Can't get wireless working with 12.2

dirkbach · September 6, 2012, 8:38pm

Something strange happens, have no idea what goes wrong.
yesterday I have made a new clean install of 12.2. Looks great, but the only bad point is, that wireless connects and shows up as connected, but ping result is 0.
Looked for many solutions, but finally I have givn up.
Today i have done a fresh clean install of 12.1. and done all actualisations - Wireless perfect no problem.
After that I have used the update option of 12.2 and the same problem again - same wireless parameters as on 12.1, but no wifi.
Shoes up connected, the wireless connection stays for about 3 seconds afterthat it disconnects and no way to get online.
Any ideas what’s going wrong?

It’s an Advent laptop with Realtek RTL8188CE WirelessLAN802.n PCI-E NIC
Any help appreciated. Should it be that I have to load some older kernel compatibility modules to get it to work?

lwfinger · September 6, 2012, 9:10pm

On 09/06/2012 01:46 PM, dirkbach wrote:
>
> Something strange happens, have no idea what goes wrong.
> yesterday I have made a new clean install of 12.2. Looks great, but the
> only bad point is, that wireless connects and shows up as connected, but
> ping result is 0.
> Looked for many solutions, but finally I have givn up.
> Today i have done a fresh clean install of 12.1. and done all
> actualisations - Wireless perfect no problem.
> After that I have used the update option of 12.2 and the same problem
> again - same wireless parameters as on 12.1, but no wifi.
> Shoes up connected, the wireless connection stays for about 3 seconds
> afterthat it disconnects and no way to get online.
> Any ideas what’s going wrong?
>
> It’s an Advent laptop with Realtek RTL8188CE WirelessLAN802.n PCI-E NIC
> Any help appreciated. Should it be that I have to load some older
> kernel compatibility modules to get it to work?

I have no idea what might be the problem in kernel 3.4, but you might try
NEWER compatibility modules. Older cannot be be built - the features are
back-ported, but never forward-ported.

I will try the RTL8188CE with the 12.2 kernel and report back.

dirkbach · September 6, 2012, 9:20pm

Thank you very much. Was wrong expressed. In one post, don’t know wher at the moment, I have read something about a compat-desktop thing.
I’m not very deep in linux. I use it more as enduser.

lwfinger · September 6, 2012, 9:26pm

On 09/06/2012 02:10 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 09/06/2012 01:46 PM, dirkbach wrote:
>>
>> Something strange happens, have no idea what goes wrong.
>> yesterday I have made a new clean install of 12.2. Looks great, but the
>> only bad point is, that wireless connects and shows up as connected, but
>> ping result is 0.
>> Looked for many solutions, but finally I have givn up.
>> Today i have done a fresh clean install of 12.1. and done all
>> actualisations - Wireless perfect no problem.
>> After that I have used the update option of 12.2 and the same problem
>> again - same wireless parameters as on 12.1, but no wifi.
>> Shoes up connected, the wireless connection stays for about 3 seconds
>> afterthat it disconnects and no way to get online.
>> Any ideas what’s going wrong?
>>
>> It’s an Advent laptop with Realtek RTL8188CE WirelessLAN802.n PCI-E NIC
>> Any help appreciated. Should it be that I have to load some older
>> kernel compatibility modules to get it to work?
>
> I have no idea what might be the problem in kernel 3.4, but you might try
> NEWER compatibility modules. Older cannot be be built - the features are
> back-ported, but never forward-ported.
>
> I will try the RTL8188CE with the 12.2 kernel and report back.

I just checked kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop with my RTL8188CE. I was able to
connect to AP’s winning 802.11n with WPA2, 802.11g with WPA2, 802.11g with WPA,
and 802.11g with WEP. All of these were with 12.2 KDE and using NetworkManager.

dirkbach · September 6, 2012, 10:16pm

Thanks a lot for the superfast reply. What can be the cause, that the wireless connection is established for 2 or 3 seconds at startup an than no way to get it back again. Have tried anything.
Otherwise using the classic connection without Networkmanager happens the same.
Is there any log where i can see what happens after connecting?

VintagePC · September 6, 2012, 10:59pm

Yes, check /var/log/NetworkManager

dirkbach · September 6, 2012, 11:34pm

Now connected via eth0 and connection is fine.
Wireless shows

Wireless 802.11
Connected
192.168.0.18
72.2 MBit/s
wlan0
C4:F5:68:AF:22:E0
rtl8192ce
virginmedia2744605
C4:3D:C7:37:E4:98
b/g
1 (2412 MHz)

Seems to be connected, but no connection. really strange.
Logfile of Networkmanager is empty

Something from warn.log:
if-up.d/21-dhcpcd-hook-samba: No dhcpcd info nor dhclient leases file found for wlan0.

AaronTH · September 7, 2012, 12:12am

I had the same problem when upgrading from 12.1 to 12.2, my BCM4321 worked in 12.1 but it did not show just my router in 12.2. I just moved to Tumbleweed and rebooted, and it seems fixed on my MacBook 3,1.

dirkbach · September 7, 2012, 11:47am

Have realized in dmesg that wlan0 is authenticated and unauthenticated after a few seconds with reason 7.

lwfinger · September 7, 2012, 6:56pm

On 09/07/2012 04:56 AM, dirkbach wrote:
>
> Have realized in dmesg that wlan0 is authenticated and unauthenticated
> after a few seconds with reason 7.

Reason 7 is due to “Class 3 frame received from nonassociated station.” Class 3
frames are Data frames, Management frames, or Control frames (power save).

The only one of these that might be a problem is the power save type. To test,
create a file named /etc/modprobe.d/50-rtl8192ce.conf containing the line


options rtl8192ce ips=0

You will need root privilege to create that file. For example, if you are
running KDE, use ‘kdesu kwrite /etc/modprobe.d/50-rtl8192ce.conf’.

After the file is created, reload the driver with the new parameter using the
commands


sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv rtl8192ce
sudo /sbin/modprobe -v rtl8192ce

Does it help?

dirkbach · September 10, 2012, 2:40am

Sorry for the late reply, was out for work over the weekend.
Have tried but the result is the same.
Connected for 4 seconds afterwards continues disconnected.

wylton · September 10, 2012, 5:14pm

I had the same problem…

it can have connection, but after 5 minuts, I didn’t can open any web…

dirkbach · September 10, 2012, 10:11pm

Still no success, have read in another post to set the option in the created file to swenc=1.
Still the same result.
Reading the partial dmesg output seems everything ok.

18.416282 cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
18.416291 cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
18.416298 cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
18.416304 cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
18.416310 cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
18.416316 cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
18.455109 rtl8192ce: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
18.996943 ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘rtl_rc’
18.997591 rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
27.491196] jme 0000:03:00.5: eth0: Link is down
27.493405 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
27.909855 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
27.926256 NET: Registered protocol family 17
29.204798 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
30.130909 wlan0: authenticate with c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98
30.149236 wlan0: send auth to c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98 (try 1/3)
30.150906 wlan0: authenticated
30.162395 wlan0: associate with c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98 (try 1/3)
30.165002 wlan0: RX AssocResp from c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
30.166580 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
30.166728 wlan0: associated
31.885770 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=487 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=447
31.927446 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=305 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=265
32.135681 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=487 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=447
32.385641 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=487 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=447
32.585918 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=451 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=411
34.035091 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=e0:91:53:6a:02:ca:a0:21:b7:07:e9:7b:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=192.168.0.10 LEN=270
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=57005 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=49152 LEN=250
35.599180 EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts: acl,user_xattr,commit=0
35.939128 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=451 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=411
35.957948 EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: acl,user_xattr,commit=0
36.714234 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=e0:91:53:6a:02:ca:a0:21:b7:07:e9:7b:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=192.168.0.10 LEN=270
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=57005 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=49153 LEN=250
36.880009 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
37.721267 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=e0:91:53:6a:02:ca:a0:21:b7:07:e9:7b:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=192.168.0.10 LEN=270
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=57005 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=49154 LEN=250
37.879953 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
39.878457 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
40.657788 wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
43.873551 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
65.104695 fuse init (API version 7.18)
67.868200] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP
SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
99.861864 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
163.780029 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44

Another negative side effect that the system freeze after some minutes

lwfinger · September 10, 2012, 11:47pm

On 09/10/2012 03:16 PM, dirkbach wrote:
>
> Still no success, have read in another post to set the option in the
> created file to swenc=1.
> Still the same result.
> Reading the partial dmesg output seems everything ok.
>
>> 18.416282 cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
>> (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
>> 18.416291 cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
>> mBi, 2000 mBm)
>> 18.416298 cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300
>> mBi, 2000 mBm)
>> 18.416304 cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300
>> mBi, 2000 mBm)
>> 18.416310 cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
>> mBi, 2000 mBm)
>> 18.416316 cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
>> mBi, 2000 mBm)
>> 18.455109 rtl8192ce: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
>> 18.996943 ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘rtl_rc’
>> 18.997591 rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
>> 27.491196] jme 0000:03:00.5: eth0: Link is down
>> 27.493405 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
>> 27.909855 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>> 27.926256 NET: Registered protocol family 17
>> 29.204798 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>> 30.130909 wlan0: authenticate with c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98
>> 30.149236 wlan0: send auth to c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98 (try 1/3)
>> 30.150906 wlan0: authenticated
>> 30.162395 wlan0: associate with c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98 (try 1/3)
>> 30.165002 wlan0: RX AssocResp from c4:3d:c7:37:e4:98 (capab=0x411
>> status=0 aid=1)
>> 30.166580 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
>> 30.166728 wlan0: associated
>> 31.885770 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=487 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=447
>> 31.927446 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=305 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=265
>> 32.135681 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=487 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=447
>> 32.385641 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=487 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=447
>> 32.585918 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=451 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=411
>> 34.035091 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT=
>> MAC=e0:91:53:6a:02:ca:a0:21:b7:07:e9:7b:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
>> DST=192.168.0.10 LEN=270
>> TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=57005 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=49152 LEN=250
>>
>> 35.599180 EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts: acl,user_xattr,commit=0
>> 35.939128 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=451 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=411
>> 35.957948 EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: acl,user_xattr,commit=0
>> 36.714234 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT=
>> MAC=e0:91:53:6a:02:ca:a0:21:b7:07:e9:7b:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
>> DST=192.168.0.10 LEN=270
>> TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=57005 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=49153 LEN=250
>>
>> 36.880009 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
>> 37.721267 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT=
>> MAC=e0:91:53:6a:02:ca:a0:21:b7:07:e9:7b:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
>> DST=192.168.0.10 LEN=270
>> TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=57005 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=49154 LEN=250
>>
>> 37.879953 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
>> 39.878457 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
>> 40.657788 wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
>> 43.873551 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
>> 65.104695 fuse init (API version 7.18)
>> 67.868200] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP
>> SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
>> 99.861864 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
>> 163.780029 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=
>> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:e291:53ff:fe6a:02ca
>> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255
>> FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44
>>
>>
>
> Another negative side effect that the system freeze after some minutes

Blindly following some other thread usually does not result in success. Be
careful when you do that. There is no indication that hardware encryption has
anything to do with this problem.

The dropped packets for UDP port 5353 are from Bonjour’s attempts to configure
some software. You probably need to enable UDP port 5353 in your firewall.

There is a problem with current drivers for a new version of the RTL8188CE card
with BlueTooth attached, but that is not your problem. If it were, 12.1 would
not have worked either.

To see if some bug was introduced into kernel 3.4.6-2.10, I booted the standard
kernel with my RTL8188CE installed. My AP runs 802.11n, which is indicated in a
previous posting of yours. My encryption is WPA2-CCMP (AES). My AP is a Netgear
WNDR3300 running standard firmware. What do you have?

The connection is stable. After the connection had been up for 6 minutes, I got
a reason 7 deauthentication; however, it reconnected automatically. My desktop
is KDE, and I am using NetworkManager. In the 30 minutes since then, no more
reconnects.

I would recommend that you switch to compat-wireless; however, that package for
your kernel is not yet in the wireless repo. You could build it from source, but
that is likely more work than you want.

Unfortunately, it is hard to debug a problem that I cannot duplicate.

dirkbach · September 11, 2012, 12:08am

I have tried some other Linux distros, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Chakra, same result there as well.
Looking at the driver pages of ATI, I have noticed, that the latest driver from 4/12 only goes till kernel 3.0.2
Newer kernels aren’t supported right now it seams.
Also many users have complained lack of speed of the actual drivers.

dirkbach · September 11, 2012, 12:20am

Thanks a lot, I will give it a try.
My rooter is a Netgear VMDG480 running a Virgin Media tweaked firmware.

dirkbach · September 11, 2012, 2:14am

Have compiled the compat-wireless package for kernel 3.4.
Compiled without errors, only 3 warnings , but while try to load the rtl8192ce with modprobe
I get this and wireless disappears completely newby

modprobe rtl8192ce
WARNING: Error inserting rfkill (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting cfg80211 (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting mac80211 (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting rtlwifi (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting rtl8192c_common (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.ko): Invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting rtl8192ce (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko): Invalid module format

sorry I’m asking so much, also can’t await a crash course in Linux, but what’s going wrong?
cheers

lwfinger · September 11, 2012, 4:59am

On 09/10/2012 07:16 PM, dirkbach wrote:
>
> Have compiled the compat-wireless package for kernel 3.4.
> Compiled without errors, only 3 warnings , but while try to load the
> rtl8192ce with modprobe
> I get this and wireless disappears completely :’( newby
>
>> modprobe rtl8192ce
>> WARNING: Error inserting rfkill
>> (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko): Invalid
>> module format
>> WARNING: Error inserting cfg80211
>> (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko):
>> Invalid module format
>> WARNING: Error inserting mac80211
>> (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko):
>> Invalid module format
>> WARNING: Error inserting rtlwifi
>> (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.ko):
>> Invalid module format
>> WARNING: Error inserting rtl8192c_common
>> (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.ko):
>> Invalid module format
>> FATAL: Error inserting rtl8192ce
>> (/lib/modules/3.4.6-2.10-desktop/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko):
>> Invalid module format
>>
>>
>
> sorry I’m asking so much, also can’t await a crash course in Linux, but
> what’s going wrong?
> cheers

Does dmesg say anything about this problem? Whatever happened, the modules that
you built are not compatible with the kernel.

dirkbach · September 11, 2012, 8:46am

Hello again,
I think without reprogramming the whole compat-wireless thing, this isn’t a solution at all.
kernel output:

compat:exports duplicate symbol simple_open (owned by kernel)

dirkbach · September 11, 2012, 9:07am

Sometimes it’s necessary to read all the text >:(.
compat wireless says you have to compile everytime the next higher compat-wireless version to your kernel version,
so using kernel 3.4 you have to compile the 3.5 version.
Doing this no error at all, but at the moment that hasn’t helped.
Still no wireless