USB Wireless Not Working (Realtek RTL8187L)

**angelkiller** · September 20th, 2009

Originally Posted by Codename

Well, let's try and use the compat wireless package. So first what you want to do is actually get the source, so run:

Code:

wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.30/compat-wireless-2.6.30.tar.bz2

Then you need to extract it:

Code:

tar xvjf compat-wireless-2.*

Then you need to navigate to where you saved it (I'm using the Desktop for this example):

Code:

cd /home/username/Desktop/compat*

Then do the initial compile:

Code:

make
sudo make install

If you get any make errors make sure you have the build-essential package installed, you can install it by running:

Code:

apt-get install build-essential

Ok, no errors. The last thing 'sudo make install' ouput was this:

Code:

Now run:

make unload

And then load the wireless module you need. If unsure reboot.

Do I do that? If I do, how do I load the correct wireless module? Or should I just reboot like it says?

Thanks for everything so far.

**Crafty Kisses** · September 21st, 2009

Haha you don't have to thank me.

You can just reboot, then once you reboot you probably want to run:

Code:

sudo modprobe rtl8187

**angelkiller** · September 21st, 2009

Code:

user@MusicPC:~$ sudo modprobe rtl8187
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.

Does that mean it worked or it didn't?

**Crafty Kisses** · September 21st, 2009

Well I'm pretty sure you can resolve that issue by making:

Code:

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

To:

Code:

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Try that, then reboot then try to reload the module by using modprobe.

**angelkiller** · September 21st, 2009

Ok so 'sudo modprobe rtl1817' gave no errors nor output. Now what?

**Crafty Kisses** · September 21st, 2009

Try and run your wireless card. So you can try running:

Code:

sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup wlan0

**angelkiller** · September 21st, 2009

Code:

user@MusicPC:~$ sudo ifdown wlan0
ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured
user@MusicPC:~$ sudo ifup wlan0
Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.

Hm.

**Crafty Kisses** · September 23rd, 2009

What are the contents of the following?

Code:

cat /etc/network/interfaces

**angelkiller** · September 23rd, 2009

Code:

user@MusicPC:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

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