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rtl819xE 0000:05:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192E/boot.img -> rtl819xE:Download Firmware: Put code fail! -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8192] (rev 01) not working on Samsung n150 in the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

Asked by Calum Galleitch

Rough summary (full outputs below):

Running 10.04, fully updated. Driver is OK, interface exists under iwconfig and all that. iwconfig reported network disabled and NM reported "device not ready", so after some googling found this bug report and followed the steps in #2:

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

No effect; unsurprising because it seems that fix is already live anyway. More googling, found this (set of tools for Samsung netbooks):

http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=296

After adding the samsung-wireless package, everything looks good; iwconfig reports an interface, NM just says "disconnected".

However, I can't scan for networks, and I can't connect to my router (I have it set to open access at the moment to obviate any WEP oddities, though my main desktop (on 9.04) is connecting with the WEP default without any problems). iwlist wlan0 scan just says no scan results and attempting to connect with nm fails silently.

I'll attach the full test procedure output below.

EDIT: I should also add, wireless runs fine in Windows and scanning can see half a dozen networks from its current location.

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Calum Galleitch (calum-callingthetune) said : 		#1

calum@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get 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 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo lsmod; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for calum:
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
hwinfo is already the newest version.
grep is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: b4:82:fe:c7:9e:30
       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: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:24:54:88:2b:28
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.25 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.6 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:28 memory:f0200000-f0203fff ioport:3000(size=256)
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

#auto wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet dhcp
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge [8086:a010]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011]
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a012]
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.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (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 NM10 Family LPC Controller [8086:27bc] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c1] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8192] (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354]
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:219b Broadcom Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0603:00f2 Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Hama Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: 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 N150/N210/N220
/0 bus N150/N210/N220
/0/0 memory 103KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66G
/0/4/5 memory 16KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/e memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/e/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz
/0/100 bridge N10 Family DMI Bridge
/0/100/2 display N10 Family Integrated Graphics Contr
/0/100/2.1 display N10 Family Integrated Graphics Contr
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Aud
/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.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controll
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controlle
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge NM10 Family LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI 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 15GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 66GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 66GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/1 system
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:58:24 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f7dd0] f7dd0
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.371295] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.374770] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.374793] ACPI: Marking method _OSC as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error
[ 0.381136] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.408194] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.408245] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.408354] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.420476] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.432795] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 0.476037] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.476444] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.476824] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.477218] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.477662] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.478053] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.478432] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.478904] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff88003f1a76a0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
[ 0.479913] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.480029] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.517720] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.539082] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.539179] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.540093] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.540190] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.540874] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.540963] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.541678] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.541777] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.542494] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.542584] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.547570] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.547581] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.555007] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.100202] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 1.105065] sky2 eth0: addr 00:24:54:88:2b:28
[ 1.275418] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.560103] usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.738351] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.777359] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 1.791989] input: PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input6
[ 1.792720] generic-usb 0003:093A:2510.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
[ 1.792815] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.793110] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 2.032629] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 2.214292] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.233234] input: NOVATEK USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input7
[ 2.233457] generic-usb 0003:0603:00F2.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [NOVATEK USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0
[ 2.269291] input: NOVATEK USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.1/input/input8
[ 2.269582] generic-usb 0003:0603:00F2.0003: input,hiddev96,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Device [NOVATEK USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1
[ 2.542646] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 2.731174] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 14.011097] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 14.314407] rtl819xE 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 14.314424] rtl819xE 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 14.892973] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 15.069248] rtllib_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[ 15.069259] rtllib_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
[ 15.069265] rtllib_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
[ 15.069271] rtllib_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
[ 15.069327] proc_dir_entry 'net/rtl819xE' already registered
[ 15.069333] Modules linked in: r8192e_pci(+) v4l1_compat samsung_backlight v4l2_compat_ioctl32 snd serio_raw btusb bluetooth drm intel_agp i2c_algo_bit soundcore r8192_pci(C) snd_page_alloc video output lp parport usbhid hid ahci sky2
[ 15.069419] [<ffffffff81066ddb>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0
[ 15.069432] [<ffffffff81066e81>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
[ 15.069488] [<ffffffffa01d0000>] ? rtl8192_pci_module_init+0x0/0x124 [r8192e_pci]
[ 15.069514] [<ffffffffa01d0000>] ? rtl8192_pci_module_init+0x0/0x124 [r8192e_pci]
[ 15.069563] [<ffffffffa018447a>] rtl8192_proc_module_init+0x2a/0x50 [r8192e_pci]
[ 15.069595] [<ffffffffa01d00fa>] rtl8192_pci_module_init+0xfa/0x124 [r8192e_pci]
[ 15.069635] [<ffffffff810131b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 15.069657] Error: Driver 'rtl819xE' is already registered, aborting...
[ 15.241260] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device WebCam SCB-0340N (0ac8:c33f)
[ 15.245635] input: WebCam SCB-0340N as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/input/input9
[ 15.245818] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 16.069200] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 19.604343] rtl819xE: PlatformInitFirmware()==>
[ 19.613196] rtl819xE 0000:05:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192E/boot.img
[ 19.634711] rtl819xE 0000:05:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192E/main.img
[ 19.664077] rtl819xE:Download Firmware: Put code fail!
[ 19.664091] rtl819xE:ERR in CPUcheck_maincodeok_turnonCPU()
[ 19.664099] rtl819xE:CPUcheck_maincodeok_turnonCPU fail!
[ 19.664107] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()
[ 19.664116] rtl819xE:ERR!!! _rtl8192_up(): initialization is failed!
[ 19.674596] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 19.710796] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 21.380595] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
[ 21.381055] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 31.660070] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 214.922194] Switching to clocksource hpet
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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
25: PCI 500.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8192
  Unique ID: y9sn.SsFI_+3iht2
  Parent ID: z8Q3.ZbAWgKMCoE3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:05:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:05:00.0
  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 (no events)
  HW Address: b4:82:fe:c7:9e:30
  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"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: r8192e_pci is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8192e_pci"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #12 (PCI bridge)

26: PCI 900.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_11ab_4354
  Unique ID: rBUF.CZq_uBiCANA
  Parent ID: hoOk.dFyVbcq0vm4
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:09:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:09:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x11ab "Marvell Technology Group Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x4354 "88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x144d "Samsung Electronics Co Ltd"
  SubDevice: pci 0xc072
  Driver: "sky2"
  Driver Modules: "sky2"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf0200000-0xf0203fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x3000-0x3fff (rw)
  IRQ: 28 (6878 events)
  HW Address: 00:24:54:88:2b:28
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000011ABd00004354sv0000144Dsd0000C072bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: sky2 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe sky2"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
Module Size Used by
easy_slow_down_manager 4793 0
binfmt_misc 7960 1
rfcomm 40393 4
sco 9617 2
ppdev 6375 0
bridge 53184 0
stp 2171 1 bridge
bnep 11884 2
l2cap 34806 16 rfcomm,bnep
joydev 11072 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 279040 1
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
vga16fb 12757 0
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
snd_hda_intel 25677 2
snd_hda_codec 85759 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6924 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 41394 0
snd_mixer_oss 16299 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 87882 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1782 0
snd_seq_oss 31219 0
snd_seq_midi 5829 0
snd_rawmidi 23420 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7267 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57481 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo 62467 0
snd_timer 23649 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
videodev 40518 1 uvcvideo
snd_seq_device 6888 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 64576 0
i915 321654 3
drm_kms_helper 30742 1 i915
v4l1_compat 15495 2 uvcvideo,videodev
samsung_backlight 3661 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 11956 1 videodev
snd 71187 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
serio_raw 4918 0
btusb 12969 2
bluetooth 58685 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
drm 198948 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
intel_agp 29095 2 i915
i2c_algo_bit 6024 1 i915
soundcore 8052 1 snd
r8192_pci 269210 0
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 20623 1 i915
output 2503 1 video
lp 9336 0
parport 37160 2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 41084 0
hid 83440 1 usbhid
ahci 37870 1
sky2 48803 0
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... WARNING: ifup -a is disabled in favour of NetworkManager.
  Set ifupdown:managed=false in /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf.
                                                                         [ OK ]
calum@ubuntu:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You may have to compile the driver module. You could also try ndisgtk + windows driver.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

I think your wireless card is experiencing this bug:

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

First install git-core using this command:

sudo apt-get install git-core

AFTER installing the git-core package, please try this workaround solution:

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

Then reboot the pc and retest wireless.

If wireless is still not working after that procedure, the 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 : 		#4

Very important: 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 also 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) , as it is certified to work with 64-bit editions of Ubuntu, while older Realtek driver versions are not.

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Calum Galleitch (calum-callingthetune) said : 		#5

Hi Mark,

Yes, I found that bug as well in my Google adventures. I've followed that and updated the newest linux-firmware from proposed - no joy. Bit frustrating as it seems like one of these situations that just requires a single line tweaked in a config file somewhere...but which one?!

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Calum Galleitch (calum-callingthetune) said : 		#6

Ah - just seen your latest reply. I glanced over that comment as it seemed to be 64bit only. I'll have another look.

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Calum Galleitch (calum-callingthetune) said : 		#7

This response posted via wireless.

My main problem here was not realising the N150 is a 64-bit animal. I feel quite silly now.

I'm just going to get WEP re-enabled and check it copes with reboots and so forth and then I'll come and close this down. Thanks for your help :)

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

No problem. The problem was not realising if the N150 is a 64-bit animal or not.... It was necessary to realize that you were running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu. However, you could just as well run the 32-bit edition of Ubuntu. So it is the operating system that determines which type of drivers to install, not so much the hardware....

Your Terminal output shows that you are running the 64 bit version of Ubuntu:

"Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:58:24 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux"

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