Realtek RTL8192E for Fedora 14
I am trying to install Realtek RTL8192E wireless drivers for Toshiba satellite 510 in Fedora 14 KDE SPIN. I have been searching it for long time. I am not getting any tutorials or any methids to get this sorted. Can anyone help me regards to this driver issue?
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Does your network have a password? Do you have network icon? When you installed os did you chose nonfree?
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The Issue is the driver issue...
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However I am not able to find any wireless network on Fedora 14 KDE SPIN. I can connect via USB modem however I am not able to go on to the wireless. And this is driver issue because I am not able to turn on the wireless or turn it off. In network manager of Fedora wireless tab in grayed out. That means the appropiriate drivers are not installed. |
Hi,
could you please post the output of the command Code:
iwconfig Code:
lsmod | grep 8192 Code:
modprobe rtl8192e Markus |
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Before you reboot click on icon and look for your network in the list of available networks. |
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Thanks again for the solution steps..... Hope it works. |
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The drivers are not there then how will my laptop detect networks?????? Does your solution make any sens?? |
This link may help you it's marked as solved it's fedora 14
http://www.spinics.net/linux/fedora/.../msg00938.html |
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I tried doing all the mentioned steps however its still not happning thanks for the link anyways......... |
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So i see the read me instruction say... su make make install reboot but when i try to use "make" it say /lib/modules/kernels/2.6.48(something like that)/build is not a file or directory. Stop Can anyone tell me the detailed step by step instructions to carry out those steps????? |
Check your /etc/apt/sources.list If you don't have
fedora ..... ..... main contrib non-free wireless drivers are listed as non-free you have to add to repos Also did you notice the pre steps 2a & 2b? |
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Hi arul315,
I've read that Fedora 14 definitely comes without the driver for your wireless card. I would build a new kernel with the apropriate module, the question is: can you do that? I'd recommend to search in the Fedora-dokumentation for a tutorial about rebuilding a kernel. Only thing you'll have to do is look at the section "Device drivers"->"Staging drivers" and select the driver for your card to be build as a module. Markus |
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Can you provide me step by step instructions??? |
Hello,
I'm sorry, but I don't have any experience with Fedora, I don't know if one has to install special packages in order to recompile the kernel and I don't know how they install a new kernel. One thing you could do is post a new thread at the Fedora forum of LQ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/ How important is it for you to use Fedora? I would bet that most of the easier distributions as Ubuntu come with the apropriate driver and it will work out of the box. For Slackware 13.1 (which may not be easier) I definitely know that the have the module for your wireless card. Markus |
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