firmware-realtek is missing rtl8188eufw.bin in wheezy
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Raspbian |
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Bug Description
Kernel 3.18.7+ raspberrypi-
root@raspberrypi:~# uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.18.7+ #755 PREEMPT Thu Feb 12 17:14:31 GMT 2015 armv6l GNU/Linux
root@raspberrypi:~# dpkg -s firmware-realtek | grep ^Version
Version: 0.36+wheezy.1
root@raspberrypi:~# dpkg -S 8188
raspberrypi-
raspberrypi-
raspberrypi-
raspberrypi-
root@raspberrypi:~# strings /lib/modules/
rtlwifi/
To get it to work, one needs to download the firmware file from elsewhere [1] and copy the file to /lib/firmware/
Once this is done, the wifi adapter will work.
If the firmware file was included in firmware-realtek, it should work out of the box without needing to do the extra steps of downloading and copying the firmware file.
Looks like rtl8188eufw.bin isn't in wheezy but is in sid...
https:/
https:/
Thank you!
[1] https:/
I can confirm that that file is NOT present in wheezy (it is present in wheezy-backports).
It is present in Jessie though.