10:13 p.m.
Hi,
I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
Dave
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8:19 p.m.
On Thursday, August 05, 2010 02:44:02 am Ed Greshko wrote:
On 08/05/2010 04:47 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:57 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
>> On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:26:24 am Gilboa Davara wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 20:13 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
>>>> permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
>>>> with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
>>>> available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
>>>> I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
>>>> that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>> 8192E or 8192SE?
>>
>> RTL8192E
>>
>> Dave
>
> By looking at the RTL website, it seems that 8192E had no Linux support.
> As such, the only alternative is ndiswrapper + XP drivers.
You can email to wlanfae(a)realtek.com and ask for the Linux drivers.
They will send you the source code with the instructions on how to
install. They will also help you if you run into problems.
Ed
I've done that and will report back. Thanks very much, Ed.
Dave
9:35 a.m.
On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 09:39:54PM -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
Quoting JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com>:
> I would first try and download a kernel source tarball from
kernel.org,
> and run make xconfig and select rtl8192e from among
> drivers -> staging -> rtl8292e
thank you. If the driver is in staging does that imply its routine
availability in F14?
No.
Drivers are usually in drivers/staging for a reason, and that reason
is generally that they are crap. Perhaps those drivers will work
for you. OTOH, they may cause random crashes with potential loss
of data, etc -- YMMV. Additionally, the coding practices, design,
etc used in the Realtek drivers in particular are...substandard...
In Realtek's defense, they do seem at least reasonably willing to
work with those who may want to fix/refactor/replace the drivers
they provide with supportable drivers under drivers/net/wireless.
Unfortunately, they don't seem to be particularly interested in doing
that work themselves. Worse, they seem to be prefectly satisfied
with continuing to turn-out one crap...err..."staging" driver
after another...
John
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11:39 p.m.
Quoting JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com>:
On 08/05/2010 01:47 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:57 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
>> On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:26:24 am Gilboa Davara wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 20:13 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
>>>> permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
>>>> with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
>>>> available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
>>>> I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
>>>> that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>> 8192E or 8192SE?
>> RTL8192E
>>
>> Dave
> By looking at the RTL website, it seems that 8192E had no Linux support.
> As such, the only alternative is ndiswrapper + XP drivers.
>
> - Gilboa
>
I would first try and download a kernel source tarball from kernel.org,
and run make xconfig and select rtl8192e from among
drivers -> staging -> rtl8292e
compile that kernel and install it and boot with and see if it will
bring up the interface before you go for the ultra kludgey and extremely
unreliable ndiswrapper.
I am running kernel linux-2.6.35-git1 on F13 from kernel.org and
in the source tree I see:
/tmp/kernel-2.6.35/linux-2.6.35-git1/drivers/staging/rtl8192e
I do not have this interface so I do not build it.
Good luck,
JD
thank you. If the driver is in staging does that imply its routine
availability in F14?
Dave
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8:45 p.m.
On 08/05/2010 01:47 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:57 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:26:24 am Gilboa Davara wrote:
>> On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 20:13 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
>>> permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
>>> with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
>>> available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
>>> I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
>>> that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
>>>
>>> Dave
>> 8192E or 8192SE?
> RTL8192E
>
> Dave
By looking at the RTL website, it seems that 8192E had no Linux support.
As such, the only alternative is ndiswrapper + XP drivers.
- Gilboa
I would first try and download a kernel source tarball from kernel.org,
and run make xconfig and select rtl8192e from among
drivers -> staging -> rtl8292e
compile that kernel and install it and boot with and see if it will
bring up the interface before you go for the ultra kludgey and extremely
unreliable ndiswrapper.
I am running kernel linux-2.6.35-git1 on F13 from kernel.org and
in the source tree I see:
/tmp/kernel-2.6.35/linux-2.6.35-git1/drivers/staging/rtl8192e
I do not have this interface so I do not build it.
Good luck,
JD
8:57 p.m.
On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:26:24 am Gilboa Davara wrote:
On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 20:13 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
> permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
> with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
> available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
> I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
> that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
>
> Dave
8192E or 8192SE?
RTL8192E
Dave
- Gilboa
2:47 a.m.
On 08/01/2010 08:13 PM, Dave Stevens wrote:
Hi,
I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
Dave
Hi Dave,
The rtl8192e is an unsupported driver and is placed
in the source code under
drivers/staging/rtl8192e/
You will have to get the source code of the kernel,
and run make xconfig and go to the staging tab
on the left hand side, and select your rtl8192e
and save.
well, ... you know the rest.
1:53 a.m.
On 08/01/2010 08:13 PM, Dave Stevens wrote:
Hi,
I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
Dave
Hi Dave,
The rtl8192e is an unsupported driver and is placed
in the source code directory under
drivers/staging/rtl8192e/
You will have to get the source code of the kernel,
and run make xconfig and go to the staging tab
on the left hand side, and select your rtl8192e
and save.
well, ... you know the rest.
3:41 a.m.
I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
FWIW, a google search about this shows that some folks have had success
using the Windows XP drivers and ndiswrapper on other distros. YMMV.
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4:44 a.m.
On 08/05/2010 04:47 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:57 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:26:24 am Gilboa Davara wrote:
>> On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 20:13 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
>>> permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
>>> with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
>>> available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
>>> I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
>>> that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
>>>
>>> Dave
>> 8192E or 8192SE?
> RTL8192E
>
> Dave
By looking at the RTL website, it seems that 8192E had no Linux support.
As such, the only alternative is ndiswrapper + XP drivers.
You can email to wlanfae(a)realtek.com and ask for the Linux drivers.
They will send you the source code with the instructions on how to
install. They will also help you if you run into problems.
Ed
2:26 a.m.
On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 20:13 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
Hi,
I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
Dave
8192E or 8192SE?
- Gilboa
3:47 a.m.
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:57 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:26:24 am Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 20:13 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm booting a usb drive of F13 live on my Samsung N220 to test a
> > permanent installation. It seems like to only showstopper is wireless
> > with no apparent support for this chip. Is there actually support
> > available with updates? At the moment I have no wired access although
> > I can arrange this. If I can install and update to a working driver
> > that'd work. Or is there support in some non-Red Hat repo?
> >
> > Dave
>
> 8192E or 8192SE?
RTL8192E
Dave
By looking at the RTL website, it seems that 8192E had no Linux support.
As such, the only alternative is ndiswrapper + XP drivers.
- Gilboa
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