it generated random loss of connectivity so after some googling and thinking (it was also a problem with mageia 3 on same h/w) here're the steps that appear to fix stability
1. download the driver pack from realtek site, it is in downloads section and called 'linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013.tar.bz2', unpack it into a friendly-named location at home and modify the pci.h file by adding the
Code:
#ifndef __devinit
#define __devinit
#define __devinitdata
#endif
where the body of code starts. According to
that nice post this is needed due to recent kernel modernization.
2. acquire certainty the tools are there by
Code:
sudo apt-get install gcc build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r`
3. in unpacked driver location, issue
Code:
make
sudo make install
4. call
to activate installed driver momentarily then
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/modules
to change 'rtc' string with 'rtl8192ce.ko' so that it would load upon boot.
5. your wireless config may erase after reboot, it'll need re-enabling
humble as I am me know just about nothing of how it's geared and all credit in my mind goes to Icaro Perseo at his blog, namely for this
entry, and Comasci from ubuntuforums.org.
On my system the result connection still holds after several uptime hours where kernel module would've already driven me insane loosing it every few minutes.
with regards,
alexander
Realtek 8188CE wifi on 12.12 Final
