I did a fresh install from Linux Mint 11 32-bit which the wireless driver rtl8192CU for the Edimax Mini USB wireless driver worked prefectly. To Linux Mint 13 32-bit and the same driver ~rtl8192CU~ installed and not the wireless randomly disconnects and won't reconnect until I reboot the computr and sometimes it won't conect on boot. Nothing it the network has changed, only that I did a fresh install of Mint. I read through the forums but could't find an answer to my question. Linux Mint 13 recognized the Edimax while installing and installed the driver for it. I don't know if that makes a difference.
Please someone help me with this problem.
Mint 13 Mate 32-bit Wireless Problem rtl8192cu [SOLVED]
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Mint 13 Mate 32-bit Wireless Problem rtl8192cu [SOLVED]
Last edited by HAMOS on Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:46 am, edited 3 times in total.
Re: Linux Mint 13 Mate 32-bit Wireless problems
Could you post the output of:
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inxi -N
sudo mintwifi
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Re: Linux Mint 13 Mate 32-bit Wireless problems
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burdin@burdin-OptiPlex-GX260 ~ $ inxi -N
Network: Card-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: e1000
Card-2: Edimax EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
burdin@burdin-OptiPlex-GX260 ~ $ sudo mintwifi
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Linksys-SDB"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: C0:C1:C0:F8:92:84
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-38 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:5b:c8:04:ca
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2700 (2.7 KB) TX bytes:2700 (2.7 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:1f:02:68:7d:ab
inet6 addr: fe80::821f:2ff:fe68:7dab/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:328 (328.0 B) TX bytes:6398 (6.3 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
However, in the mean time I'm going to try another reinstallation. This time without the wireless adapter connected, that way I can install the driver myself and not the auto run program.
Re: Linux Mint 13 Mate 32-bit Wireless problems
I am having the same problem looking for a resolution. Any additions to this thread would be appreciated.
Re: Linux Mint 13 Mate 32-bit Wireless problems
Did a reinstall of Mint 13 Mate with wireless adapter disconnected. Rebooted, installed wireless driver using Moopi's method here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1744371&page=3 with wireless adapter connected. Then I had to follow up with "owh" method on this page: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&p=684316 before everything worked and was stable.
Do you have to do a reinstall of your system for this fix to work? Idk that for a fact, however, since I backed all my data up and I just installed Mint 13 Mate. I thought I'd let my system be the Guinea pig for the testing of the rtl8192cu driver.
Note #1: Some Upgrades (not updates) may change your kernel and firmware driver settings. I like to install all packages, which when upgrading can only be done through a seperate program or the terminal (Please someone correct me if I am wrong). In doing so it disabled the wirless driver or deleted it. I just ran "Moopi's" method to install the drive again and it worked right off. Rebooted to make sure the changes stuck and so far so good.
Note #2: Still can't fetch all the translation updates no matter what I do. I've tried:
and
and even this
Still no luck, any ideas? Not that this has any noticable impact on the fuctionallity of the computer at present time.
So after extensive testing done this morning and following up afterward with:
As a final system sweep and cleanup I determine my wireless problem to as of now be solved.
Do you have to do a reinstall of your system for this fix to work? Idk that for a fact, however, since I backed all my data up and I just installed Mint 13 Mate. I thought I'd let my system be the Guinea pig for the testing of the rtl8192cu driver.
Note #1: Some Upgrades (not updates) may change your kernel and firmware driver settings. I like to install all packages, which when upgrading can only be done through a seperate program or the terminal (Please someone correct me if I am wrong). In doing so it disabled the wirless driver or deleted it. I just ran "Moopi's" method to install the drive again and it worked right off. Rebooted to make sure the changes stuck and so far so good.
Note #2: Still can't fetch all the translation updates no matter what I do. I've tried:
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sudo dpkg --configure -a
and
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sudo aptitude update -o Debug::Acquire::Http=true
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sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
So after extensive testing done this morning and following up afterward with:
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sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
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sudo aptitude autoclean
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sudo aptitude remove