Asus K53e on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit

[davebold370]

Hello there, I am new to the forums and kind of new to the world of Ubuntu. I installed it on my last laptop, but never got around to playing with it. Well that laptop died with a gaint foot.

So, I bought a Asus K53e! As soon as I turned it on, there was no OS. It only costs 200 dollars. Can't complain.

So, i placed Ubuntu 12.10 on here. I plugged it into a Ethernet line while installing the ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. The Asus K53e has 8 gb of ram and an I-5 processor.

After a fresh install and a update, i tried to play on my laptop elsewhere and found that my wireless doesn't work correctly. It will connect, but only for 2-4 minutes.

I have searched the forums and tried many of the different things that was said. I noticed a common trend was the update, but that is done and the wireless is still giving me troubles. I also set the wireless to all users. But I have no idea what i am doing wrong.

Inorder to upload this ^. I will have to disconnect and reconnect. The Asus K53e from my understanding have all had this same problem.

So, is there a fix?

[squakie]

We'll need some more information to continue. Please highlight and right-click/copy the below statements:

echo "****************************************\n\n" > ~/test.txt
echo -e " lspci" >> ~/test.txt
echo -e " \n\n" >> ~/test.txt
lspci >> ~/test.txt
echo -e \n"****************************************\n\n" >> test.txt
echo -e "\n****************************************\n\ n" >> ~/test.txt
echo -e "\n lsusb\n\n" >> ~/test.txt
lsusb >> ~/test.txt
echo -e "\n\n****************************************\ n\n" >> test.txt
echo -e "****************************************\n\n" >> ~/test.txt
echo -e " lshw" >> ~/test.txt
echo -e " \n\n" >> ~/test.txt
lshw -C network >> ~/test.txt
echo -e "****************************************\n\n" >> test.txt
echo -e "****************************************\n\n" >> ~/test.txt
echo -e " iwconfig\n\n" >> ~/test.txt
iwconfig >> ~/test.txt
echo -e "\n\n****************************************\ n\n" >> test.txt


Now open a terminal window and do the following:

gedit test.sh

in the editor window, do a paste to paste the copied text from above into the editor

click save, then close the editor


chmod +x test.sh

./test.sh

then post back here again attaching the test.txt file from your home folder.

[davebold370]

This is the results:

****************************************
-e lspci
-e
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
-e ****************************************
****************************************
-e lsusb
-e
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 058f:a014 Alcor Micro Corp. Asus Integrated Webcam
-e ****************************************
****************************************
-e lshw
-e
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 74:2f:68:67:0b:44
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ce driverversion=3.5.0-17-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 ioport:c000(size=256) memory:dea00000-dea03fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 54:04:a6:22:11:c6
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.145 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:47 memory:de000000-de03ffff ioport:b000(size=128)
-e ****************************************
****************************************
-e iwconfig
-e
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff

-e ****************************************

[squakie]

Ok, so we can see the wireless is rtl8188ce (realtek). Try an internet search with the following in the search string:

ubuntu 12.10 rtl8188ce

You can look through the results and see if (1) someone else has had the same problem and (2) a possible solution. Keep in mind the links don't have to point to the ubuntu forums as there are also plenty of other sites that might have that posted in them (the ubuntu forums should always be the first place you check, the first place you post seeking an answer).

If you can't find anything just post back and we can look as well. I think it's a matter of loading a different module (driver) and blacklisting the existing one.

[davebold370]

After searching around for a bit, i found this: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...true#RTL8188CE

I downloaded the linux 3.2 or later

I then looked up linux commands.

ls to see my options.
cd downloads
i changed the name to drivers.tar.gz inside the download folder instead of command line.
I clicked the properties and make excutable
then in command line i typed: ./drivers.tar.gz
and it gave me a non binary error.

So, what should I do with these drivers?

[davebold370]

Update (Currently using the wired)

I have downloaded the drivers.
Extracted to a folder.
Following the readme file.
in the termail i have done sudo su to make a super user mode.
i have done make -C to make a directory
Now I need to do make install, i'm not to sure why this isn't working, but i will figure it out.