Toshiba Satelite p505d dual booted with windows 7 and unbuntu 11.04

[Mistey82]

mistey@mistey-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe rtl8187
[sudo] password for mistey:
mistey@mistey-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 802.11bgn Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Retryn RTS thrff Fragment thr: off
Power Managementff
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

mistey@mistey-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep -i rtl
[ 20.485527] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards
[ 20.485615] rtl819xE 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 20.485628] rtl819xE 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 22.780131] rtl819xEownload Firmware: Put code fail!
[ 22.780146] rtl819xE:ERR in CPUcheck_maincodeok_turnonCPU()
[ 22.780154] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()
[ 22.780162] rtl819xE:ERR!!! _rtl8192_up(): initialization is failed!
[ 24.036267] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr e0:91:f5:9e:54:62, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 24.059871] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 24.062779] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::radio
[ 24.065128] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::tx
[ 24.067938] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::rx
[ 24.075658] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[ 24.077854] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
[ 739.489383] ieee80211 phy1: hwaddr e0:91:f5:9e:54:62, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 739.535664] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 739.535743] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::radio
[ 739.535778] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::tx
[ 739.535801] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::rx
[ 739.536521] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
mistey@mistey-laptop:~$

[chili555]

rtl8187: wireless switch is on

Is there a switch on your laptop? Does the message change if you manipulate the switch?

The first time I saw this a few years ago, I thought I was ready for the crazy house; however, I turned off the switch on my laptop, plugged in a USB wireless device and it complained about the switch!

[Mistey82]

Well I did have the switch off but i just put it back on lol now what ... I am determined to get this

[Mistey82]

this is the message with it turned on


mistey@mistey-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep -i rtl
[ 20.485527] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards
[ 20.485615] rtl819xE 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 20.485628] rtl819xE 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 22.780131] rtl819xEownload Firmware: Put code fail!
[ 22.780146] rtl819xE:ERR in CPUcheck_maincodeok_turnonCPU()
[ 22.780154] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()
[ 22.780162] rtl819xE:ERR!!! _rtl8192_up(): initialization is failed!
[ 24.036267] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr e0:91:f5:9e:54:62, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 24.059871] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 24.062779] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::radio
[ 24.065128] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::tx
[ 24.067938] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::rx
[ 24.075658] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[ 24.077854] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
[ 739.489383] ieee80211 phy1: hwaddr e0:91:f5:9e:54:62, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 739.535664] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 739.535743] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::radio
[ 739.535778] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::tx
[ 739.535801] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::rx
[ 739.536521] rtl8187: wireless switch is on

[Mistey82]

this is the message when i take out the usb


20.485527] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards
[ 20.485615] rtl819xE 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 20.485628] rtl819xE 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 22.780131] rtl819xEownload Firmware: Put code fail!
[ 22.780146] rtl819xE:ERR in CPUcheck_maincodeok_turnonCPU()
[ 22.780154] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware()
[ 22.780162] rtl819xE:ERR!!! _rtl8192_up(): initialization is failed!
[ 24.036267] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr e0:91:f5:9e:54:62, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 24.059871] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 24.062779] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::radio
[ 24.065128] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::tx
[ 24.067938] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::rx
[ 24.075658] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[ 24.077854] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
[ 739.489383] ieee80211 phy1: hwaddr e0:91:f5:9e:54:62, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 739.535664] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 739.535743] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::radio
[ 739.535778] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::tx
[ 739.535801] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy1::rx
[ 739.536521] rtl8187: wireless switch is on

[chili555]

[ 739.536521] rtl8187: wireless switch is on

The time-stamp is the same; so no change. Please try:

sudo rfkill unblock all
dmesg | grep 8187

Any new listings?

Does the wireless light or LED change? May I see:

lsmod | grep -e wmi -e laptop

[Mistey82]

first command did nothing here's the rest



mistey@mistey-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep 8187
[ 26.039314] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr e0:91:f5:9e:54:62, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 26.061242] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 26.061368] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::radio
[ 26.061431] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::tx
[ 26.061485] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::rx
[ 26.064479] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[ 26.065545] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
mistey@mistey-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep -e wmi -e laptop
snd_rawmidi 30486 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 14462 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 67382 13 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec ,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,s nd_seq_device

[chili555]

I'm done for this evening; see you tomorrow.

[Mistey82]

okay whew yea i'm tired thanks

[moaoci]

By now, with only the rtl8192e plugged in, you should be seeing a red exclamation mark over the wireless icon on the top right corner of your screen. It probably means that the wireless is recognized but unusable.

The first reason for this is that the linux kernel now comes with the staging rtl819x drivers activated. And guess what, staging rtl8192e does not work as is and it seems to lock out the wireless. Some people have found a way to make the staging driver work, I didn't even try since my realtek driver works for me.

So the first thing to do is to delete the staging driver from the linux kernel (and delete it again at each new linux kernel version ) ( Open a terminal, sudo nautilus, and then go to filesystem/lib/modules/(your current kernel number)/kernel/driver/staging. Find the RTL8192E directory and delete it (yes, delete it.).) Then reboot.

With the staging driver removed, it will be easier to get whatever solution you are trying to implement succeed.

For my part, I am not using NDISWrapper; I am using the realtek RTL8192E driver (version 13 on Ubuntu 10.04 on my Toshiba satellite L505D). You can get your own realtek rtl8192e driver only by writing to wlanfae@realtek.com and specify your Ubuntu version and 64bits. If the driver you receive doesn't work for you, write back and they will work with you to correct whatever problem you get. I did that with them and the result was the version 13, the first realtek driver to work just out of the box.

I could help you more by trying 11.04 but I do not want to go to Ubuntu 11.04 ( I don't like it on my desktop and I prefer the 10.04 look).

See http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9951334&postcount=12
and other post from me for more details...

Hope this helps