RTL8192se does not see any Access Points

[Joseph Cooper]

I formatted my HD and installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32bit on my Toshiba Satellite A505-6004 then installed the proposed kernel (2.6.32-22-generic-pae) that was thought to resolve the issue with the RTL8192se wi/fi not working.

I dual boot and the wi/fi works fine in Windows 7
Oddly enough the only time I was ever able to get the wi/fi to work in Linux was using the Live CD version of Linux Mint 8. After installing Linux Mint 8 to the HD the wi/fi would not see any networks.

Realtek sent be version 16 of the linux driver which is not on their site, but that still does not work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic-pae 2.6.32-22.33
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: joseph 1266 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: joseph 1266 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd8400000 irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVIBX'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0272,1179ff1c,00100001 HDA:11c11040,11790001,00100200 HDA:80862804,1179ff16,00100000'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 13
Date: Wed May 5 16:53:17 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A505
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic-pae root=UUID=9647ddd6-cd33-4d35-96da-85922426daf9 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 01/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: 1.20
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvr1.20:bd01/25/2010:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA505:pvrPSAT6U-009001:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Satellite A505
dmi.product.version: PSAT6U-009001
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

SRU submitted to kernel mailing list.

Test kernel: http://people.ubuntu.com/~manjo/rtl8192se/

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

I installed
linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic_2.6.32-22.34~rtl8192semanjo2_i386.deb
linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic_2.6.32-22.34~rtl8192semanjo2_i386.deb
and rebooted but the issue persists

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

can you rmmod the module and then modprobe it? I was able to see the access points with this kernel on my Asus 1201N

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

also you may want to install all the debs I uploaded.

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

I installed the other two debs as instructed and rebooted. Same result.
Can you give me the exact commands to rmod and modprobe?

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

Nevermind, I figured out the commands :P

root@ColdFox:/home/joseph/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0016.0301.2010# rmmod r8192se_pci
root@ColdFox:/home/joseph/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0016.0301.2010# modprobe r8192se_pci

I scanned for networks again and none were found.

I tried the following, hopefully the error will help

root@ColdFox:/home/joseph/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0016.0301.2010# ./wlan0up
insmod: error inserting 'r8192se_pci.ko': -1 Invalid module format
root@ColdFox:/home/joseph/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0016.0301.2010# ./wlan0down
root@ColdFox:/home/joseph/Desktop/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0016.0301.2010# ./wlan0up
insmod: error inserting 'r8192se_pci.ko': -1 Invalid module format

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

can you please post your dmesg output and syslog file after you installed the new kernel ?

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

Here is the new dmesg output, but how do I get the syslog?

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

joseph,

Looking at your comment #13 and dmesg.out put I am throughly confused!

1. It looks from your comment that you downloaded the rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0016.0301.2010 version of the module and built your self ?

2. Looking at the dmesg you are missing firmware files, and that is the reason the driver is not working for you.
[ 902.468685] rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!
[ 902.468688]
[ 902.468695] rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a
[ 902.468696]
[ 902.484506] rtl819xSE 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin
[ 902.501115] rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!
[ 902.501117]
[ 902.501127] rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a
[ 902.501128]
[ 902.501131] rtl819xSE:ERR!!! _rtl8192_sta_up(): initialization is failed!
[ 902.501133]
[ 966.718317] r8192se_pci: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
[ 973.615198] dev name wlan0

Are you sure you are using the kernel I built ?

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

joshep please make sure you have the linux-firmware package installed.

$ sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

joseph@ColdFox:~$ sudo su
[sudo] password for joseph:
root@ColdFox:/home/joseph# sudo apt-get install linux-firmware
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-firmware is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-21 linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic-pae
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 66 not upgraded.
root@ColdFox:/home/joseph#

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:50 AM, Manoj Iyer <email address hidden> wrote:
> joshep please make sure you have the linux-firmware package installed.
>
> $ sudo apt-get install linux-firmware
>
> --
> RTL8192se does not see any Access Points
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576140
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> I formatted my HD and installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32bit on my Toshiba Satellite A505-6004 then installed the proposed kernel  (2.6.32-22-generic-pae) that was thought to resolve the issue with the RTL8192se wi/fi not working.
>
> I dual boot and the wi/fi works fine in Windows 7
> Oddly enough the only time I was ever able to get the wi/fi to work in Linux was using the Live CD version of Linux Mint 8. After installing Linux Mint 8 to the HD the wi/fi would not see any networks.
>
> Realtek sent be version 16 of the linux driver which is not on their site, but that still does not work.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic-pae 2.6.32-22.33
> Regression: No
> Reproducible: Yes
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae i686
> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
>  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  joseph     1266 F.... pulseaudio
>  /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   joseph     1266 F...m pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd8400000 irq 11'
>   Mixer name   : 'Intel G45 DEVIBX'
>   Components   : 'HDA:10ec0272,1179ff1c,00100001 HDA:11c11040,11790001,00100200 HDA:80862804,1179ff16,00100000'
>   Controls      : 26
>   Simple ctrls  : 13
> Date: Wed May  5 16:53:17 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
> Lsusb:
>  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A505
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic-pae root=UUID=9647ddd6-cd33-4d35-96da-85922426daf9 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
> RfKill:
>
> SourcePackage: linux
> dmi.bios.date: 01/25/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
> dmi...

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

I formatted, reinstalled, installed all 4 packages from http://people.ubuntu.com/~manjo/rtl8192se/, then did the following in the RTL8192se v16 directory
1. sudo su
2. make
3. make install
4. reboot
5. ./wlan0up or ./wlan1up

Same result with no scans. Here is the output of dmesg (I hope I did it right. I don't know how to open it myself, gedit can't find the character type encoding)

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

:)

You *don't* need to recompile the module again, the kernel I posted already has the module and I tested it to work on my Asus 1201N that has the same wifi chip. So. The steps to follow are:

* Get all the debs from http://people.ubuntu.com/~manjo/rtl8192se/
* dpkg -i *.deb
* reboot.
* click on the network manager and see if the access points are listed.

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

I formatted again for a clean install, did not apply any updates, did
as you said in the previous comment and have the same result :(

I think I made a potential big mistake though. For some reason I
though Windows read my NIC as RTL8192se but it really reads it as
RTL8191seVA2. However, the Realtex site uses the same driver for the
RTL8192se and RTL8191seVA2 devices. I hope I haven't been a fool.
Also, here is the dmesg log again after the clean install and
following your directions.

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

I formatted again for a clean install, did not apply any updates, did
as you said in the previous comment and have the same result :(

I think I made a potential big mistake though. For some reason I
though Windows read my NIC as RTL8192se but it really reads it as
RTL8191seVA2. However, the Realtex site uses the same driver for the
RTL8192se and RTL8191seVA2 devices. I hope I haven't been a fool.
Also, here is the dmesg log again after the clean install and
following your directions.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Joseph Cooper,

  Fixes to the rtl8192se were included in the most recently released development kernel 2.6.35-16.22. We believe that these fixes may have an impact on your particular issue. As such, we would like for you to test this kernel and let us know if it resolves the problems you were having.

Thanks in advance for your testing of this kernel!

~JFo

[Joseph Cooper (josephdcooper)]

Clean install of 10.10 beta using wubi and it works!
Thank you all for your assistance!