Re: rtl8192ce makes keyboard repeat and mouse freeze

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

On 04/30/2012 09:01 PM, simple w8 wrote:
> 2012/4/30 Forest Bond<forest@alittletooquiet.net>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 09:55:06PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
>>> On 04/29/2012 08:11 PM, simple w8 wrote:
>>>> 2012/4/30 simple w8<simplew8@gmail.com>:
>>>>> 2012/4/30 Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>:
>>>>>> On 04/29/2012 07:51 PM, simple w8 wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2012/4/30 Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Get
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-04-26.tar.bz2.
>>>>>>>> That is the "bleeding-edge" version. As I said in the previous message,
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> will build on your kernel!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I didnt remove any mail address i simply forgot to hit the reply all
>>>>>>> button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That IS removing mail addresses.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Previously i tried to build the subdirectory rtlwifi but that wasnt
>>>>>>> possible, so build the entry tree compat-wireless and installed it,
>>>>>>> but the problem about having repeated chars when typing and the mouse
>>>>>>> freeze continues happening.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now a different problem, i noticed that after kernel-3.3.1 it started
>>>>>>> appearing less wifi networks, where i used to detect about 10 wifi
>>>>>>> networks, with kernel>      3.3.1 it only detected about 2 or 3 wifi
>>>>>>> networks, i reported that to the distro and they said was a problem
>>>>>> >from upstream since they didnt had changed nothing regarding wifi, and
>>>>>>> after i installed compat-wireless that was solved. Im running
>>>>>>> kernel-3.3.4 with compat-wireless and it detects again about 10 wifi
>>>>>>> networks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Should i report this upstream so it can be fixed still in the
>>>>>>> kkkkkernel 3.3.4 serie or you ccccccan do it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Whatever patch that fixed that problem will be backported to 3.3.X if it can
>>>>>> be. Not everything qualifies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By the way see how the characters "k" and "c" got repeated when i was
>>>>>>> typing last paragraph.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see them, but they do not happen on my machine, thus I have no idea of the
>>>>>> cause. So far, you can only say that they don't happen when rtl8192ce is not
>>>>>> loaded; however, you have no network then either. The problem could be
>>>>>> anywhere in the network stack.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You said earlier that you tried the Ubuntu Live system. Would it be possible
>>>>>> to download and try the openSUSE 12.1 Live CD as well? As you have used
>>>>>> Ubunbtu, you should try the Gnome version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Larry
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the distros that i tried so far and all presented the same
>>>>> problem i have described:
>>>>> - Mandriva
>>>>> - Mageia
>>>>> - Ubuntu
>>>>> - Kubuntu
>>>>> - Caixa Magica
>>>>
>>>> What wifi you have?
>>>> What distro you run?
>>>> Do you run NetworManager?
>>>
>>> You forgot the "Reply All" again!
>>>
>>> I run openSUSE 12.1 KDE, and I use NetworkManager.
>>>
>>> I have many wifi devices, including both RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE. At
>>> the moment, I am running an RTL8188CE, which has been up for nearly
>>> 100 hours without dropping the connection, and with no problems with
>>> the keyboard. My kernel is from wireless-testing, which means that
>>> my wireless stuff is exactly what you got with compat-wireless.
>>
>> FWIW, I do recall seeing issues with my USB keyboard when testing with
>> rtl8192de.  I believe the problems went away when I disabled power management:
>>
>>   options rtl8192de ips=0 swlps=0 fwlps=0
>
> in where can these settings be saved?
>
> By the way, diddddd you were using any keyboard, mouse from microsoft?

Create a file named /etc/modprobe.d/50-rtl8192ce.conf and add the line below to it:

options rtl8192ce ips=0 swlps=0 fwlps=0

That will disable power saving for driver rtl8192ce.

Larry