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Wireless USB adapter Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8171 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. not working on Compaq M2000 in Xubuntu (version unknown)

Asked by Unni Krishna on 2011-10-16

Hello,
I installed Xubuntu in old laptop for my work purposes. The laptop is Compaq M2000 and very old one. I bought new wireless adapter from Bazoo (www.bazoo.eu) which is WLAN-n and compatible with Linux Kernel older than 2.6. I tried to work with this adapter and its not detected by Xubuntu Linux. I ran "lspci" command on Terminal and I got these...PLEASE HELP..

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
06:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
06:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
06:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
06:09.4 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller

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Solved by:: Unni Krishna

Solved:: 2011-10-16

Last query:: 2011-10-16

Last reply:: 2011-10-16

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-10-16:

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; sudo rfkill list; lsusb

Thanks

Is the wifi device USB based?

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Unni Krishna (unnisam) said on 2011-10-16:

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:c0:9f:ac:1e:e1
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:b0106000-b01060ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:09:dd:a0:5a:18
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=802.11b/g
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ sudo rfkill list
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ sudo rfkill list
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ lsuusb
No command 'lsuusb' found, did you mean:
Command 'lsusb' from package 'usbutils' (main)
lsuusb: command not found
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo rfkill list; lsusb
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:c0:9f:ac:1e:e1
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:b0106000-b01060ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:09:dd:a0:5a:18
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=802.11b/g
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 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 002: ID 0bda:8171 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

My wifi is USB based

Thanks

*-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:c0:9f:ac:1e:e1
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:b0106000-b01060ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:09:dd:a0:5a:18
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=802.11b/g
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ sudo rfkill list
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ 
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ sudo rfkill list
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ lsuusb
No command 'lsuusb' found, did you mean:
 Command 'lsusb' from package 'usbutils' (main)
lsuusb: command not found
unnisam@unnisam-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo rfkill list; lsusb
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:c0:9f:ac:1e:e1
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:b0106000-b01060ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:09:dd:a0:5a:18
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=802.11b/g
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 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 002: ID 0bda:8171 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

My wifi is USB based

Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said on 2011-10-16:

Please copy-paste the following commands into the Terminal:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-firmware linux-firmware-nonfree

echo 'install r8192s_usb modprobe --ignore-install r8192s_usb ; /bin/echo "0bda 8171" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rtl819xU/new_id' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/r8192s_usb.conf

cd && wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37387612/rtl8192sfw.bin.gz

sudo gunzip rtl8192sfw.bin.gz

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/

sudo mv rtl8192sfw.bin /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/

sudo ln -s /lib/firmware/RTL8192SE /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU

Then reboot and retest wireless.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said on 2011-10-16:

Hope it helps.

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Unni Krishna (unnisam) said on 2011-10-16:

Dear Mark,
Thanks a lot for your help. Now my wireless is working perfect...
Regards

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