Package: linux-image-4.2.0-1-amd64 Version: 4.2.1-2 Severity: important Tags: upstream
Dear Maintainer, Recently I installed Debian testing (stretch) AMD64 in a Samsung R720H. This laptop comes with a RTL8192E/RTL8192SE Wireless LAN Controller. As described at: https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#r8192e_pci As described, I have also installed the package "firmware-realtek": https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#Installation The kernel module used is the staged r8192e_pci The module loads, finds networks and connects to the one I have configured with WPA-PSK. However, when starting to use the network it goes really slow and quick enough it gets stalled. The /var/log/syslog starts growing fast with lots of bogus messages from the driver. Rebooting doesn't help. Unloading the module and reloading it again doesn't help either. The situation is easily reproducible: 100%. I spent a lot of time looking for a solution to this problem, looking for alternative drivers, etc. No solution. The only tip I go was from an Ubuntu forum saying that the problem was solved when moving from AMD64 to i386. I did that. Wiped the computer and re-installed again with i386 as arch. The problem is solved. Current working package: linux-image-4.2.0-1-586
