Very confusing :-( I see in modinfo, what makes me think it uses rtl8192cfw: firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
but: description: Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n PCI wireless With a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04, upgraded to kernel 3.2.0-54, wireless does not work: error in dmesg "Failed to request firmware!" There are a quite a lot of differences with your output, you are right that the problem lies at ubuntu packaging. While testing this, I noticed that rtl8192cfwU_B.bin and rtl8192cfwU.bin where missing and requested by the driver. Copying those in from the Realtek website makes the wifi work again :-). missing in the Ubuntu installation: rtl8188efw rtl8188eufw rtl8192cfwU_B rtl8192cfwU rtl8192cufw_A rtl8192cufw_B rtl8192cufw_TMSC different: rtl8192defw rtl8192sefw rtl8712u the same: rtl8192cfw rtl8192cufw rtl8723fw_B rtl8723fw Details of test machine: test@test-Intel-powered-classmate-PC:/lib/firmware$ md5sum rtlwifi/* 748944fbffd3b08b5b1929bb6c7fc537 rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin 943e9b714a926e630b8152d7aad91d2e rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin 7a3b61dbd72e0efb22f892ece8020994 rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin bccf9bf2276621770f101a60736b4004 rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin 8e6396b5844a3e279ae8679555dec3f0 rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin ce50dfe07dbb1bfe9e14bdb315a4b28a rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin 69ccaffbe94cc0ef1b89c25290e19b2e rtlwifi/rtl8723fw.bin test@test-Intel-powered-classmate-PC:/lib/firmware$ ls -l rtlwifi/ totaal 308 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13540 dec 11 2012 rtl8192cfw.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16014 dec 11 2012 rtl8192cufw.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20526 dec 11 2012 rtl8192defw.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88856 dec 11 2012 rtl8192sefw.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129304 dec 11 2012 rtl8712u.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22996 jul 11 14:43 rtl8723fw_B.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11662 jul 11 14:43 rtl8723fw.bin test@test-Intel-powered-classmate-PC:/lib/firmware$ modinfo rtl8192ce filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-54-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin firmware: rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin description: Realtek 8192C/8188C 802.11n PCI wireless license: GPL author: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> author: Realtek WlanFAE <wlan...@realtek.com> author: lizhaoming <chaoming...@realsil.com.cn> srcversion: DA52BF758B7683607AFCB85 alias: pci:v000010ECd00008176sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008177sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008178sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008191sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: rtlwifi,rtl8192c-common,mac80211 intree: Y vermagic: 3.2.0-54-generic-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 686 parm: swenc:Set to 1 for software crypto (default 0) (bool) parm: ips:Set to 0 to not use link power save (default 1) (bool) parm: swlps:Set to 1 to use SW control power save (default 0) (bool) parm: fwlps:Set to 1 to use FW control power save (default 1) (bool) parm: debug:Set debug level (0-5) (default 0) (int) *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: ioport:2000(size=256) memory:80100000-80103fff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902557 Title: 10ec:8176 Wireless not working in 12.04 for rtl8192ce (RTL8188CE) Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Confirmed Bug description: Wireless no longer seems to work since I upgraded to Precise, it was working (albeit very flaky) ion 11.10, but it never seems to be able to connect to any access points since the upgrade. It can see all the available networks, but it can't seem to connect to any of them. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-3-generic-pae 3.2.0-3.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-3.9-generic-pae 3.2.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: beuno 1763 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country EC: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 20), (3, 17) (5250 - 5330 @ 20), (3, 23), DFS (5735 - 5835 @ 20), (3, 30) Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0244000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 5 Simple ctrls : 1 Card0.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0240000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20582 (Pebble)' Components : 'HDA:14f15066,17aa21df,00100302' Controls : 8 Simple ctrls : 5 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Sat Dec 10 12:54:26 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MachineType: LENOVO 05962RU ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-generic-pae root=UUID=c9ef48cc-ddc5-4873-ac9b-2a14fe2329d3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-3-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-3-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.62 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-10 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8FET31WW (1.15 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 05962RU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8FET31WW(1.15):bd08/25/2011:svnLENOVO:pn05962RU:pvrThinkPadX120e:rvnLENOVO:rn05962RU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 05962RU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X120e dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/902557/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp