On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The report I have from Realtek is that a mac80211 driver for that device is > nearing completion. I originally thought that you were using a staging driver, > but you must be using a driver from Realtek's site. Do you have the latest? I > show it to be rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0018.1025.2010. As I recall, that one does not > work on a 64-bit system. AFAIK it's whatever ships with Ubuntu 10.10, unless the people at Zareason installed a different driver before shipping this laptop. I've searched the package manager but can't find anything related. Let's see, google says modinfo should tell me. Here's the output: lightnin@Buford:~$ modinfo r8192se_pci filename: /lib/modules/2.6.35-23-generic/kernel/ubuntu/rtl8192se/r8192se_pci.ko license: GPL version: 0017.0507.2010 author: Copyright(c) 2008 - 2010 Realsil Semiconductor Corporation <wlanfae@xxxxxxxxxxx> description: Linux driver for Realtek RTL819x WiFi cards srcversion: 64C041B4E539FCBBF8BEA08 alias: pci:v000010ECd00008174sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008173sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008172sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008171sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008192sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: vermagic: 2.6.35-23-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: ifname: Net interface name, wlan%d=default (charp) parm: hwwep: Try to use hardware WEP support(default use hw. set 0 to use software security) (int) parm: channels: Channel bitmask for specific locales. NYI (int) > You need to run iwlist as root to get an active scan. That is why I specified > the "sudo iwlist scan". Your prompt above looks like the regular user one. If > I'm wrong there, then something is blocking transmission. Is the module rfkill > loaded? Ah, my apologies! I did forget the sudo - sorry about that. I've left work now but will do a scan on Monday. Should I try installing an updated version of the driver that is compatible with 64 bit systems? Where might that be? Amos > > Larry > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
