Re: issues with RTL8188CE device and rtl8192ce driver

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

On 08/12/2013 05:54 PM, Colleen Josephson wrote:
> I have been having consistent issues with certain networks with my
> RTL8188CE device and the rtl8192ce driver (using kernel 3.8.13). I am
> running Gentoo linux and use NetworkManager to manage connections. I
> can utilize many networks fine, but some networks enter a
> connect/reconnect cycle where the device connects (and gets an IP/DNS
> info), but as soon as I try to actually transmit anything it
> immediately disconnects.
>
> When I look at /var/log/messages, I see this pattern happening a lot
> around the time the connection fails:
> wlan0: disassociated from 00:18:0a:36:83:36 (Reason: 2)
> cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
> wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:18:0a:36:83:36 by local choice (reason=3)
>
> (sometimes it says "Calling CRDA for country: US" instead)
>
> lspci -v:
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE
> 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8195
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
> I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
> Memory at f3800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
> Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
> Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-91-81-fe-ff-4c-e0-00
> Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce
> Kernel modules: rtl8192ce
>
> some relevant logging:
> http://pastebin.com/4jSQAhuM
>
> Any help with resolving this issue is greatly appreciated!

Have you tried the backports driver? There are a number of changes since 3.8, 
which you will access that way.

Larry