[clug] rtl8191se
Steve Walsh
steve at nerdvana.org.au
Fri Feb 11 17:09:27 MST 2011
and for those playing along at home, the non-truncated versions of those
links are;
32-bit
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33927923/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009.tar.gz
64-bit
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34090326/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009_64bit.tar.gz
freds72 at softhome.net wrote:
> Hi Dylan, hope this helps
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1267961&highlight=RTL8191SE-VA2&page=3
>
>
> quoted from ubuntu forums post
>
> Originally Posted by jdwannam
> Here is what I used to get a stable wireless driver running on the
> 1201n. Many thanks to David Woo of on launchpad for posting all of the
> information here that I needed to get it working. And thanks to the
> Phoronix review of the 1201n that had the above link.
>
> I've installed the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 9.10, but there are
> instructions within the bug report for getting it working on the
> 32-bit version as well.
>
> 32-bit Driver:
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/339279...12.2009.tar.gz
>
> 64-bit Driver:
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/340903...9_64bit.tar.gz
>
> Prerequisites:
> Code:
> sudo apt-get install build-essentials
> sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
> [1] Extract the driver using 'tar zxvf <filename>'
> [2] CD into the folder and run make
> [3] Then run 'make install'
> [4] If make install succeeds, reboot and it should be working
>
> If the make install fails (as it did for me) you can manually install
> the driver using these steps:
>
> [1] Copy the target module in HAL/rtl8192/rt8192se_pci.ko to
> /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
> [2] Copy rtl8192se firmware folder to /lib/firmware/`uname -r`
> [3] Run the command of `depmod -a`
> [4] Run the command of 'modprobe rtl8192se_pci', or reboot.
> [5] Check the NetworkManager, and see whether there's network list
> show out?
>
>
> ONE NOTE no s needed on build-essential and make install comand must
> be done as su
>
> "sudo su"
>
>
> one more thing ...
> it did not work right after restart...
>
> I went to System > Admin...> hardware drivers ..then deactivated
> driver then reactivated it and it started working!!!
>
>
> cheers
> Pete
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