On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:05:26 -0500, Kumar Appaiah writes: > I've been trying to help a friend out with wireless on his Thinkpad > X220. The identifier is: > > 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE > 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01) > > Now, according to http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x the drivers should > work for the kernel (2.6.39 bpo.2). However, while wlan0 is displayed, > he is unable to configure his network, and dmesg output says this: > > [ 2069.228798] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled > [ 2085.887165] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'WEP' > [ 2085.887174] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'CCMP' > [ 2085.887181] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'TKIP' > [ 2085.887187] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' (deinit) > [ 2143.973876] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' > [ 2143.973885] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP' > [ 2143.973892] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP' > [ 2143.973898] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP' > [ 2143.973921] > [ 2143.973923] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards > [ 2143.973929] Copyright (c) 2007-2008, Realsil Wlan > [ 2326.698887] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'WEP' > [ 2326.698897] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'CCMP' > [ 2326.698904] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'TKIP' > [ 2326.698910] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' (deinit) > [ 2343.256604] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> > IRQ 17 > [ 2343.256624] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 2343.266633] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc' > [ 2343.267260] rtlwifi: wireless switch is off > > In spite of having switched the WiFi on, Network Manager doesn't see anything. > > iwlist scanning gives: > Failed to read scan data : Network is down > > Also, rfkill showed: > 2: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: no > > An rfkill unblock removed the soft block, but that still did nothing. > > I've run out of debugging ideas, and am looking for suggestions. Could > you let me know how I should go about this?
1. Turn every service (wicd, network-manager, rf stuff, etc.) that is associated with wifi off. 2. Does "iwlist wlan0 scan" still return nothing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wreij12l....@alamut.ozun.int
