Wireless chipset Realtek RTL8188EE[10ec:8179] is not supported in Raring

[Po-Hsu Lin]

CID: 201303-13115 HP Pavilion 14

According to bug 1096989, this wireless chipset:
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8179] (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:197d]
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
 I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
 Memory at c3500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

should be supported in 3.8 kernel.

However, it not working on 12.04.3 + update (3.8.0-49)

It seems that the driver was not loaded, there is no kernel driver information for it from lspci -nnv output.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-34-generic 3.8.0-34.49~precise1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-34.49~precise1-generic 3.8.13.12
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-34-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.0-34-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC282 Analog [ALC282 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 1769 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1769 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xc3610000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'Intel Haswell HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:80862807,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 7
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card0.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc3614000 irq 50'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC282'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0282,103c1974,00100003'
   Controls : 20
   Simple ctrls : 9
Date: Mon Dec 23 22:09:00 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2b1037ae-50de-4c0c-8924-b3d0ec4aa1d3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 14 Notebook PC
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-34-generic root=UUID=9f17ab75-d20e-45c7-a266-3dd0cdd4e0d0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-34-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-34-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.9
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux-lts-raring
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.06
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1974
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 96.19
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.06:bd05/28/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilion14NotebookPC:pvr089D100000000000000630100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1974:rvr96.19:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion 14 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 089D100000000000000630100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Verified with the latest mainline kernel 3.13.0-rc5
Wireless still not working

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

What happens when you load the module manually?

sudo modprobe rtlwifi
dmesg | tail -n 20

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Hello Daniel,

here's the output
lsmubuntu@201303-13115:~$ lsmod | grep rtlwifi
rtlwifi 64281 2 rtl8188ee,rtl_pci
mac80211 654078 3 rtl8188ee,rtl_pci,rtlwifi
cfg80211 509407 2 rtlwifi,mac80211

ubuntu@201303-13115:~$ dmesg | grep rtlwifi
[ 12.088496] rtl8188ee: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin
[ 12.373751] rtlwifi: Firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin not available

I was unable to remove the rtlwifi module and re-insert it
"ERROR: Module rtlwifi is in use by rtl8188ee,rtl_pci"

dmesg.log attached.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

You need updated linux-firmware: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/mediahacks/+files/linux-firmware_1.113%7Eubuntu13.04.1_all.deb

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Hello Daniel,

I would like to add some more information in #4,
in which this system was tested with 3.13.0-rc5.
And the wireless could work with linux-firmware 1.113

However, on 3.8.0-34
there is no rtl8188ee module in this kernel
nothing would happen after the rtlwifi module was inserted.

Debugging information
ubuntu@201303-13115:~$ lsmod | grep rtl
ubuntu@201303-13115:~$ dmesg | grep rtl
ubuntu@201303-13115:~$ sudo dmesg --clear
ubuntu@201303-13115:~$ sudo modprobe rtlwifi
ubuntu@201303-13115:~$ dmesg
[ 601.597446] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
ubuntu@201303-13115:~$ lsmod | grep rtlwifi
rtlwifi 81225 0
mac80211 630977 1 rtlwifi
cfg80211 525326 2 rtlwifi,mac80211

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

It will be fixed in 12.04.4, we will wait for it.

I'll set this bug to Won't Fix, thanks!