My results so far: On 11.10 Oneiric alpha / daily build & fully updated (2011-08-04), I can not get the dongle to work. See the problems above.
On 11.04 Natty, the wifi dongle does correctly work after a manual download/make/make install/reboot sequence (see below) So the driver in the 3.0.0-7-generic is not working for me. Does it work for anybody else? Details for 11.04 (NOT 11.10): Linux R540 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Realtek RTL8188CUS driver from: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=48&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#2742 Mini-instruction from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10019180&postcount=6 sander@R540:~$ sudo lshw -C network <snip> *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 4 bus info: usb@2:1.2 logical name: wlan1 serial: 00:9e:81:99:ca:f4 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192cu ip=192.168.1.37 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg sander@R540:~$ sander@R540:~$ lsmod | grep -i rtl sander@R540:~$ lsmod | grep -i 8192 8192cu 498704 0 sander@R540:~$ This Realtek driver causes a lot of (debug?) messages in dmesg, like: [ 619.754376] update raid entry, mask=0x40000fff, arg=0x80 [ 619.755838] rtl8192c_set_FwJoinBssReport_cmd mstatus(1) [ 619.756833] SetFwRsvdPagePkt [ 619.756850] Set RSVD page location to Fw. [ 619.757956] =>mlmeext_joinbss_event_callback [ 621.028996] rtl8192c_dm_RF_Saving(): RF_Normal [ 623.631268] [ 623.631272] ~~~~stastakey:unicastkey [ 623.631411] [ 623.631414] ~~~~stastakey:groupkey [ 623.631422] ==> rtw_set_key algorithm(4),keyid(1),key_mask(2) [ 625.643281] [ 625.643286] ~~~~stastakey:groupkey [ 625.643294] ==> rtw_set_key algorithm(4),keyid(1),key_mask(2) [ 637.007424] no beacon to call receive_disconnect() [ 637.007433] receive_disconnect [ 637.007437] rtl8192: delete STA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795770 Title: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. [0bda:8176] not detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/795770/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
