On 05.11.2014 20:23, Bob Marcan wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:18:17 +0100
> poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/index.php?topic=86081.msg930664#msg930664
>> Works?
>>
> Works! Tnx.
> Googling for the solution, i filtered out non english entries.
> google translate was now my friend.
>
> Downloaded dkms doesn't work properly.
> At installation it provides proper 8192eu.ko module.
> After kernel upgrade and reboot, dkms installs the old module.
> Probably it doesn't clean up and in the next iteration only installs
> already compiled module. I'll investigate this further.
>
$ rpm -q kernel-devel-$(uname -r) dkms
kernel-devel-3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64
dkms-2.2.0.3-28.git.7c3e7c5.fc20.noarch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$ rpmbuild --rebuild http://users.telenet.be/x86_64/RPMs/dkms-rtl8192eu-4.3.1.1-11320.20140505.src.rpm
~~~~~~
$ su -
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# systemctl enable dkms
# systemctl start dkms
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# rpm -ivh /home/user/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/dkms-rtl8192eu-4.3.1.1-11320.20140505.noarch.rpm
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:dkms-rtl8192eu-4.3.1.1-11320.2014################################# [100%]
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/4.3.1.1-11320.20140505/source ->
/usr/src/rtl8192eu-4.3.1.1-11320.20140505
DKMS: add completed.
Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
Building module:
cleaning build area...
cd /var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/4.3.1.1-11320.20140505/build ; make................
cleaning build area...
DKMS: build completed.
8192eu:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64/extra/
Adding any weak-modules
depmod...
DKMS: install completed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# modinfo 8192eu
filename: /lib/modules/3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64/extra/8192eu.ko
version: v4.3.1.1_11320.20140505
author: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
description: Realtek Wireless Lan Driver
license: GPL
srcversion: 45A7C17EE731A4EB2668470
alias: usb:v0BDAp818Cd*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin*
alias: usb:v0BDAp818Bd*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin*
...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# modprobe -v 8192eu
insmod /lib/modules/3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64/extra/8192eu.ko
# dmesg -t
...
8192eu: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
RTL871X: module init start
RTL871X: rtl8192eu v4.3.1.1_11320.20140505
RTL871X: build time: Nov 5 2014 22:00:31
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192eu
RTL871X: module init ret=0
> This dongle doesn't support AP mode, which i'm overlooked.
>
> BR, Bob
>
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers
...
NOTE: All drivers can of course run in station mode, but only a few drivers support the other available wireless modes! Support of cfg80211 also offers benefits.
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/modes