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#26 2011-04-16 08:32:36

schizzz8
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From: Neaples, Italy
Registered: 2010-10-26
Posts: 15

Re: [SOLVED] can't turn on wireless card

d00maz wrote:

have you checked your bios settings?

Yes, it's enabled by bios!

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#27 2011-04-16 12:46:24

alphazo
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Registered: 2009-10-20
Posts: 163

Re: [SOLVED] can't turn on wireless card

Same problem here with a 8191SE. AUR driver used to work on 2.6.36. I've switched to 2.6.38 and recompiled rtl8192se 2.6.0019.1207.2010-4 and
rtl8192se-firmware 2.6.0019.1207.2010-1.

However when I turn the radio on I see the following error message:

GPIOChangeRF  - HW Radio ON, RF ON
rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:request firmware fail!

rtl819xSE:Firmware Download Fail!!a

rtl819xSE:ERR!!! NicIFEnableNIC(): initialization is failed!

In /lib/firmware/rtlwifi I have:
- rtl8192cfw.bin
- rtl8192cufw.bin 
- rtl8192defw.bin 
- rtl8192sefw.bin 
- rtl8712u.bin

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#28 2011-04-16 13:09:02

alphazo
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Registered: 2009-10-20
Posts: 163

Re: [SOLVED] can't turn on wireless card

I installed the two rtl8192se AUR packages a second time and manually ran a depmod -a. Now everything is fine.

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#29 2011-04-18 06:49:27

schizzz8
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From: Neaples, Italy
Registered: 2010-10-26
Posts: 15

Re: [SOLVED] can't turn on wireless card

I really don't know how I could achieve this but I finally managed to turn on the wireless card and get it working. I found out that every time I booted, the wireless card was recognized only if I didn't press "Fn+F2" during the boot (otherwise the driver wasn't loaded) and running "ifconfig wlan0 up" turns it on. So I added this command to my /etc/rc.local and now everything is fine. I'd really appreciate if someone could explain me what's happened!!!

Last edited by schizzz8 (2011-04-18 06:55:35)

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