Realtek RTL 8188ce - how to install?

[lukfol]

Hi,

I have a Tiny Core USB installation (kernel 3.8.13). I can't see wifi card on a machine with Realtek RTL 8188ce card. How to install drivers? I added firmware-rtl8192ce_se_de.tcz or wl-r8188eu-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz, with blacklist=rtl8192ce (it was seen in lsmod, disapeared after this switch)- but no effect…

Any help would be appreciated…

Lukasz

[coreplayer2]

This is a RealTek PCIE Wireless LAN card?

[coreplayer2]

I also noticed that rtl8188ce is supported by rtl8192ce 

firmware-rtlwifi.tcz or firmware-rtl8192ce_se_de.tcz
wireless-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz or wireless-3.8.13-tinycore64.tcz

wireless-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz is normally installed as a dependency of wifi.tcz


***so these extensions should be all you need
firmware-rtlwifi.tcz or firmware-rtl8192ce_se_de.tcz
wifi.tcz


if not then I have an alternative driver which most likely will work for you

[coreplayer2]

for the alternative driver I need info

do you need 32bit drivers or 64bit drivers?
also which country will this device operate?

[lukfol]

I also noticed that rtl8188ce is supported by rtl8192ce 

firmware-rtlwifi.tcz or firmware-rtl8192ce_se_de.tcz
wireless-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz or wireless-3.8.13-tinycore64.tcz

wireless-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz is normally installed as a dependency of wifi.tcz


***so these extensions should be all you need
firmware-rtlwifi.tcz or firmware-rtl8192ce_se_de.tcz
wifi.tcz


if not then I have an alternative driver which most likely will work for you

Thanks for help

I think it is on-board wifi chipset… It is detected in Windows as RTL 8188ce, but in standard Tiny Core Linux installation it is seen in lsmod as rtl8192ce.

Do I need to add bootcode blacklist=rtl8192ce, together with extensions? Regarding extensions- I tried all mantioned by you but with no effect…

Does order of extensions load matter in this case? As I unserstand, the extensions are loaded after kernel started, so how it works that the extensions are loaded as kernel modules? Sorry for my stupid questions but I'm new into Linux

I'm using 32-bit system.

[coreplayer2]

welcome to tinycore 

rtl8192ce is correct module, it supports rtl8188ce also

please post output of  dmesg | tail -50  wrap it in code tags will make it easier to read

like this

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tc@box:~$ dmesg | tail -20
input: HDA Intel PCH Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
input: HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
input: HDA Intel PCH Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out Side as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out CLFE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out Surround as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13
input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out Front as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input14
hda_intel: Disabling MSI
hda-intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle VGA-switcheroo audio client
input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input15
input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input16
input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input17
input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2/input18
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
tc@box:~$


[coreplayer2]

FYI The correct module and dependencies for your device are

rtl8192ce
rtlwifi
rtl8192c_common
rtl8192cfw.bin (possibly this firmware, dmesg will identify the correct firmware)

all these should have been installed if wifi.tcz and firmware-rtlwifi.tcz have been installed correctly

[lukfol]

welcome to tinycore 

please post output of  dmesg | tail -50  wrap it in code tags will make it easier to read

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[    2.763930] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.764017] hub 2-1:1.0: 6 ports detected
[    2.870053] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[    2.966797] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[    3.057449] usblp 1-1.1:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2B17
[    3.057479] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[    3.116787] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[    3.209901] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input3
[    3.209983] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2/input0
[    3.216314] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1/input/input4
[    3.216483] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2/input1
[    3.231840] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.2/input/input5
[    3.232039] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0003: input,hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2/input2
[    3.296790] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[    3.383439] scsi8 : usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
[    3.450190] usb 2-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[    3.536339] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0
[    3.960860] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[    4.008084] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
[    4.405714] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access              USB Flash Memory 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[    4.406409] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[    4.407449] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 15148608 512-byte logical blocks: (7.75 GB/7.22 GiB)
[    4.408135] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    4.408139] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 00
[    4.408760] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    4.412543]  sdb: sdb1
[    4.414798] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    4.557828] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  STORAGE DEVICE   0405 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    4.558433] scsi 9:0:0:1: Direct-Access     Generic  STORAGE DEVICE   0405 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    4.559189] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[    4.559415] sd 9:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[    4.566150] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    4.567397] sd 9:0:0:1: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    9.108371] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[    9.109872] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[    9.115352] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[    9.116736] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[   13.985781] lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[   13.985783] lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[   13.999676] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[   14.068289] wl: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
[   14.068292] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[   14.078489] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_read_chip_version():<0-0> Chip Version ID: B_CHIP_88C
[   14.088582] rtl8192ce: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
[   14.089661] rtlwifi: Firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin not available
[   18.572597] r8169 0000:05:00.0 eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw (-2)
[   18.583005] r8169 0000:05:00.0 eth0: link down
[   18.818269] mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,1000000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[   19.019437] mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,1000000 found
[   19.098945] mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,1000000 old: write-back new: write-combining

This is with default Tiny Core configuration. Now I will try with firmware-rtlwifi.tcz installed, and with blacklist=rtl8192ce bootcode

[coreplayer2]

Do not blacklist

[coreplayer2]

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[   14.088582] rtl8192ce: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
[   14.089661] rtlwifi: Firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin not available
this indicates that the required firmware is not installed

rtl8192cfw.bin is missing

please install and load extension "firmware-rtlwifi.tcz"

[lukfol]

Do not blacklist

Now it works, thank you man!
I will remember to use dmesg to find what happens with devices load