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  1. Bug #246141
  2. Comment #185

Comment 185 for bug 246141

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Jostein Topland (topland) wrote : Re: [Bug 246141] Re: no support for realtek rtl8187se

Kiran: if your compute is a laptop, do you have a Fn+F[1-12] function
for enabling the wireless network interface?

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda <email address hidden> wrote:
> Jostein: yes. the interface is up and dmesg says everything is fine, but
> network manager and iwscan can't find or join any wireless networks.
> Taking boskicinek's suggestion to try powering off for a while...
>
> --
> no support for realtek rtl8187se
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246141
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> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “linux-meta” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> The RTL8187SE is a miniPCI version of the Realtek 8187 wireless chipset. Until recently, it had no linux driver. A user on the msiwind.net forums emailed realtek about this, and they received a driver that was not listed on their site. The driver didn't compile for the 2.6.24 kernel included in ubuntu hardy, but after I made some modifications, it compiles and is reported to work.
>
> I have attached the driver from realtek. I will attach a patch in the next post.
>