworkManager or wicd."

So I see little point in installing wicd until the REAL issue can be fixed.

As a newbie, I have no idea how to fix it.

Despite your valiant efforts, it seems you cannot fix it either! Or have you an alternative solution?

Best wishes
Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Mark Rijckenberg
Sent: Dienstag, 29. Juni 2010 13:16
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: RE: [Question #116019]: CONNECT UBUNTU VIA WLAN

Your question #116019 on gnome-nettool in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/116019

    Status: Open => Answered

Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
There is a good reason why I sent you so many "reams of code".

Those reams of code are attempts to solve the issue your wireless card is experiencing. The error is "rtl819xE:request firmware fail!" and the code I sent was a recommended workaround from the following bugreport:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/508746

Now if NetworkManager is not visible in the bottom bar or top bar of
your screen, then I suggest replacing it with wicd, which is an
alternative wireless network manager.

You can install wicd using these commands:

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install wicd

But remember that the REAL issue/error "rtl819xE:request firmware fail!"
needs to be fixed before you can attempt to use NetworkManager or wicd.

More info about wicd here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicd

--
If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
know that it is solved:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/116019/+confirm?answer_id=10

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following page to enter your feedback:
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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#13

Please make sure to also read the following solution:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/508746/comments/24

I quote:

"mcguire wrote on 2010-04-16: #24

    * Driver v14 from Realtek (1.6 MiB, application/x-tar)

I've read on this forum thread : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1239342&page=8 that Realtek sends by mail a driver compatible with 64bits to people who contact the support.

I mailed them today and Realtek (kidman) sends me the driver v14 which works on 64 bits (tested on kubuntu lucid). It facts, this is the same driver for 32 and 64 bits but older versions only work on 32 bits (prior to v13 I think as both v13 and v14 work on 64 bits).

On my Samsung R580 laptop, it disconnects often but it is usable. When it disconnects, sometimes, it can not reconnect automatically so I have to unload the module and reload it, then it works again for some time.

I've attached it.

Hope this help
"

So you will need to compile and install the v14 Realtek driver (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/508746/+attachment/1326241/+files/rtl8192e_linux_2.6.0014.0401.2010.tar.gz)

You can test this driver using both the 32 bit and 64 edition of Ubuntu 10.04

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