From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Colleen Josephson <cjoseph@mit.edu>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: issues with RTL8188CE device and rtl8192ce driver
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:58:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <520968B0.80301@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN3-2D7=P=9VyV7xoANw_6B8VhOaTRC1iMw+mwUH2-g8YOmPMg@mail.gmail.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-12 22:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-12 22:54 issues with RTL8188CE device and rtl8192ce driver Colleen Josephson
2013-08-12 22:58 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2013-08-12 23:27 ` Colleen Josephson
2013-08-12 23:37 ` Larry Finger
2013-08-12 23:44 ` Colleen Josephson
2013-08-12 23:55 ` Larry Finger
2013-08-13 0:08 ` Colleen Josephson
2013-08-14 3:04 ` Larry Finger
2013-08-14 21:39 ` Colleen Josephson
2013-08-27 23:09 ` Colleen Josephson
2013-08-27 23:17 ` Larry Finger
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