[SOLVED] I can't connect to Wifi using Fedora 10. Help please.

1337.HDLA · 09-12-2009, 08:55 AM

Hello guys,

I've bought a MSI wind netbook last week with the card RTL8187SE. I installed fedora 10 and did some updates and it was fine, but i cant detect any wireless connection. I tried to install the card driver using ndiswrapper, got some tutorials, and i followed this video on how to install driver using ndiswrapper.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/...swrapper-video

i think i installed the driver succesfully, but the problem now is i dont know how to configured the wireless thing. my school has a wifi with a key, i know the key and i want to connect to it, i tried to create a new wireless connection with the key, but when i try to connect, its always says on the status "connecting", and never connected.

TB0ne · 09-12-2009, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1337.HDLA

Hello guys,

I've bought a MSI wind netbook last week with the card RTL8187SE. I installed fedora 10 and did some updates and it was fine, but i cant detect any wireless connection. I tried to install the card driver using ndiswrapper, got some tutorials, and i followed this video on how to install driver using ndiswrapper.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/...swrapper-video

i think i installed the driver succesfully, but the problem now is i dont know how to configured the wireless thing. my school has a wifi with a key, i know the key and i want to connect to it, i tried to create a new wireless connection with the key, but when i try to connect, its always says on the status "connecting", and never connected.

If this is a brand-new installation, I'd strongly suggest you load the latest Fedora, which is 11. Lots of hardware updates from version to version, which might solve your problem. You may not even need ndiswrapper.

Give that a shot first...

1337.HDLA · 09-17-2009, 01:58 PM

I am willing to upgrade to fedora 11 but i cant do it right now. so for now, i just need to connect to wifi using f10.

here's some additional info

Code:

 lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8199] (rev 22)
	Kernel driver in use: ndiswrapper

Code:

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
vfat                   12544  1 
fat                    42784  1 vfat
fuse                   49436  2 
i915                   53764  2 
drm                   158388  3 i915
bridge                 43796  0 
stp                     6148  1 bridge
bnep                   14848  2 
sco                    12932  2 
l2cap                  21504  3 bnep
bluetooth              48736  5 bnep,sco,l2cap
sunrpc                156052  3 
ip6t_REJECT             7296  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      15864  2 
ip6table_filter         6400  1 
ip6_tables             14736  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  230516  24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand        9996  2 
acpi_cpufreq           12172  0 
dm_multipath           17292  0 
uinput                 10624  0 
snd_hda_intel         354196  3 
snd_seq_dummy           6660  0 
snd_seq_oss            30364  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9600  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48576  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         10124  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42624  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_wdt               13732  0 
snd_pcm                65924  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_vendor_support     6916  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_timer              22024  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
i2c_i801               12048  0 
i2c_core               21396  2 drm,i2c_i801
usb_storage            86792  0 
pcspkr                  6272  0 
snd_page_alloc         11016  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              10628  1 snd_hda_intel
snd                    50616  16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore               9416  1 snd
wmi                     9768  0 
video                  20628  0 
r8169                  32132  0 
mii                     8192  1 r8169
output                  6528  1 video
ndiswrapper           154900  0 
ata_generic             8452  0 
pata_acpi               7680  0

Code:

kernel: 2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686

Code:

demsg:

firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02s

Thanks in advance.

fib11235 · 09-21-2009, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1337.HDLA

I am willing to upgrade to fedora 11 but i cant do it right now. so for now, i just need to connect to wifi using f10.

here's some additional info

Code:

 lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8199] (rev 22)
	Kernel driver in use: ndiswrapper

Code:

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
vfat                   12544  1 
fat                    42784  1 vfat
fuse                   49436  2 
i915                   53764  2 
drm                   158388  3 i915
bridge                 43796  0 
stp                     6148  1 bridge
bnep                   14848  2 
sco                    12932  2 
l2cap                  21504  3 bnep
bluetooth              48736  5 bnep,sco,l2cap
sunrpc                156052  3 
ip6t_REJECT             7296  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      15864  2 
ip6table_filter         6400  1 
ip6_tables             14736  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  230516  24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand        9996  2 
acpi_cpufreq           12172  0 
dm_multipath           17292  0 
uinput                 10624  0 
snd_hda_intel         354196  3 
snd_seq_dummy           6660  0 
snd_seq_oss            30364  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9600  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48576  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         10124  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42624  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_wdt               13732  0 
snd_pcm                65924  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_vendor_support     6916  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_timer              22024  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
i2c_i801               12048  0 
i2c_core               21396  2 drm,i2c_i801
usb_storage            86792  0 
pcspkr                  6272  0 
snd_page_alloc         11016  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              10628  1 snd_hda_intel
snd                    50616  16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore               9416  1 snd
wmi                     9768  0 
video                  20628  0 
r8169                  32132  0 
mii                     8192  1 r8169
output                  6528  1 video
ndiswrapper           154900  0 
ata_generic             8452  0 
pata_acpi               7680  0

Code:

kernel: 2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686

Code:

demsg:

firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02s

Thanks in advance.

Enter as root command:
modprobe rtl8187

If it doesn't work, you need to update kernel.

1337.HDLA · 09-21-2009, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fib11235

Enter as root command:
modprobe rtl8187

If it doesn't work, you need to update kernel.

it doesnt work. so what should i do now?

fib11235 · 09-21-2009, 02:06 PM

The best way is update kernel. I have similar WIFI RTL8187B 0bda:8198 which gave me many problems, but if I'm not mistaken family of rtl8187 wifi cards have been supported since kernel 2.6.29 (properly)

TB0ne · 09-21-2009, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1337.HDLA

it doesnt work. so what should i do now?

Uhh...let's see. From the last post:

Quote:

If it doesn't work, you need to update kernel.

That probably means that you need to UPDATE. That's what was suggested in the first place.....

1337.HDLA · 09-21-2009, 02:46 PM

Hello guys.

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

So i'm really sick and tired in figuring it out so i decided to upgrade my fedora 10 to fedora 11 by using "preupgrade" on the terminal yum

The upgrade and installation was successful (took me 10 hours). But my problem is still not solve.

Here are the new information from my upgrade

lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)

lsmod

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
joydev                  9220  0 
fuse                   49460  2 
sco                    16160  2 
bridge                 43864  0 
stp                     1964  1 bridge
llc                     4936  2 bridge,stp
bnep                   14908  2 
l2cap                  32420  3 bnep
bluetooth              77096  5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc                155660  1 
ip6t_REJECT             4532  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      17732  2 
ip6table_filter         3144  1 
ip6_tables             10956  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  235656  24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand        6432  2 
acpi_cpufreq            8856  0 
dm_multipath           14036  0 
uinput                  6676  0 
pcspkr                  2168  0 
usb_storage            46644  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   193372  1 
iTCO_wdt               10360  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     2752  1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_i801               10204  0 
snd_hda_intel          24272  2 
snd_hda_codec          59428  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6724  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                62796  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              17864  1 snd_pcm
r8169                  28412  0 
snd                    50336  10 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
mii                     4044  1 r8169
soundcore               5476  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7776  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
wmi                     5868  0 
ata_generic             4288  0 
pata_acpi               3644  0 
i915                  154292  2 
drm                   168260  2 i915
i2c_algo_bit            4804  1 i915
video                  18708  1 i915
output                  2440  1 video
i2c_core               24984  4 i2c_i801,i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit

dmesg | grep firmware

Code:

platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02

ndiswrapper -l

Code:

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
net8187se : driver installed
	device (10EC:8199) pr

iwlist scan

Code:

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

/sbin/iwconfig

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

kernel

Code:

Fedora 11 (2.6.30.5-43..fc11.i686.PAE)

I'm still hoping to use wifi in my upgraded f11.

Hope you can help me with my wireless problem.

Thanks

fib11235 · 09-22-2009, 06:19 AM

Enter as root command:
modprobe rtl8187se

if it doesn't work, show me result of
cat /boot/<name of config file> | grep RTL8187
<name of config file> - usually config-<version of kernel>

1337.HDLA · 09-22-2009, 12:08 PM

When i typed

modprobe rtl8187se

this is the output

Code:

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in future release
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

i type cat /boot/config-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE | grep RTL8187

output:

Code:

CONFIG_RTL8187=m
# CONFIG_RTL8187 is not set

fib11235 · 09-22-2009, 02:24 PM

You haven't compiled rtl8187se driver into kernel, therefore you have to do it manually. I read a little about this driver, It is sill not finished, so maybe you check out driver dedicated windows.
At first install 'ndiswrapper', next download driver from this page http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...true#RTL8187SE
cd to directory containing 'net8187.inf' file (or something like that), enter commands (of course as root user):
ndiswrapper -i rtl8187.inf
ndiswrapper -m

Enjoy the net. If it doesn't work, I am afraid you need wait until kernel driver will be finished. Don't worry work is in progress so this may take about 3 months.

1337.HDLA · 09-22-2009, 09:08 PM

Quote:

You haven't compiled rtl8187se driver into kernel, therefore you have to do it manually. I read a little about this driver, It is sill not finished, so maybe you check out driver dedicated windows.
At first install 'ndiswrapper', next download driver from this page http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...true#RTL8187SE
cd to directory containing 'net8187.inf' file (or something like that), enter commands (of course as root user):
ndiswrapper -i rtl8187.inf
ndiswrapper -m

Thanks fib11235.

I did everything you've said before, but i cant still detect any wireless connection.