Advent 4213 - ubuntu realtek wifi driver

[ma10]

Right, this was original posted in the main 4213 thread but I just realised there were a few mistakes so re-posting a new thread.

I have compiled two drivers for ubuntu now, one for ubuntu intrepid 8.10b2 and one for hardy 8.04

Firstly, I got this driver from ubuntu's launchpad that has been looking into this specific realtek card:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/246141

Secondly, the specific post (14/10/08 ! ) that I found this driver was from one of the posters at the above thread and he said he got the driver from Realtek themselves:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...41/comments/93

OK, on to the instructrons!

Download the driver appropriate to your ubuntu distro, intrepid or hardy (both are i386)....

1. unrar the archive to a convenient folder
2. in a terminal, CD into the extracted folder and run:

sudo sh ./install

3. restart networking:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

4. prob best to disable/enable the network manager app in the tray too...

5. check if your wireless is enabled and proceed to connect to a wireless access point in the normal manner.

[boz]

Nice work again, cheers for that.

[anomaly]

Hey thanks again for all your help. I've tried it again, this time with the hardy drivers, unfortunately I'm still getting errors when I try the sudo install.

I've pasted the terminal errors below in hope that someone may be able to suggest a solution:

(i first created a folder in "home" called "drivers" and dragged the extracted rar files into it)

pete@pete-laptop:~/drivers$ sudo sh ./install
[sudo] password for pete:
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt_ccmp_rtl (/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp-rtl.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt_wep_rtl (/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ieee80211_crypt_wep-rtl.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt_tkip_rtl (/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ieee80211_crypt_tkip-rtl.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_rtl (/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ieee80211-rtl.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting r8180 (/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/r8180.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
pete@pete-laptop:~/drivers$



Just to say, I am using the latest version of wubi to install ubuntu, I don't see why that should matter, but I thought I'd better say.

[ma10]

@anomaly, hhhhmm..... that is strange! First thoughts is that ubuntu is trying to loot at another location for the driver than the folder that the install places them or installing via wubi produces a different ubuntu version that makes my compiled drivers incompatible with your version.. I'll try to have a look sometime today for you!

[anomaly]

I see what you mean, i managed to locate the folder/files that it was trying to load.

I found the default drivers in:

lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless

and they were named exactly how the drivers you compiled were.

So i tried swapping the default ones with the ones you compiled, but it would let me either overwrite/rename/delete/move the default drivers.

I've only tried this in the GUI and not terminal, is there some kind of administrative privaledge i need? Or is it some kind of safe guard.

[ma10]

@anomaly, i have had a look but still stumped as to why it's not working.... although, having thought about it, these drivers are not official to begin with and seems to have been written very quickly/poorly in the first place!

it'll probably be quicker and easier to compile the drivers on your installed ubuntu tbh!

Do you have ubuntu with the wired ethernet working?

[anomaly]

I'm about to try connecting by ethernet, but how do i obtain ndis wrapper without using the cd? Is there a place i can download it?

ta

[anomaly]

Ok, ethernet works fine, I've downloaded ndiswrapper, and theres a bunch of files there in the folder:

AUTHORS driver loadndisdriver.8 ndiswrapper.8 README
ChangeLog INSTALL Makefile ndiswrapper.spec utils

I've extracted these out of the zip into a separate folder but im not sure how to install it? If i double click on the install file a window appears with all the code...

[ma10]

@anomaly, prob better to compile the native linux driver in ubuntu instead of using ndiswrapper...

1. download the driver on to your desktop from:-

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/185338...28.2008.tar.gz

2. open a terminal (applications-->accessories-->terminal)

3. in the new terminal window type in the following to install all the tools required to compile the driver:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

4. cd into your desktop:

cd ~/Desktop

5. extract the archive:

tar -xvf rtl8187se_linux_26.1023.0928.2008.tar.gz

6. cd into extracted folder:

cd rtl8187se_linux_26.1023.0928.2008

7. compile the driver:

sudo sh ./makedrv

8. Onced compiledl, run the following to install:

sudo sh ./install

NOTE: the default install script reboots your 4213 as part of the install!

9. once rebooted, check network manager icon to see that the wireless card has been started, then proceed to connect to your wifi!

[anomaly]

Hallelujah!

It works I tell thee! Thank you ever so much, let this thread remain in history for all the other linux noobs!

Cheers!