[SOLVED] RTL8192se module is loaded fine, still no wireless.

IrrationlArtist · 2012-08-15 04:34:40

Hello all. I've been trying and failing for some time to get this wireless card working on any Debian system, but I really love #! and want it on my laptop, so I need to get this wireless working.

I looked at these threads...

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … -up-start/
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … ta-solved/

And followed instructions from them both, to no result.

lspci output:

 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

lsmod output:

Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             22191  0 
ppdev                  12725  0 
lp                     17190  0 
parport                31650  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
bridge                 69831  0 
stp                    12392  1 bridge
bnep                   17386  2 
rfcomm                 32745  0 
bluetooth             122093  10 bnep,rfcomm
acpi_cpufreq           12893  0 
mperf                  12411  1 acpi_cpufreq
cpufreq_conservative    13147  0 
cpufreq_userspace      12576  0 
cpufreq_powersave      12454  0 
cpufreq_stats          12762  0 
fuse                   61427  3 
loop                   22699  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     30578  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   188417  1 
joydev                 17138  0 
rtl8192se              73833  0 
rtlwifi                80548  1 rtl8192se
snd_hda_intel          26023  1 
snd_hda_codec          81579  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
uvcvideo               57559  0 
i915                  357970  2 
snd_hwdep              13148  1 snd_hda_codec
videodev               70686  1 uvcvideo
mac80211              195629  2 rtl8192se,rtlwifi
cfg80211              140318  2 rtlwifi,mac80211
snd_pcm                67465  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                44678  0 
snd_timer              22658  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         13155  1 snd_seq
media                  18148  2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    16663  1 videodev
snd                    52458  11 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse                64191  0 
drm_kms_helper         26950  1 i915
drm                   167089  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
hp_wmi                 13250  0 
soundcore              13014  1 snd
sparse_keymap          12760  1 hp_wmi
i2c_algo_bit           12834  1 i915
rfkill                 18970  4 bluetooth,cfg80211,hp_wmi
snd_page_alloc         12969  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_i801               16870  0 
i2c_core               23766  6 i915,videodev,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
tpm_tis                17315  0 
tpm                    17841  1 tpm_tis
tpm_bios               12903  1 tpm
serio_raw              12875  0 
battery                13109  0 
processor              27588  3 acpi_cpufreq
pcspkr                 12579  0 
ac                     12624  0 
evdev                  17512  15 
button                 12895  1 i915
video                  17553  1 i915
power_supply           13475  2 battery,ac
wmi                    13243  1 hp_wmi
ext4                  355363  1 
mbcache                12930  1 ext4
jbd2                   60877  1 ext4
crc16                  12343  2 bluetooth,ext4
sg                     25769  0 
sd_mod                 35644  3 
crc_t10dif             12348  1 sd_mod
sr_mod                 21824  0 
cdrom                  35139  1 sr_mod
uhci_hcd               26529  0 
ahci                   24997  2 
libahci                22714  1 ahci
libata                139579  2 ahci,libahci
ehci_hcd               39586  0 
scsi_mod              161684  4 sg,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
thermal                17330  0 
thermal_sys            17992  3 processor,video,thermal
r8169                  50170  0 
mii                    12675  1 r8169
usbcore               127444  5 rtlwifi,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
usb_common             12354  1 usbcore

rfkill list output:

werd@Hevnoraak:~$ rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

ifconfig output:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr c8:0a:a9:96:aa:1d  
          inet addr:192.168.1.8  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::ca0a:a9ff:fe96:aa1d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7342 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5261 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:6588535 (6.2 MiB)  TX bytes:918125 (896.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:42 Base address:0xc000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:120 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:120 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:9984 (9.7 KiB)  TX bytes:9984 (9.7 KiB)

Despite the fact that the wireless card is detected and unblocked, and I have the correct module loaded, the wireless still doesn't work.

I have a function key (F12) with a little LED on it. On other systems (Windows, Ubuntu), when the wireless is working soundly, the LED is white. Now it is orange, signifying that the wireless card is off. But pushing the function key doesn't change the light from orange to white. This would imply that the card is off / deactivated / blocked, but it isn't...

I have never really had to deal with the BIOS, nor have I ever seen any options relating to wireless cards in it.

What is the problem? Thanks in advance.

Last edited by IrrationlArtist (2012-08-15 14:31:31)

IrrationlArtist · 2012-08-15 04:51:07

Realized I forgot dmesg output, so I went to get it and noticed this...

werd@Hevnoraak:~$ dmesg | grep rtl
[    6.282241] rtl8192se 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    6.282250] rtl8192se 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    6.294181] rtl8192se: rtl8192ce: FW Power Save off (module option)
[    6.294269] rtl8192se: Driver for Realtek RTL8192SE/RTL8191SE
[    6.294270] Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin
[    6.608457] rtl8192se:rtl92s_init_sw_vars():<0-0> Failed to request firmware!
[    6.608461] rtlwifi:rtl_pci_probe():<0-0> Can't init_sw_vars.
[    6.608487] rtl8192se 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
werd@Hevnoraak:~$

I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what this output really means, but "Failed to request firmware!" sounds pretty fatal.

sqlpython · 2012-08-15 06:25:50

In ifconfig results I don't see a device to attach it to.. like eth1 or wlan0
Not attached to eth0 as that is for the Hardwire NIC and certainly not lo
I have installed the RTL8192se before and normally after I compile (or if precompiled the extracted) the firmware is placed in the /lib/firmware dir.
Once modproded the firmware normally would create a wlan0 device as it's function.
To make this permanent, edit
Your /etc/network/interfaces.
should look something like..

# my wifi device
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wireless-essid [ESSID]
        wireless-mode [MODE]

Last edited by sqlpython (2012-08-15 06:27:43)

IrrationlArtist · 2012-08-15 14:30:59

Yes! Success!

sqlpython was right, I hadn't copied the firmware into the correct directory.

I simply downloaded the Realtek driver from their website, extracted it, and copied the contents of ./firmware/rtlwifi/ into /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/. I then added only the line "auto wlan0" to /etc/network/interfaces and everything is working perfectly.

Thank you, I'll change the post title to solved.

sqlpython · 2012-08-15 17:24:46

sqlpython was right,

Your Welcome, Tell my wife that I was right.

mariannemarlow · 2012-08-15 17:35:50

@sql your wife will probably respond "there is a first time for everything" big_smile

sqlpython · 2012-08-15 17:45:19

^ Your Probably right

mariannemarlow · 2012-08-15 17:47:38

you're

tongue

sqlpython · 2012-08-16 03:13:34

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@mariannemarlow
.... We really Hijacked @IrrationlArtist's thread. Perhaps tomorrow , after a laugh, we should clean it up. smile
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mariannemarlow · 2012-08-16 10:15:37

Sorry for hijacking your thread IrrationlArtist.

@sql What you talkin' 'bout? smile

R.I.P. Gary Coleman.

IrrationlArtist · 2012-08-20 02:21:05

Ha, it's fine, the problem was solved anyways.

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#1 2012-08-15 04:34:40

[SOLVED] RTL8192se module is loaded fine, still no wireless.

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Re: [SOLVED] RTL8192se module is loaded fine, still no wireless.

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