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scottbg1

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Registered: 2009-12-14

Posts: 18

rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Fresh install on Toshiba A505

I installed the RTL8192se driver from AUR. Once installed I can get my wireless up fine, but when I reboot, the boot sequence freezes at Udev processes.

I was stumped for quite awhile until I formatted and did another fresh install and I rebooted directly after the driver install and the problem appeared again.

chrooted in and uninstalled the driver and everything is fine. Reinstall......freeze......uninstall, fine again.

I haven't found anything mentioned on this forum on any bugs reported descrbing this.

It may be worth mentioning I have to normally add 'acpi=off' in my boot line to boot up successfully. This is so for ANY linux distro I try. Is this causing the conflict? If so, is there a work around?

Thanks in advance

Last edited by scottbg1 (2010-08-23 16:04:14)

scottbg1

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Registered: 2009-12-14

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Re: rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Anybody?

alexandrite

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Registered: 2009-03-27

Posts: 326

Re: rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Unfortunately all I can say is that I couldn't reproduces this with an rtl8192se in an Asus eeepc 1201n, even with acpi=off.

For what it's worth, I'm using version 2.6.0017.0507.2010 of the driver.

scottbg1

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Registered: 2009-12-14

Posts: 18

Re: rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Thanks for the response Alex.

I too am using the same version as you.

I have had a little luck though, but I'm not sure if this is a bug, or If I did something I wasn't supposed to;

On other laptops, after loading the wireless driver (mostly the Broadcom drivers) I have religiously modprobed the driver to activate it. AS is the case now. (modprobe r8192se_pci).

I actually did this on accident, but I installed the package once more, but this time I did a reboot without modprobe. It booted up fine, and I was pleased to see the module loaded and the wireless activated. I did a couple more reboots just to see if it were a flook and it was not.

Has something changed that I overlooked? Is modprobe of this driver, or modprobe in general a wrong move? I wouldn't think so, and I am inclined to believe that it is a bug of some sorts.

Very strange.

I'm hesitant to mark this thread as solved until I get a little feedback from someone.

Thanks.

Mohandas

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Registered: 2010-08-08

Posts: 4

Re: rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Have a look  at rtl8192se aur comments  >> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34281

scottbg1

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Registered: 2009-12-14

Posts: 18

Re: rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Thanks Mohandas,

Unless I overlooked something before, I have already read it, and though I do see folks having connection problems, I didn't see anything about not being able to boot at all.

Regarding my last post, I guess the linux gods smiled on me only for a moment, because for some reason, though I have changed nothing, it again sticks at the udev processing in the boot sequence.

I have since discovered that any linux distro I try, and install the realtek linux driver to will do this as well. Its obviously a hardware conflict of some sorts with this machine and the linux realtek firmware. I have found posts from other happy Toshiba owners, but I haven't run across anyone with this particular model.

I will do a little research and see if this machine will take an intel wireless card and wave goodbye to this realtek headache once and for good. This makes me miss my old Broadcom card!

Thanks for the responses.

brandnewmath

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Registered: 2010-02-01

Posts: 14

Re: rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Hey,

I know I'm barging in a little late here, but I have an A500 (pretty much the same) that had much the same problem with this driver: I could only boot sometimes, and it was unpredictable as to when, and 'acpi=off' was part of my life. The eventual cure was when 2.6.35 dropped and I added 'acpi=copy_dsdt' to my boot parameters, so that might be worth a shot. It also solved all my ACPI-related issues, which is its main purpose.

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James

scottbg1

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Registered: 2009-12-14

Posts: 18

Re: rtl8192se causing freeze at boot [SOLVED]

Buddy, you ain't barging in, your my new best friend!!!!!!!!!!!!

That did the trick!! Not to mention how much more snappier the whole install is now!!

I looked like a fool sitting over my laptop typing reboot over and over again, giving it the acid test!!

It shot past the udev step like it wasn't there!

I was just about to give up when I stopped back in here to check for any responses and saw your post. I didn't even realize 2.6.35 had been released yet. I was still struggling with .34.

Thank you a million times pal.

Thanks to all who responded.

I will mark this as SOLVED