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09-12-2009, 09:55 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 13
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I can't connect to Wifi using Fedora 10. Help please.
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.
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09-12-2009, 11:05 AM
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#2
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 27,328
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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.
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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...
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09-17-2009, 02:58 PM
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#3
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 13
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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.
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09-21-2009, 08:29 AM
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#4
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Distribution: Gentoo, openSUSE
Posts: 20
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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.
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Enter as root command:
modprobe rtl8187
If it doesn't work, you need to update kernel.
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09-21-2009, 02:55 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fib11235
Enter as root command:
modprobe rtl8187
If it doesn't work, you need to update kernel.
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it doesnt work. so what should i do now?
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09-21-2009, 03:06 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Distribution: Gentoo, openSUSE
Posts: 20
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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)
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09-21-2009, 03:06 PM
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#7
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 27,328
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1337.HDLA
it doesnt work. so what should i do now?
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Uhh...let's see. From the last post:
Quote:
If it doesn't work, you need to update kernel.
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That probably means that you need to UPDATE. That's what was suggested in the first place.....
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09-21-2009, 03:46 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 13
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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
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09-22-2009, 07:19 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Distribution: Gentoo, openSUSE
Posts: 20
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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>
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09-22-2009, 01:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 13
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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
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09-22-2009, 03:24 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Distribution: Gentoo, openSUSE
Posts: 20
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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.
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09-22-2009, 10:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 13
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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
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Thanks fib11235.
I did everything you've said before, but i cant still detect any wireless connection.
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