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Old 11-01-2010, 08:35 AM   #1
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Realtek Wireless Card Undetected (it was an idiot error)


I have Slackware(x32) 13.1 installed on my computer. Everything runs just fine except it doesn't seem my wireless card.
I looked around and found a driver on the Realtek website. But, after I installed it, linux wouldn't boot. It would just hang. The driver did help my get the card detected, though.

On lspci, I found:
02:00.0 [Realtek company name here] RTL8101E/RTL8102E
03:00.0 [Realtek company name here] Device 8172

On windows, it said I had RTL8191SE. I am confused as to which card I have and which driver I need.

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I reinstalled the driver and rebooted. I then turned off my ether card via bios. Then I rebooted. Linux then booted just perfectly. However, I couldn't get the wireless to work. I was freaking and then left to go do something else with my hands. Then I realized I had the card turned off.
I mentally punched myself. >.>

Last edited by ewsmith; 11-01-2010 at 12:42 PM.
 
Old 11-01-2010, 04:59 PM   #2
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If only all problems were so easily solved!
 
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