To become familiar with unix I decided to install a partition of openSUSE. I’m currently running 11.4 and have no idea how to get my wireless card working.
I know that I have an RTL8188CE. I downloaded the realtek drivers from Realtek
However, when I try to execute the make command I get the following error:
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.5-default/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2
I’ve made sure that I’ve installed the packages in both the base development and the C, C++ packages. I looked under the base development package and know for sure that i have make installed. I’m not really what i’m missing
Thanks for the help, caf! I added the repo and installed all of the rtl8192se packages except for the rtl8192se-kmp-pae because it says that kernel-kmp-pae is not installed. I tried installing kernel-kmp-pae but it says that it conflicts with libc. I rebooted after I installed the package and still no luck.
EDIT: I couldn’t find any of packages for CE. The only rtl packages with the corresponding number are all SE. I’m not sure if the SE package supports or CE or not. Just thought I should let you know anyway.
It seems like the 11.4 repo doesn’t have the rtl8192ce files. I found the the rtl9192ce packages in the 11.3 repo so I added that and installed them. However I’m still not able to utilize wireless capabilities.
Thanks for the heads up on the kernels. I’ll just remove the ones I don’t need.
Currently I’ve installed the rtl8192ce and rtl8192ce-firmware packages but still no luck
When i try to install the rtl8192ce-kmp-desktop it says that nothing provides kernel (default:vmlinux = b93d145f0fbeb036)
At the GRUB boot loader, I have 2 instances of openSUSE - a regular non desktop version and a desktop version. I got the wireless capabilities working on the desktop version but not on the other. Since i’m using a laptop i’m assuming the non desktop one is the version that i’m supposed to use? I’m just wondering why it works on the desktop version but not on the other.
I’m just wondering why it works on the desktop version but not on the other.
Probably because you have the correct packages installed to match the kernel-desktop
Just to clarify this issue. The driver for the RTL8192CE has been in the kernel
since 2.6.38, which is why it is in the compat-wireless package, but not as a
special, separate driver package. The driver for the RTL8192SE (different chip)
was only included in kernel 3.0. It is also now in compat-wireless, but there
was a period of time when the only driver for it came from Realtek. Those are
the drivers that the OP saw on the repo. Now, compat-wireless should be used for
both RTL8192CE and RTL8192SE.
I experienced the same problem. The driver wasn’t working with my RTL8188CE.
I downloaded some drivers from Realtek and compiled them against the kernel and now I can get the wireless to work but not with KNetworkManager.
When I use KNetworkManager, I can’t seem to enable wireless.
I was googling around and I think the issue could be something similar to this:
because even if I rfkill unblock wifi, it is almost immediately re-softblocked within a second.
I’d like to get the KNetworkManager working (because I want to use a vpn as easily as possible).
2 questions:
Should I try to get the wireless working another way (via compat wireless package)?
and
Is there anything in 11.4 that resolves this rfkill issue?
On 08/19/2011 03:26 PM, greenlove wrote:
>
> 2 questions:
> Should I try to get the wireless working another way (via compat
> wireless package)?
Yes.
> Is there anything in 11.4 that resolves this rfkill issue?
With compat-wireless, you will get the latest in rfkill. Does your comment mean
that you are using 11.3? If so, you should update if you plan on using NM. A lot
changed.
I have not seen rfkill being “soft” blocked repeatedly. That means some
user-space program is setting it. As you did not post which phy is failing, I
have no idea what might be happening.
You do need to use the in-kernel driver. That includes the one in
compat-wireless. It took a lot of effort to get the Realtek drivers into the
kernel, and I will not spend any time repeating that process, nor is anyone else
in these forums likely to do so.
