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Rujinschi Remus (remus-rujinschi) wrote : Re: [Bug 1096989] Re: [10ec:8179] No wireless support for Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 (RTL8188EE)

Hello,

Thanks for releasing the fix.

With best regards,
Rujinschi Remus

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Anthony Wong <email address hidden>wrote:

> ** Also affects: hwe-next/saucy
> Importance: High
> Assignee: Adam Lee (adam8157)
> Status: Fix Released
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096989
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> Title:
> [10ec:8179] No wireless support for Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 (RTL8188EE)
>
> Status in HWE Next Project:
> Fix Released
> Status in HWE Next saucy series:
> Fix Released
> Status in The Linux Kernel:
> Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> I'm on 12.10. The wifi adapter doesn't seem to be recognized at all:
> doesn't show up in NetworkManager, no adapter listed by iwconfig. The
> wifi card seems to be a RTL8188E (lspci -nn tells me it's 10ec:8179).
>
> I've tried to:
> - install the Realtek driver for the RTL8188CE (seemed close
> enough...)
> - install the driver from
> https://github.com/tianon/linux-rtlwifi-8188ce
> - install linux-backports-modules-cw
> - upgrade to kernel 3.7
>
> None of those worked.
>
> ---
> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: cat 1782 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1:
> nl80211 not found.
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b597ccff-c6a0-4caf-8d7a-86b5885c2e71
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-07 (29 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64
> (20121017.5)
> IwConfig:
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> lo no wireless extensions.
> MachineType: LENOVO 10115
> MarkForUpload: True
> Package: linux (not installed)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic
> root=UUID=181643fb-824f-49b7-bad9-b8a31c74a430 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A
> linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.95
> RfKill:
>
> Tags: quantal running-unity
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
> dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2012
> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.bios.version: EZKT12AUS
> dmi.board.name: INVALID
> dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.board.version: Win8 STD MM DPK IPG
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrEZKT12AUS:bd09/21/2012:svnLENOVO:pn10115:pvrIdeaCentreQ190:rvnLENOVO:rnINVALID:rvrWin8STDMMDPKIPG:cvnLENOVO:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.name: 10115
> dmi.product.version: IdeaCentre Q190
> dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
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