Ubuntu Networking :: With RTL8185, Can't "make" A Driver?
Jun 8, 2010
I'm having some issues with my RTL8185 on a fresh install of Lucid on a quad core x64.It connects, but the signal strength is much weaker than it should be. I did some searching and found others with the same problem, but couldn't find any solutions. First off, I have build-essentials, and the kernel headers.I downloaded the latest drivers off the realtek website, started following their directions and got this on the first step:
Code:
pvfjr@acer-desktop:~/Desktop/rtl8185$ sudo make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic'
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Oct 4, 2010
when I updated from 10.04 to 10.10 beta, I lost my wireless on my Gateway MX3410 laptop. In 10.04, the wireless Realtek RTL8185 card was auto-detected, worked with the default driver.
So I installed the linux driver version of Realtek RTL8185. Although the driver shows up in the "Additional Drivers" panel under "Administration", the computer is not recognising the driver.
Below is all the specs of the current situation.
Gateway MX3410 Computer
OS: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
lspci:
Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)
lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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Jul 2, 2009
I just checked the Realtek website and they have a new Linux Driver for the RTL8185. The new driver is dated 6/26/2009. So it is quite recent. I would have thought it might have gotten into FC11.
I have 2 questions. Has anyone tried it? What would be the steps to install it?
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# --I have followed steps 1> and 2> successfully, I think.
3) the error I receive when running make in the driver's directory is as follows:
make [1]: Entering directory '/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/build'
make [1]: *** No rule to make target 'modules'. Stop.
make [1]: Leaving directory '/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/build'
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My problem is that my wireless card has never worked - basically there aren't any widely available linux drivers, and there are many threads on getting the RTL8192E to work on many different forums, e.g. here, but none specifically for Fedora, so I think that this thread could potentially guide many more users. FYI, my hardwired network connection works perfectly.
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su
make clean
make
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reboot
./wlan0up or ./wlan1up
OK, so I tried to do this and get the following error:
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2
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This is the output of 'ls -lh' in the folder which seems to be causing the error, namely /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686/
total 3.1M
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 2010-03-16 22:53 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-03-03 05:28 extra
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4.0K 2010-03-16 22:53 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 498K 2010-03-16 22:53 modules.alias .....
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