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net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work (SOLVED)

Post by iamben »

Ok so this is my first post here and i am frustrated so bare with me.

I am coming from Windows 7 and I am completely new to Linux mint. Everything is working except the dang wireless usb dongle.

The driver install script that came on the install disk did not work so i went on the software manager and found one.

This is the name of the driver I installed instead: rtl8192ue-dkms.

Best i can tell is the driver is installed but i cant get it to work correctly. I have read about this on the net for a longer period of time than i would like to admit and i cant figure this out. If anyone has any suggestions i could try to make this thing work i would appreciate it.

This is the lsusb results:

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Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2687:fb01  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

lsmod results:
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8               16384  1 
isofs                  40960  1 
cfg80211              561152  0 
bnep                   20480  2 
rfcomm                 69632  0 
bluetooth             520192  10 bnep,rfcomm
8192eu               1744896  0 
snd_seq_midi           16384  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     16384  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            32768  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                69632  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
input_leds             16384  0 
joydev                 20480  0 
dm_multipath           24576  0 
kvm_amd                61440  0 
kvm                   544768  1 kvm_amd
snd_hda_codec_realtek    90112  1 
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
binfmt_misc            20480  1 
snd_hda_codec_generic    73728  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_seq_device         16384  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     53248  2 
serio_raw              16384  0 
k10temp                16384  0 
snd_hda_intel          40960  7 
snd_hda_codec         135168  4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
edac_mce_amd           24576  0 
edac_core              53248  0 
snd_hda_core           73728  5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               106496  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
snd_timer              32768  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
8250_fintek            16384  0 
tpm_infineon           20480  0 
parport_pc             36864  0 
snd                    81920  25 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
ppdev                  20480  0 
soundcore              16384  1 snd
i2c_piix4              24576  0 
shpchp                 36864  0 
lp                     20480  0 
parport                49152  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
mac_hid                16384  0 
dm_mirror              24576  0 
dm_region_hash         24576  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 20480  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
pata_acpi              16384  0 
hid_generic            16384  0 
usbhid                 49152  0 
hid                   118784  2 hid_generic,usbhid
amdkfd                131072  1 
amd_iommu_v2           20480  1 amdkfd
radeon               1507328  4 
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 radeon
ttm                    94208  1 radeon
firewire_ohci          40960  0 
psmouse               131072  0 
drm_kms_helper        151552  1 radeon
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
pata_jmicron           16384  0 
pata_atiixp            16384  1 
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
ahci                   36864  2 
firewire_core          65536  1 firewire_ohci
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
libahci                32768  1 ahci
crc_itu_t              16384  1 firewire_core
drm                   360448  7 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
r8169                  86016  0 
mii                    16384  1 r8169
wmi                    20480  0 
fjes                   28672  0 

ifconfig results:

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:a6:cb:26:ec  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:10 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)
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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Hi iamben,
Not offering help for your wireless problem, just saying welcome to the Mint forum.
We have very savvy members for wifi problems. Expect a solution very soon-hang in there.
Also--you have provided excellent information so +1
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

Post by iamben »

Thanks for the welcome.

I forgot to list this in the original post.

cat /proc/version results:

Linux version 4.4.0-116-generic (buildd@lcy01-amd64-023) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4) ) #140~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 09:25:20 UTC 2018
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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iamben wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:33 am Thanks for the welcome.

I forgot to list this in the original post.

cat /proc/version results:

Linux version 4.4.0-116-generic (buildd@lcy01-amd64-023) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4) ) #140~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 09:25:20 UTC 2018
Mount your usb dongle and run this command and the output post inside code brackets not to take space like the command below.

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nmcli radio wifi on ; rfkill list all ; lshw -c network ; lspci -nnk | grep -A2 0280
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

Post by iamben »

Sorry guys i just upgraded to a newer version of mint (18.3 sylvia) and the wifi adapter is working like a champ now. I sincerely didnt mean to waste any ones time on this.

Thanks,

Ben :?
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

Post by JeremyB »

You probably got a newer kernel as I think that device is supported by the rtl8xxxu module in 4.10+ kernels
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

Post by iamben »

Ok. So i spoke too soon. The newest version of Linux recognized the driver and it shows up in the network connections but it will not connect to wifi. Any ideas on that? I have been trying a few different things but nothing seems to work here either.

I ran the previous request and this is what i get. I am seriously thinking I am not cut out for this!!! :lol:

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ben-MS-7577 ~ # nmcli radio wifi on ; rfkill list all ; lshw -c network ; lspci -nnk | grep -A2 0280
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: enp3s0
       version: 03
       serial: 40:61:86:c1:fa:bd
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw ip=192.168.0.139 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:30 ioport:a800(size=256) memory:fdeff000-fdefffff memory:fdef8000-fdefbfff memory:fe8e0000-fe8fffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: enp4s0
       version: 03
       serial: 40:61:86:c1:fa:bc
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:31 ioport:b800(size=256) memory:fdfff000-fdffffff memory:fdff8000-fdffbfff memory:fe9e0000-fe9fffff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       bus info: usb@1:5
       logical name: wlx001ea6cb26ec
       serial: 00:1e:a6:cb:26:ec
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8xxxu driverversion=4.10.0-38-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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Current version:

Linux version 4.10.0-38-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-059) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) ) #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 10 16:32:20 UTC 2017
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

Post by iamben »

Is there a wifi adapter that is supposed to work with Linux? This thing only cost 13 bucks and isn't worth this much time. :x
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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See the wireless script link in my signature and post results
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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Here you go. File attached.
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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I don't see anything major that is wrong but you could go into Network Manager settings for the wireless connections and set IPv6 to off or ignore and set the country code with sudo iw reg set US

I would try using the newest 4.13 kernel as it has some security patches that the 4.10 kernel won't get as it went EOL a couple weeks ago

You might want to find a TP Link WN722N 150 Mbps version 1 or 1.1, mine works fine in Linux Mint 18/Ubuntu 16.04
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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So, I tried newer kernels and that didn't work. I re-installed 18.3 because i screwed up some files while trying to update the driver and it wouldn't start up any more. While i was in the process of installing it i noticed that the wireless worked while i was running off the boot disk. After i installed and ran off the HD wireless would no longer work. I find that strange. What would happen on install to make the wireless internet via USB dongle quit working? I know adapters are cheap and i can just order a different type but this just has my curiosity going a little. It may be useful knowledge as well.
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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Which kernel is the LiveCD using? That is really weird, though. :?
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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This is the installed version:

4.10.0-38-generic GNU/Linux

Boot disk version:

4.10.0-38-generic
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Can you load up the LiveCD, run lsmod, show us the output, and also run lsmod from your installation and show us that output? Might help. I'm wondering if maybe it's a module thing. Probably a long-shot. May just be a case of needing to enable or disable a module.
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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Boot Disk

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Module                  Size  Used by
arc4                   16384  2
rtl8xxxu              126976  0
mac80211              782336  1 rtl8xxxu
snd_hda_codec_realtek    90112  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    73728  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     49152  2
snd_hda_intel          36864  7
snd_hda_codec         126976  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
cfg80211              602112  1 mac80211
snd_hda_core           81920  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               102400  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
edac_mce_amd           28672  0
edac_core              53248  0
kvm_amd              2183168  0
snd_seq_midi           16384  0
snd_seq_midi_event     16384  1 snd_seq_midi
kvm                   593920  1 kvm_amd
snd_rawmidi            32768  1 snd_seq_midi
joydev                 20480  0
input_leds             16384  0
snd_seq                65536  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device         16384  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              32768  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
serio_raw              16384  0
k10temp                16384  0
snd                    77824  25 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
tpm_infineon           20480  0
i2c_piix4              24576  0
shpchp                 36864  0
mac_hid                16384  0
binfmt_misc            20480  1
parport_pc             32768  0
ppdev                  20480  0
lp                     20480  0
parport                49152  3 lp,parport_pc,ppdev
autofs4                40960  2
aufs                  241664  5662
nls_utf8               16384  1
isofs                  40960  1
dm_mirror              24576  0
dm_region_hash         20480  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 20480  2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
pata_acpi              16384  0
amdgpu               1560576  0
hid_generic            16384  0
psmouse               139264  0
amdkfd                139264  2
amd_iommu_v2           20480  1 amdkfd
radeon               1507328  10
firewire_ohci          40960  0
firewire_core          65536  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t              16384  1 firewire_core
pata_jmicron           16384  0
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 amdgpu,radeon
usbhid                 53248  0
ttm                    98304  2 amdgpu,radeon
ahci                   36864  2
hid                   118784  2 hid_generic,usbhid
drm_kms_helper        151552  2 amdgpu,radeon
libahci                32768  1 ahci
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
pata_atiixp            16384  0
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
drm                   352256  9 amdgpu,radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
r8169                  81920  0
mii                    16384  1 r8169
wmi                    16384  0
fjes                   77824  0
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Hard disk install version:

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Module                  Size  Used by
arc4                   16384  2
rtl8xxxu              126976  0
mac80211              782336  1 rtl8xxxu
cfg80211              602112  1 mac80211
binfmt_misc            20480  1
joydev                 20480  0
input_leds             16384  0
edac_mce_amd           28672  0
edac_core              53248  0
kvm_amd              2183168  0
kvm                   593920  1 kvm_amd
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
snd_hda_codec_realtek    90112  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    73728  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
serio_raw              16384  0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     49152  2
k10temp                16384  0
snd_hda_intel          36864  7
snd_hda_codec         126976  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core           81920  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               102400  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
i2c_piix4              24576  0
snd_seq_midi           16384  0
snd_seq_midi_event     16384  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            32768  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                65536  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device         16384  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              32768  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    77824  25 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
shpchp                 36864  0
tpm_infineon           20480  0
mac_hid                16384  0
parport_pc             32768  0
ppdev                  20480  0
lp                     20480  0
parport                49152  3 lp,parport_pc,ppdev
autofs4                40960  2
btrfs                1089536  0
xor                    24576  1 btrfs
raid6_pq              114688  1 btrfs
dm_mirror              24576  0
dm_region_hash         20480  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 20480  2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
pata_acpi              16384  0
amdgpu               1560576  0
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 53248  0
hid                   118784  2 hid_generic,usbhid
amdkfd                139264  2
amd_iommu_v2           20480  1 amdkfd
radeon               1507328  10
psmouse               139264  0
pata_atiixp            16384  0
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 amdgpu,radeon
ttm                    98304  2 amdgpu,radeon
ahci                   36864  2
drm_kms_helper        151552  2 amdgpu,radeon
libahci                32768  1 ahci
firewire_ohci          40960  0
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
pata_jmicron           16384  0
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
firewire_core          65536  1 firewire_ohci
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
crc_itu_t              16384  1 firewire_core
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
drm                   352256  9 amdgpu,radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
r8169                  81920  0
mii                    16384  1 r8169
wmi                    16384  0
fjes                   77824  0
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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Have you tried the Github Realtek8192ue chipset drivers ?
https://github.com/jpostma/rtl8192eu
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Re: net dyn rtl8192ue wireless usb dongle refuses to work

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Yeah, I can't even see much in the way of a relevant difference here. Worth a try. Unless someone can see something I'm missing. The rtl8xxxu module in both cases is not being used, oddly, yet mac80211 in both cases is; this is probably just me misunderstanding the output, as it makes no sense to me for one to be loaded without the other.

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