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12-30-2019, 07:07 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2019
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Can't seem to get my Realtek 8188GU WLAN adapter to work on deepin 15.11
For the past several days I've been trying to get my Wireless adapter to work but i can't seem to find a solution, I've tried ndiswrapper
but it doesn't seem work and i don't now if i did it right...
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12-30-2019, 09:25 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,886
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This site claims to have a driver. https://github.com/FreedomBen/rtl8188ce-linux-driver
I have no way of testing it.
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12-31-2019, 04:03 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Wild West Wales, UK
Distribution: Linux Mint 22 MATE, Peppermint OS-Devuan, EndeavourOS, antiX
Posts: 4,355
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UrAvrgLnuxUsr,
Welcome to LQ forums.
What is the make and model of your laptop?
In Terminal, what is the output of:
Code:
lsusb
rfkill list all
Last edited by beachboy2; 12-31-2019 at 04:10 AM.
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12-31-2019, 07:57 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2019
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I have an HP Notebook - 17-x063nb (ENERGY STAR)
jordan@JordanPC:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 0bda:1a2b Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:b008 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 145f:021e Trust
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
And
jordan@JordanPC:~$ rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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12-31-2019, 02:40 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Wild West Wales, UK
Distribution: Linux Mint 22 MATE, Peppermint OS-Devuan, EndeavourOS, antiX
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Also, what is the output of lspci?
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12-31-2019, 03:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2019
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lspci outputs:
jordan@JordanPC:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 35)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 35)
00:0b.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Power Management Controller (rev 35)
00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SATA Controller (rev 35)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series USB xHCI Controller (rev 35)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 35)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller (rev 35)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #1 (rev 35)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #3 (rev 35)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #4 (rev 35)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU (rev 35)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx SMBus Controller (rev 35)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07)
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01-01-2020, 06:15 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2019
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Thank you for help but that realtek rtl 8723BE is my wifi card that's installed on my motherboard, but it's broken and i can't use so i buyed a nic wifi usb adapter (8188GU) but i can't get it to work, My apologies i didn't specify
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