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zmpetro

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Registered: 2011-05-11

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Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

I just recently installed Arch Linux with GNOME 3.0.1, and my kernel version is 2.6.28. I am trying to get wireless working, as I have been running my laptop on ethernet for the past few days. The output of * lspci | grep -i net * is:

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)

P.S. Having Ubuntu before this, I know the wireless works, BTW.

Anyway, assuming I need the RTL8191SE driver, I could not find it on the AUR, but I did find it on the Realtek website:

http://bit.ly/m9qdZ7

I download and extracted the tarball, and I get a folder with a bunch of files and folders. I would like to know how to install firmware for my wireless card. Please steer me in the right direction. Thanks in advance. By the way, I apologize if this is in the wrong section, and if it is a noob question. I am very new to Arch Linux, and if I could get some help from the community, it would be great.

Last edited by zmpetro (2011-05-11 00:35:43)

lagagnon

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

There is a hint here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless#rtl8192e on what to do with that firmware package. HTH

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zmpetro

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

Help me more pl0x, I'm a newbie.

jasonwryan

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

zmpetro: the link that lagagnon posted explicitly walks you through exactly what you need to do to install your firmware. If you are going to use Arch, you need to be prepared to work things out for yourself.

At the very least, try installing the firmware according to the wiki, and if it doesn't work, then post here with details of what you tried and what went wrong.

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jgreen1tc

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From: St. Louis

Registered: 2011-05-16

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

Hi,

I actually have a Toshiba Satellite L505. My lspci | grep -i net outputs the same thing so I would like to ask my question here.

lagagnon posted the link to the rtl8192e driver. I have been following the wiki pretty close but I'm getting some confusion now. Previously, I thought I was supposed to be following the directions to the rtl8192s driver.

So:

Should I be following the instructions for the rtl8192e driver? Because if so, when I try to turn wireless on through Nework Manager, everything is grayed out. I'm not sure what the problem would be. I would know if following the instructions for the rtl8192s driver works, but I'm caught up on the third step:

# tar -xzOf rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009.tar.gz \
  rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin > \
  /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin

I cannot run this with sudo:

bash: /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin: Permission denied

I'd run it as root, but I messed a little something else up earlier that I haven't gotten around to fixing. So time will tell. Or should I even try? Does anyone else with the same driver know which I should use?

Thanks.

Last edited by jgreen1tc (2011-05-17 02:14:59)

Rotoproto85

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

same lspci here... i have found this driver rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0019.1207.2010.tar.gz, untar, compiled with make and make install, and everything goes fine

jeffreyldavidson

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

I have the same laptop as well. However, I just used yaourt and installed the driver and all was well. Yaourt made it extra easy.

jeffreyldavidson

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

One more thought. Make sure you delete or comment out your 'eth0' and include 'networkmanager' in your rc.conf

jgreen1tc

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Registered: 2011-05-16

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

same lspci here... i have found this driver rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0019.1207.2010.tar.gz, untar, compiled with make and make install, and everything goes fine

Sorry to bring this topic back. I don't get to work on my laptop much. But just one more question.

Is there a beginner friendly link on how to compile things with make and make install? After I untar the file, I'm lost.

[jgreen1tc@Archbox rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009]$ make
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2

Again, I'm pretty new. I'm just really not sure how to compile this now.

Rotoproto85

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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Re: Wireless Problem on Toshiba Satellite A505

Sorry to bring this topic back. I don't get to work on my laptop much. But just one more question.

Is there a beginner friendly link on how to compile things with make and make install? After I untar the file, I'm lost.

[jgreen1tc@Archbox rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009]$ make
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2

Again, I'm pretty new. I'm just really not sure how to compile this now.

you have to download linux-headers ...

sudo pacman -S kernel26-headers

and it will work