[SEMI-SOLVED]RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

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[SEMI-SOLVED]RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

Post by sh3rl0ck »

Hello, I am new to the forums and just recently aquired Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon on my Toshiba Sattelite L875D-S7332 laptop.

Originally, I had the problem of my display bugging out when my mouse moved, but then I used the terminal to install some amd64 drivers and it now works. I still have a problem every once in a while with the keyboard and mouse not responding, forcing me to use USB keyboard and mouse, but the problem I want to focus on is different. My Wireless card refuses to work. The Ethernet card is working fine, but the wireless simply will not work. I tried to follow some of the instructions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1604101 including installing build-essentials and linux-header or whatever it was (I can't exactly remember the name of it, sorry). I still cannot get the driver to work and was hoping to get some help on the matter. The terminal, when I extract the rtl8188C_8192C_usb... file onto the desktop and attempt a make on it in the terminal displayed this list:

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sherlock@SherlockLaptop ~ $ cd Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/sherlock@SherlockLaptop ~/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911 $ sudo su
[sudo] password for sherlock: 
SherlockLaptop rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911 # make
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/3.11.0-12-generic/build M=/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911  modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.11.0-12-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_security.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_debug.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_io.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_wlan_util.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_pwrctrl.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_recv.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_sta_mgt.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_ap.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_xmit.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_p2p.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_tdls.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_br_ext.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_iol.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/rtw_sreset.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/core/efuse/rtw_efuse.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/hal_intf.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/hal_com.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_hal_init.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_phycfg.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_rf6052.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_rxdesc.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/usb/usb_halinit.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/usb/rtl8192cu_led.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/usb/rtl8192cu_xmit.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/usb/rtl8192cu_recv.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/usb/usb_ops_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_sreset.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/rtl8192c_xmit.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/hal/rtl8192c/usb/Hal8192CUHWImg.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/osdep_service.o
  CC [M]  /home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c: In function ‘rtw_proc_init_one’:
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:313:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘create_proc_entry’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   rtw_proc=create_proc_entry(rtw_proc_name, S_IFDIR, init_net.proc_net);
   ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:313:11: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   rtw_proc=create_proc_entry(rtw_proc_name, S_IFDIR, init_net.proc_net);
           ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:320:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘create_proc_read_entry’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   entry = create_proc_read_entry("ver_info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, rtw_proc, proc_get_drv_version, dev);
   ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:320:9: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   entry = create_proc_read_entry("ver_info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, rtw_proc, proc_get_drv_version, dev);
         ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:326:9: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   entry = create_proc_read_entry("log_level", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
         ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:332:8: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
   entry->write_proc = proc_set_log_level;
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:348:21: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   padapter->dir_dev = create_proc_entry(dev->name,
                     ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:379:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("write_reg", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:385:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_write_reg;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:387:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("read_reg", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:393:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_read_reg;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:396:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("fwstate", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:404:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("sec_info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:412:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("mlmext_state", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:420:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("qos_option", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:427:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("ht_option", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:434:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("rf_info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:441:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("ap_info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:448:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("adapter_state", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:455:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("trx_info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:462:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("mac_reg_dump1", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:469:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("mac_reg_dump2", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:476:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("mac_reg_dump3", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:483:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("bb_reg_dump1", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:490:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("bb_reg_dump2", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:497:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("bb_reg_dump3", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:504:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("rf_reg_dump1", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:511:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("rf_reg_dump2", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:520:9: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   entry = create_proc_read_entry("rf_reg_dump3", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
         ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:527:9: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   entry = create_proc_read_entry("rf_reg_dump4", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
         ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:537:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("all_sta_info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:555:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("best_channel", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:561:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_best_channel;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:564:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("rx_signal", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:570:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_rx_signal;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:572:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("ht_enable", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:578:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_ht_enable;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:580:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("cbw40_enable", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:586:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_cbw40_enable;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:588:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("ampdu_enable", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:594:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_ampdu_enable;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:596:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("rx_stbc", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:602:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_rx_stbc;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:605:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("path_rssi", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:608:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("vid", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:615:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("pid", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:622:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("rssi_disp", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:628:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_rssi_disp;
       ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:631:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  entry = create_proc_read_entry("sreset", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
        ^
/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:637:7: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  entry->write_proc = proc_set_sreset;
       ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/sherlock/Desktop/rtl8188C_8192C_usb_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.11.0-12-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
The other sites I used are:
-to download the driver files used: http://218.210.127.131/downloads/downlo ... =true#2732

I wanna has wifi... :(

Thanks!

EDIT: Also thought I should add information on the card, so I did an inxi -n in the terminal and this is the info it gave:

sherlock@SherlockLaptop ~ $ inxi -n
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
Card-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce
IF: wlan0 state: down

deleted the mac addresses and such from it.
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Re: Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

Post by daveinuk »

Firstly, welcome to the forums, before getting into anything complicated have you first checked 'additional drivers' through the menu or had a look in synaptic under toshiba?
I'm no networking expert by any means so you might want to wait til someone chips in here, in the meantime it will help if people know your machines spec's so can you post back the output from these two commands to help.

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inxi -F
and

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iwconfig
sh3rl0ck

Re: Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

Post by sh3rl0ck »

Hello, thank you for the welcome! :D

Firstly, I am not sure how to access the Toshiba software on my linux because my laptop originally had Windows 8 and I decided to use my laptop as a work only based item (since I also consider playing with Linux to be "play" :D), thus in installing Linux Mint 16 I had it wipe my harddrive.

As for the terminal items asked for, here you go :)

sherlock@SherlockLaptop ~ $ inxi -F
System: Host: SherlockLaptop Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 16 Petra
Machine: System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite L875D version: PSKFQU-008003
Mobo: AMD model: PLCSC8 Bios: Insyde version: 6.30 date: 12/06/2012
CPU: Dual core AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7520G]
X.Org: 1.14.3 drivers: ati,fglrx (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,radeon) Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7520G GLX Version: 4.2.12337 - CPC 13.101
Audio: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.11.0-12-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 70:54:d2:b3:98:c7
Card-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 2c:d0:5a:10:28:c9
Drives: HDD Total Size: 640.1GB (0.8% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK6475GS size: 640.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 581G used: 4.7G (1%) fs: ext4 ID: /boot size: 237M used: 43M (19%) fs: ext2
ID: swap-1 size: 5.87GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.5C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 162 Uptime: 2:59 Memory: 687.5/5366.8MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
sherlock@SherlockLaptop ~ $ iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on

I hope this will help!
gtsfer

Re: Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

Post by gtsfer »

sh3rl0ck wrote:Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 70:54:d2:b3:98:c7
Card-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 2c:d0:5a:10:28:c9
I'm trying to help someone else with a similar problem but I'm no expert at wireless either. :) But it looks like the driver is loaded (driver rtl8192ce) right out of the driver database for LM. It does also show IF: wan0 state: down (interface is down). Can you check something, go into Control Center -> Users and Groups. Make sure you account type is Admin. Then while still in there go to Advanced Settings, the User Privileges tab. Make sure you have permission to use wireless networks.
sh3rl0ck

Re: Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

Post by sh3rl0ck »

According to the Account Details I am the Administrator account, but I cannot see an Advanced Options tab or button and I cannot see what User Privileges I have on my account :(
gtsfer

Re: Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

Post by gtsfer »

I just found out that's an LMDE specific thing in Users and Groups. It's not there in Petra. :shock: We'll have to try that a different way.

Maybe someone can help us here? HELP !!!! No wifi!!!!
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sh3rl0ck

Re: Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless card is not working right :(

Post by sh3rl0ck »

oh noes! D:

EDIT: (03/25/2014 10:30 PM CST) I thought I should mention that my network is a WPA2 Enterprise type network. Also, it appears that I do, in fact, have the drivers because I can SEE the networks, but every time I try to connect to a network I become stuck in a loop of asking for a password over and over.

EDIT 2: (3/26/2014 10:03 AM CST) So I booted up my computer this morning to find not only that the wireless had not magically fixed itself (like my keyboard and mouse do after a few minutes) but that now my wired connection was not working and when I tried to enter the Networking settings, I was thrown an error saying "The system network services are not compatible with this version". The only thing I think could have changed this is that a friend who is good with computers who was helping me had me apt-get install a package called wpagui to help try and manually set up a configuration file for the WPA2 Enterprise network, but if that was truly the problem then why didn't it cause problems last night? I know for a fact that I had a wired connection to the internet last night and that I was surfing the web just fine through a wired connection and did not attempt anything to change it before I went to sleep. Now it decides to be mean... :x I'm getting slightly worried about the condition of my computer now... :(

EDIT 3: (03/26/2014 4:33 PM) SOLVED (KINDA): In order to solve this, a friend was able to walk me through what to do (experimentally, which still worked). I cannot remember exactly what was done, only generally so I will do my best to recount it. The things I had to use included wpa_supplicant and vim.

I had to go into the terminal and do a ifconfig to check which network interfaces were active (up). If my wireless interface (in my case, wlan0) was up,

I did sudo ifdown wlan0 to bring it down. I then had to do cd /etc/network and i then did vim interfaces to begin editing the interface file. Now this is where it gets tricky and my memory may fail, so I ask to whoever sees this that knows exactly what I did, please post a more user-friendly version because this is unfortunately the best I can do :(.

In the vim, you should go to the bottom of the file, enter insert mode, and type:

#Wireless
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/*name of network*.conf -B

These two lines specify themselves as an interface for the terminal for the wireless network. Remember to replace *name of network* with the name of your network. After that, I am not exactly sure what the second line is doing :(. You can now hit "escape" and type :x to save and quit the vim.

You should then cd .. to go up a directory and then cd wpa_supplicant/ to navigate to the wpasupplicant directory. You are then going to create a new file by typing vim *name of network*.conf remembering, again, to replace *name of network* with the name of your network. After you enter the vim, type the following making sure to fill in the empty sections with the correct information:

# WPA2-EAP/CCMP using EAP-TLS

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={
ssid="(SSID of network)"
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
proto=RSN
eap=LEAP
identity="(your username to access the network)"
password="(your password to access the network)"
}

From here you can hit "esc", and then do :x to save and quit the file. Now I must say the same warning one more time: I AM NOT PERFECT IN MEMORY SO IF THIS DOES NOT WORK I AM NOT SURE HOW TO FIX IT.

You should be able to do sudo ifup wlan0 and it should work, but I promise nothing and apologize for my lack of memory/experience. Also, while this fixed the wireless which is all I care about, it did not fix my wired connection so I went from "wired working and wireless broke" to "wireless working and wired broke". This is unfortunate, but I am ok with this result because I wanted my laptop to be a mobile workstation rather than a tethered one. I hope that this has helped some and hope that someone that knows more than me can edit these instructions and post a more user-friendly and better set of instructions.

Thanks to everyone who helped! :D
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