Description of problem: The wireles card is not detected in the Toshiba Laptop T110. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC (Hardware ID: pci\ven_10ec&dev_8172) OS: Fedora 12 (64 bits) Kernel: 2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.x86_64 Additional info: [root@localhost ********]# lsmod Module Size Used by michael_mic 2752 0 arc4 2160 0 ecb 3264 0 fuse 62064 6 ipt_MASQUERADE 3616 1 iptable_nat 7456 1 nf_nat 22580 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat bridge 54112 0 stp 2724 1 bridge llc 6400 2 bridge,stp sunrpc 191912 1 cpufreq_ondemand 7824 1 acpi_cpufreq 10528 0 freq_table 4864 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq xt_physdev 2592 1 ip6t_REJECT 5856 2 nf_conntrack_ipv6 21912 2 ip6table_filter 4016 1 ip6_tables 19664 1 ip6table_filter ipv6 298928 28 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6 uinput 9248 0 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 14912 1 snd_hda_intel 30360 2 snd_hda_codec 72832 2 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_intel r8192se_pci 462376 0 snd_hwdep 9224 1 snd_hda_codec snd_seq 58080 0 snd_seq_device 7620 1 snd_seq snd_pcm 83144 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_timer 22608 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm uvcvideo 58972 0 snd 67592 12 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_code c,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_tim er iTCO_wdt 13008 0 iTCO_vendor_support 3588 1 iTCO_wdt soundcore 7328 1 snd atl1c 33796 0 videodev 36160 1 uvcvideo v4l1_compat 13892 2 uvcvideo,videodev v4l2_compat_ioctl32 10736 1 videodev i2c_i801 12800 0 snd_page_alloc 9568 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm rfkill 20488 1 serio_raw 6644 0 joydev 11984 0 wmi 7280 0 dm_multipath 17208 0 i915 222016 2 drm_kms_helper 25376 1 i915 drm 172416 3 i915,drm_kms_helper i2c_algo_bit 6020 1 i915 i2c_core 28928 5 videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit video 23476 1 i915 output 3360 1 video [root@localhost **********]#
[root@localhost *********]# lspci -tv -[0000:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub +-02.0 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller +-02.1 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller +-1a.0 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 +-1a.1 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 +-1a.2 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 +-1a.7 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 +-1b.0 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller +-1c.0-[02]-- +-1c.4-[07]----00.0 Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 +-1c.5-[08]----00.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 +-1d.0 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 +-1d.1 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 +-1d.2 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 +-1d.7 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 +-1e.0-[0a]-- +-1f.0 Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller +-1f.2 Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller \-1f.3 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [root@localhost **********]# modprobe toshiba_acpi FATAL: Error inserting toshiba_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.x86_64/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.ko): No such device [root@localhost ******]# cd /proc/acpi [root@localhost acpi]# ls ac_adapter dsdt fadt power_resource thermal_zone battery embedded_controller fan processor video button event info sleep wakeup [root@localhost acpi]# yum install smolt Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Setting up Install Process Package smolt-1.4-4.fc12.noarch already installed and latest version Nothing to do More Hardware Information: http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8195/devicemanagerwindows.jpg
You might want to try the kmod-staging package from rpmfusion.org?
*** Bug 558348 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 398092 [details] rtl8192se-makefile-power-fix.patch The device 10ec:8171 is not supported in F12 either. The GPL'd vendor driver from RealTek works with some tweaks on 2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12. Attached is a patch to the Makefile to disable low power settings. Whenever I would disconnect from AC power, wireless would start to go a bit crazy and didn't work long.
Created attachment 404873 [details] makefile-power-fix-patch.txt against rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010 FWIW, I confirm that applying the patch to the latest version of the vendor GPL driver -- rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010 -- works great, even when the laptop is disconnected from AC power. The patch doesn't apply cleanly on that version so I did update it a little bit. I am not sure if I did anything dangerous or not.
This requires progress upstream. When there is a working, supportable driver there then Fedora will get it naturally.
Would it be possible that this bug remains open, but in a state that reflects that we are waiting for progress in upstream? The fact that the bug was filed and opened allowed people, including myself, to learn about the issue, learn about how to work around the issue regarding the low power setting etc. Thus, I believe it's useful for some users that the bug remains open until the issue is solved upstream.
What state do you suggest? I'm trying to convey that this isn't a bug in something currently part of Fedora and that when upstream grows the proper support then Fedora will get that support through the normal process. Now, if I could only convince you and/or Andy to work on getting rtl8192se converted into a mac80211 driver in the upstream kernel... :-)