Wireless not working

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ahammer
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Wireless not working

Post by ahammer »

I just received my IPC-D8x2-C3517V-H500-WB-XLM-FM4U.

Intense PC
Intel Core i7-3517UE
64 bit dual core
1.7 GHz 17W TDP
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, 2 antennas, 150 Mbit/s

When I boot up Linux Mint (Maya) it does not appear that my wireless 802.11b/g/n is working.
1) I have no wireless icon on the tray.
2) I go to networking and only see the 2 Ethernet wired connections.
3) I have also gone to H/W Additional Drivers in System Settings and do not see any additional drivers or H/W.
4) Under Wireless Network Drivers I do not have any listings
5) Under Network Connections in the Wireless Tab I cannot configure any networks since I do not have any active wireless h/w. I can see my wired connections without any issues.
6) When I run an lshw command under PCI:3 I see Realtek Semi Conductor Network Controller do I need to install the driver for this? Do you have a link to this installer package? What is the part number?

Any ideas?

-Alex

ahammer
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Joined: Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:51 am

Re: Wireless not working

Post by ahammer »

Some more information on this one...

lspci
04:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8723

sudo lshw -C network -numeric
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. [10EC:8723]
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. [10EC]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:3000(size=256) memory:e0600000-e0603fff

so I tried to follow the following sequence:
sudo su
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r`
wget -O- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57056576/DRIVER ... 92de_8723a
cd rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012
sudo make
sudo make install

Test the driver by loading it (this is a one-time step; after you reboot once, the driver should automatically load on every boot):
sudo modprobe rtl8723e

However I get the following error during the make:
make -C /lib/modules/3.4.0-5-generic/build M=/home/ahammer/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.0-5-generic'
CC [M] /home/ahammer/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.o
/home/ahammer/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.c: In function ���_rtl_init_mac80211���:
/home/ahammer/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.c:320:6: error: ���IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER��� undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/ahammer/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.c:320:6: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
make[2]: *** [/home/ahammer/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/ahammer/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.0-5-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2

do I need to be in a different shell? I see the '???' marks...

Help :)

Denis
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Re: Wireless not working

Post by Denis »

Please download and install rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb

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sudo dpkg -i rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb
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biterror
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Re: Wireless not working

Post by biterror »

I installed xubuntu 12.10 on Intense PC Pro and the wireless interface is not available (ifconfig -a etc.). I tried to install the driver package, but got this:

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# dpkg -i /tmp/rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb 
(Reading database ... 166745 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking rtlwifi-dkms (from .../rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /tmp/rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin', which is also in package linux-firmware 1.95
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb
The wireless interface was working under Linux Mint and the Realtek chip 8723 shows up in lspci listing. How do I get the driver running?

Denis
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Re: Wireless not working

Post by Denis »

Please install updated rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb

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sudo dpkg -i rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb
It appears on our wiki
http://www.fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/In ... ux_Mint_13
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