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Re: Make WiFi work.

Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit :

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote:

Hello,

I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD
(i.e. debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not without trouble, but
now it works.

The problem is the wifi. My card (Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN
802.11n PCI-E NIC, says Windows) is apparently not recognized. I've
tried various solutions explained here and there, I have installed
firmware-realtek and ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant and I don't know
what, nothing worked.

Hi Paul,

Fellow RTL8191SE sufferer here (in a ThinkPad T410.)

In my case, lspci says:

     03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
     RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)

The ndiswrapper approach never worked for me.

I compiled kernel 2.6.36 with the driver source I downloaded
from Realtek.

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=48&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8191SE-VA2
I'd already tried to compile those... but compilation failed. Are you telling me I should compile the kernel itself with them? I.e. download Debian's sources, add those drivers somewhere (where?), and recompile everything? 



(Actually, the driver sources are also in the staging
directory of the Debian 2.6.36 kernel sources. Maybe I did
something stupid, but being in "staging" seemed to interfere
with the driver loading in the compiled kernel. Is it enough
just to move it elsewhere in the tree?)

You also need to install the firmware. I have these files:

/lib/firmware/RTL8192SE
/lib/firmware/RTL8192SE/Realtek-Firmware-License.txt
/lib/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin
/lib/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw492.bin
/lib/firmware/RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw74.bin
/lib/firmware/rtl8192sfw.bin

Now you're ready for:

     modprobe r8192se_pci

In my case, I can see the driver has loaded successfully
because the wireless indicator LED on the laptop turns on.
Note that mine is already on, and does turn on and off with the associated button. 

I'll try the rest when at least I get the first steps right.

Thank you very much for you solution, I hope it will work...

Paul
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