As some many times occurs, the things that don't work in 64 bits works well with 32 bits. I installed this version and even from the live the card was successfully initialized and all works OK.
** Tags added: running-unity ** Description changed: Binary package hint: linux-firmware This bug is essentially the same that was reported many times in the past with other versions, the firmware of this card doesn't function with the actual drivers, this is the log extracted form syslog with the related inform: Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.079620] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.079621] Copyright (c) 2007-2008, Realsil Wlan Driver Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.108274] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.2, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd04733/0xa40000/0xa0000 Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.108283] synaptics: Toshiba Satellite L505D detected, limiting rate to 40pps. Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.217905] type=1400 audit(1299168198.858:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=720 comm="apparmor_parser" Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.218197] type=1400 audit(1299168198.858:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=720 comm="apparmor_parser" Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.218358] type=1400 audit(1299168198.858:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=720 comm="apparmor_parser" Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.221219] type=1400 audit(1299168198.868:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" pid=719 comm="apparmor_parser" Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.230380] type=1400 audit(1299168198.878:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince" pid=721 comm="apparmor_parser" Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.235604] type=1400 audit(1299168198.878:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=723 comm="apparmor_parser" Mar 3 11:03:18 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.235984] type=1400 audit(1299168198.878:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=723 comm="apparmor_parser" Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2). Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: supplicant_interface_acquire: assertion `mgr_state == NM_SUPPLICANT_MANAGER_STATE_IDLE' failed Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): now managed Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): bringing up device. Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680080] rtl819xE:Download Firmware: Put code fail! Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680083] Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680087] rtl819xE:ERR in CPUcheck_maincodeok_turnonCPU() Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680088] Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680090] rtl819xE:ERR in init_firmware() Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680091] Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680094] rtl819xE:ERR!!! _rtl8192_up(): initialization is failed! Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.680095] Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.683479] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC0141000 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.683483] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.683485] [drm] size 4325376 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.683487] [drm] fb depth is 24 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.683488] [drm] pitch is 5632 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.684981] r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link down Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.684992] r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link down Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.685053] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.685067] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.685069] drm: registered panic notifier Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.685082] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.8.0 20080528 for 0000:01:05.0 on minor 0 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.685632] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): preparing device. Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 2). Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> modem-manager is now available Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <warn> bluez error getting default adapter: The name org.bluez was not provided by any .service files Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> Trying to start the supplicant... Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.700252] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8 Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D gdm-binary[743]: WARNING: Unable to load file '/etc/gdm/custom.conf': No existe el fichero o el directorio Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.710847] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.710853] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.710856] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.710859] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.710862] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.710865] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D kernel: [ 12.710868] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant manager state: down -> idle Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 0) Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D wpa_supplicant[748]: Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not permitted Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D wpa_supplicant[748]: Failed to initialize driver interface Mar 3 11:03:19 wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D NetworkManager[695]: <error> [1299168199.388703] [nm-supplicant-interface.c:806] nm_supplicant_interface_add_cb(): (wlan0): error getting interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this interface. The Gregkh linux-firmware git isn't available (i read that was merged in the main tree), but the files exists: wilfredcom@wilfredcom-Satellite-L505D:~$ ls /lib/firmware/RTL8192E/ -l total 52 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 344 2010-11-18 16:20 boot.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 848 2010-11-18 16:20 data.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42944 2010-11-18 16:20 main.img I tried blacklisting r8192e_pci and r8192se_pci, but when blacklist r8192e_pci, the "rfkill list all" instruction show's me that the device is hard blocked but no error appear in syslog, if the case is the other (blacklist r8192se_pci) the invalid firmware message appear in log. For information the instaled version of the package is 1.47, the kernel is: 2.6.38-5-generic AMD 64 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.47 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Mar 3 11:21:49 2011 Dependencies: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110202) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_CO:es:en_GB:en LANG=es_CO.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-firmware UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- Architecture: amd64 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110202) Package: linux-firmware 1.48 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_CO:es:en_GB:en LANG=es_CO.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 Tags: natty Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare --- Architecture: amd64 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110202) Package: linux-firmware 1.48 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_CO:es:en_GB:en LANG=es_CO.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 Tags: natty Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare + --- + Architecture: i386 + Dependencies: + + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302) + Package: linux-firmware 1.48 + PackageArchitecture: all + ProcEnviron: + LANGUAGE=es_CO:es:en_GB:en + LANG=es_CO.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 + Tags: natty running-unity + Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686 + UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/728544 Title: rtl8192e doesn't work -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs