Newbie to Linux, WiFi Driver problems 8191SE

[MrScabs]

Hi all,

Recently I decided I'd put off for too long (maybe too late) installing some sort of Linux installation and start to get to grips with this side of computing, I started in computing 32 years ago but I'm ashamed to say have never done any Linux or its many flavours.

So, I figured I would install Backtrack as it has a range of security software and Im taking a degree course at the moment and thinking of security as an option.

So far I have partitioned off 25 gig and installed backtrack and all is great so far, however the Wifi isnt working as the realtek 8191SE isn't in the drivers list.

I went over to Realtek and downloaded the correct driver from the site,

rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0705.2010.tar

followed the read me inside to install it but it has not worked for some reason,.

I followed what it said namely the following,

You can enter top-level directory of driver and execute follwing command to
Compile, Installation, or uninstall the driver:
        0. Change to Super User
	   sudo su

	1. Compile driver from the source code 
	   make

	2. Install the driver to the kernel
           make install
           reboot

	3. uninstall driver

When I enter "iwconfig" nothing shows for wlan0

If I enter in ifconfig wlan0 up then it shows as wlan0 but still doesnt work.

and this is where I am now,

Can anyone spare a little time to show me where I went wrong?

thanks

Phil

More to follow in a few mins, an output

[MrScabs]

This is the output from lsmod

Module Size Used by
ipv6 239348 10
i915 172552 2
drm 142208 3 i915
sbs 10940 0
sbshc 4500 1 sbs
acpi_cpufreq 7808 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7080 2
cpufreq_stats 4728 0
freq_table 3476 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_performance 1300 0
cpufreq_conservative 7048 0
cpufreq_powersave 1268 0
iptable_filter 2324 0
ip_tables 10916 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 13592 1 ip_tables
parport_pc 24292 0
lp 9412 0
parport 30572 2 parport_pc,lp
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 12180 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 194936 1
snd_hda_intel 24712 0
snd_hda_codec 57204 3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_ hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6776 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37728 0
snd_mixer_oss 14324 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 67704 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2424 0
snd_seq_oss 27328 0
snd_seq_midi 5952 0
psmouse 41732 0
serio_raw 5016 0
uvcvideo 58016 0
r8192se_pci 481364 0
videodev 37056 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13336 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_rawmidi 19488 1 snd_seq_midi
iTCO_wdt 10584 0
iTCO_vendor_support 2840 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_seq_midi_event 5972 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47568 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
rtc_cmos 10156 0
rtc_core 15792 1 rtc_cmos
video 18024 1 i915
output 2388 1 video
rtc_lib 2388 1 rtc_core
snd_timer 19068 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6048 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 50468 13 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_ hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq, snd_timer,snd_seq_device
shpchp 31560 0
soundcore 5856 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7836 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 26108 1
rfkill 9328 0
agpgart 29356 3 drm,intel_agp
input_polldev 3132 0
joydev 9728 0
evdev 9120 15
sg 25064 0
fuse 53104 1
root@bt:~#
Module Size Used by
ipv6 239348 10
i915 172552 2
drm 142208 3 i915
sbs 10940 0
sbshc 4500 1 sbs
acpi_cpufreq 7808 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7080 2
cpufreq_stats 4728 0
freq_table 3476 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_performance 1300 0
cpufreq_conservative 7048 0
cpufreq_powersave 1268 0
iptable_filter 2324 0
ip_tables 10916 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 13592 1 ip_tables
parport_pc 24292 0
lp 9412 0
parport 30572 2 parport_pc,lp
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 12180 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 194936 1
snd_hda_intel 24712 0
snd_hda_codec 57204 3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_ hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6776 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37728 0
snd_mixer_oss 14324 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 67704 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2424 0
snd_seq_oss 27328 0
snd_seq_midi 5952 0
psmouse 41732 0
serio_raw 5016 0
uvcvideo 58016 0
r8192se_pci 481364 0
videodev 37056 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13336 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_rawmidi 19488 1 snd_seq_midi
iTCO_wdt 10584 0
iTCO_vendor_support 2840 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_seq_midi_event 5972 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47568 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
rtc_cmos 10156 0
rtc_core 15792 1 rtc_cmos
video 18024 1 i915
output 2388 1 video
rtc_lib 2388 1 rtc_core
snd_timer 19068 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6048 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 50468 13 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_ hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq, snd_timer,snd_seq_device
shpchp 31560 0
soundcore 5856 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7836 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 26108 1
rfkill 9328 0
agpgart 29356 3 drm,intel_agp
input_polldev 3132 0
joydev 9728 0
evdev 9120 15
sg 25064 0
fuse 53104 1
root@bt:~#


Sorry nearly forgot, I copied over the Firmware into the correct folder namely, /lib/firmware

[reed9]

Please post the output of

/usr/sbin/lspci -vnn

and

dmesg

You may want to redirect dmesg to a text file for easier handling, since it's quite long.

dmesg > dmesg.txt

Post using code tags, please.

[MrScabs]

Thanks in advance Reed for taking the time, much appreciated.

The /sbin/lspci -vnn see attached.

The dmesg see attached. I had to zip it as it spat out an error on the file size, 34kb?

[reed9]

Thanks in advance Reed for taking the time, much appreciated.

The /sbin/lspci -vnn see attached.

The dmesg see attached. I had to zip it as it spat out an error on the file size, 34kb?

That's because I should read over what I'm typing before hitting post. Should be /usr/sbin/lspci -vnn. Changed in the original. You may not need the full path, ie, just do lspci -vnn, but I'm not too familiar with Backtrack and some distros don't put /usr/sbin in the user accounts $PATH.

There's not much in dmesg. Can you do

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

and then post the tail end of dmesg

dmesg | tail

And what does this show?

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Does Backtrack use sudo for root priviliges? If not log in to the shell as root before the above and ditch the sudo part.

su -
ifconfig wlan0 up
dmesg | tail
iwlist wlan0 scan

[MrScabs]

It appears we have a signal! Great!
I'm not versed with the commands yet (reference would be useful)
but I can see my Router however I need tackle that next.
Thats if what I see here (marked) Fearless - that is mine!

root@bt:~# dmesg | tail
pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:02.0: irq 30 for MSI/MSI-X
acpi device:0d: registered as cooling_device2
input: Video Bus as /class/input/input10
ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
[drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
set status page addr 0x07fff000
uvcvideo: Failed to query (1) UVC control 9 (unit 5) : -32 (exp. 2).
rtl819xSE 0000:14:00.0: firmware: requesting RTL8192SE/rtl8192sfw.bin
rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1

root@bt:~# sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:24:17:35:74:83
                    ESSID:"Fearless"  <--------------------------------my router
                    Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:7
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=100/100  Signal level=-57 dBm  Noise level=-120 dBm
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra: Last beacon: 74ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:21:63:68:06:D0
                    ESSID:"WIRELESS729"
                    Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:9
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=47/100  Signal level=-54 dBm  Noise level=-93 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 80ms ago
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:22:69:9E:2B:5C
                    ESSID:"BTHomeHub2-GQ7Q"
                    Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=66/100  Signal level=-63 dBm  Noise level=-103 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 3ms ago
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:1F:33:7F:F2:F0
                    ESSID:"soul6345"
                    Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 22 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=47/100  Signal level=-61 dBm  Noise level=-93 dBm
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra: Last beacon: 43ms ago

root@bt:~# su -
root@bt:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
root@bt:~# dmesg | tail
=====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:9
=====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:10
=====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:11
=====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:12
=====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:13
device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
root@bt:~# iwlist wlan0 scan

[giorgeo52]

Can I just say I am relatively new to Linux, I have to say the challenge for some of the more simple "normal applications etc etc" can sometimes be a bit off putting, but it does give one the opportunity to use one's grey matter. I recently stumbled at the 1st hurdle in setting up a usb wifi key and was helped along the way and eventually a "penny dropped " and I got it working.. I have since however had a couple of problems and so of the characterisitics were very similar. I shut down my system in a "hurry" and on both occasions I was actually using aprogram called "VUSE" and for what ever reason the next time I came to " fireup " my system I could not reconnect to the net at all. I was repeatedly getting bad password message carefully re-entering the password. I read through absolutely remes of "so called Fixes" and acres of terminal data to enter to fix the problem most of which incidently didnt make any difference. I had copied down all the Router info by hand after having experienced the proble the 1st time. The usual late night till 3 am followed with various efforts and reading about bugs etc. I could at any time through out connect by wire and ethernet, and also had other computers on the "other" operating system. Finally in despseration I accessed my router and began checking My previously written down information. Now as much as I hate to admit it and hopefully Im not insulting anyones intelligence it really was a simple case of an error on the pasword key by one letter. So in conclusion I would just like to stress that sometimes as good as we think we are a little old fashioned just check everything goes a long way rather than jumping all over the net and trying "half baked solutions and patches" This how ever does not explain why I lost it except to say that VUSE was in the frame on both occasions....