Realtex 8192se wireless driver problems

matuk_444 · 05-02-2010, 04:38 PM

Hi,

I was updating my mothers laptop and she has a laptop buy novatech and it has a realtex 8192se wireless driver. I downloaded the driver for it and it came with a makefile, so I did:

make
sudo make install.
Upon doing the make I received the output:
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_regd.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_rfkill.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_eeprom.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_wx.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_cam.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_pm.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_ps.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_dm.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_debug.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_ethtool.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_dev.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_Efuse.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_phy.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_firmware.o
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_firmware.c: In function ‘FirmwareSetH2CCmd’:
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_firmware.c:714: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 3 has type ‘long unsigned int’
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_rtl6052.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_hwimg.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_led.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_mp.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl8192s/r8192S_scan.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_rx.o
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_rx.c: In function ‘rtllib_FlushRxTsPendingPkts’:
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_rx.c:1122: warning: the frame size of 1056 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_rx.c: In function ‘RxReorderIndicatePacket’:
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_rx.c:1303: warning: the frame size of 1072 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_softmac.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_tx.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_wx.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_module.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_softmac_wx.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_HTProc.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_TSProc.o
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_TSProc.c: In function ‘RxPktPendingTimeout’:
/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_TSProc.c:98: warning: the frame size of 1056 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_BAProc.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/dot11d.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt_tkip.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib_crypt_wep.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/wapi.o
CC [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/wapi_interface.o
LD [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/r8192se_pci.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/r8192se_pci.mod.o
LD [M] /home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192/r8192se_pci.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'

and upon doing the make install, I got:
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/build M= CC=gcc modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `kernel/bounds.c', needed by `kernel/bounds.s'. Stop.
make[2]: *** [prepare0] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192'
make: *** [install] Error 2

What am I doing wrong?

Mat

Laurens73 · 05-07-2010, 06:13 AM

Have you got the build-essential package installed, and if so: are the downloaded packages in the directory above fully unpacked?

matuk_444 · 05-07-2010, 06:24 AM

I went to the site, downloaded the latest driver for unix/linux and then unpacked it into a directory and did sudo su, then make and finally make install. The errors didn't come up again but I still couldn't get onto wireless.

I am not too sure what you mean by the build-essential package, can you explain?

Cheers

Mat

Laurens73 · 05-07-2010, 10:22 AM

Sometimes the files included in the sources need extra tools to get the driver compiled into the kernel properly. By installing them compiling drivers will become a lot easier.

Code:

apt-get install build-essential devscripts sbuild kbuild dkms autoconf automake

The command above will install a lot of nice tools to automate kernel compilation. In most cases the admin only needs to answer a few questions and everything works fine. The NVIDIA / ATI install scripts are a good example of this, when the packages above are installed, every new boot a new installed kernel can install the needed drivers automaticly before switching to the next runlevel using Xorg.

Btw: is the module already present in the kernel?

Code:

modprobe rtl819x

matuk_444 · 05-15-2010, 04:28 AM

I did read that the driver for this particular wireless thingy wasn't automatically part of the package but there was a driver available. I ran the command and I received the following message:

FATAL: Module rtl819x not found.

Mat

matuk_444 · 05-15-2010, 04:51 AM

Still no luck with this one I'm afraid. I am beginning to suspect that it may be a hardware fault.

I went back to the driver and did make, and I received the following message:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'

I then did make install to get:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/build M=/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010 CC=gcc modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 0 modules
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
install -p -m 644 r8192se_pci.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
depmod -a
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hilary/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010/HAL/rtl8192'

I am using Ubuntu 10.04, does the driver only work for earlier versions of ubuntu?

Mat

Laurens73 · 05-15-2010, 06:29 AM

Perhaps your firmware is available through apt. Ubuntu has a lot of drivers ready for use in their own repositories. Try one of these:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

If it still doesn't work after a reboot, try this one too:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

And if the wifi card is a PCMCIA card, also install the package below to allow users to easily mount / unmount the card:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-wlan-ng-firmware

matuk_444 · 05-15-2010, 12:02 PM

I have the driver from the manufacturer and RTFM to install it but still no dice. I think possibly that the latest version it works for is 9.10 and not 10.04 which I have.

Mat

Laurens73 · 05-16-2010, 12:06 PM

In most cases Ubuntu delivers all drivers themselves, and by installing the packages above the card should be recognized without using the manufacturer's drivers.

Since you've got no error messages the last time the driver should have been installed in a kernel. Has the system more kernels installed? (for example visible in the menu at first boot)