RTL8188CE Driver Issues

TanmayN · 2014-02-01 23:30:57

Hey all, I'm having issues with my WiFi drivers.

Output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6620G]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH IDE Controller (rev 40)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
03:00.1 SD Host controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)

And I'm trying to compile the drivers from Realtek's website for the RTL8188CE, and here's what I get

[tanmay@localhost rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013]$ make
make -C /lib/modules/3.12.9-2-ARCH/build M=/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013 modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-3.12.9-2-ARCH'
  CC [M]  /home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.o
In file included from /home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.c:39:0:
/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/pci.h:247:15: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'rtl_pci_probe'
 int __devinit rtl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
               ^
/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.c: In function 'rtl_action_proc':
/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.c:885:32: error: 'struct ieee80211_conf' has no member named 'channel'
       rx_status.freq = hw->conf.channel->center_freq;
                                ^
/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.c:886:32: error: 'struct ieee80211_conf' has no member named 'channel'
       rx_status.band = hw->conf.channel->band;
                                ^
/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.c: In function 'rtl_send_smps_action':
/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.c:1451:24: error: 'struct ieee80211_conf' has no member named 'channel'
   info->band = hw->conf.channel->band;
                        ^
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013/base.o] Error 1
Makefile:1228: recipe for target '_module_/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/tanmay/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.12.9-2-ARCH'
Makefile:27: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I have base-devel installed, but I can't seem to figure out why it won't compile. I -can- use the internet on WiFi, but it gradually decreases in speed, I get about 2MB/s downloads on ethernet, but on WiFi, the most I get is 400 and then it slowly goes down til it gets to about 1kb/s and times out. Ideas?

jasonwryan · 2014-02-01 23:50:38

Have you read this old thread? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=126160

If you are going to install the drivers from realtek's site, use the AUR PKGBUILD.

TanmayN · 2014-02-01 23:55:31

Actually, strangely enough, a restart fixed it. Sorry, and thanks!

jasonwryan · 2014-02-02 00:01:18

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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#1 2014-02-01 23:30:57

RTL8188CE Driver Issues

#2 2014-02-01 23:50:38

Re: RTL8188CE Driver Issues

#3 2014-02-01 23:55:31

Re: RTL8188CE Driver Issues

#4 2014-02-02 00:01:18

Re: RTL8188CE Driver Issues

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