How to use Realtek USB wifi in BionicPup64 8.0?

[onrywayne]

I'm trying to get my Realtek usb wireless driver to work.
I have the driver disk, using Install puppy to do the install with it has the "Install Applications" which I am using. I've tried to extract the drivers to a folder that I created I named it "Network Driver" on drive sdd1 as that's where puppy is installed. When I try to find the driver using the install even if I search for the file it can't find anything. The driver disk is mounted listed as sr0.

It's a Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter.

Thank you in advance for any and all help.

The file name for the driver rtl8188EUS_linux_v4.1.4_6773.20130222.tar.gz

[rockedge]

Hello onrywayne

I think you will need to compile the driver module.

Extract the files from the tarball and compile the driver against the kernel sources for the kernel you are using which sounds like the stock version 4.19.23. This will build the driver module which you will then need to use the Startup Manager to insure the new driver module gets loaded by the kernel.

you will need to load the devx for Bionic,
load the kernel source for kernel 4.19.23

then go into the extracted directory and run in a terminal something like =

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./configure
make
make install

but I'm not sure. Where can I get a copy of the file you have? I could try and run a compile and see how goes.

[onrywayne]

Hello onrywayne

I think you will need to compile the driver module.

Extract the files from the tarball and compile the driver against the kernel sources for the kernel you are using which sounds like the stock version 4.19.23. This will build the driver module which you will then need to use the Startup Manager to insure the new driver module gets loaded by the kernel.

you will need to load the devx for Bionic,
load the kernel source for kernel 4.19.23

then go into the extracted directory and run in a terminal something like =

Code: Select all

./configure
make
make install

but I'm not sure. Where can I get a copy of the file you have? I could try and run a compile and see how goes.

Hi Rockedge,

Here's the link from where I downloaded the program from.
http://puppylinux.com/download.html
I really like the looks and feel of the software.

[mikeslr]

Hi onrywayne. Welcome to the kennels.

A word of advice: Try to make the titles of posts as informative as possible in order to attract the attention of those who may be interested or want to help.

I'm afraid rockedge is correct in that you may have to compile the driver for your stock (kernel 4.19.23) Bionicpup64. I just find that odd. The Realtek RTL8192CU wifi driver has been around long enough that it seemed familiar; and I have a flaky memory and know little about drivers. But a "Wellminded", http://wellminded.net63.net/ search of that term revealed that at least by 2012 hardware requiring a RTL8192CU driver was being discussed on the Forum. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 419#650419. One thing I do know about drivers is that they must be compiled under the kernel with which they are to function.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have been built-into bionicpup64's 'stock' zdrv. Neither has it been discussed as either having been published by anyone using Bionicpup64; nor builit-in nor published by any fan using some other recent Puppy or kernel. [It's relatively easy to swap kernels under recent Puppies].

[rcrsn51]

The rtl8192cu driver is definitely in the BionicPup64 kernel and should be detected OOTB.

However, there were old reports of this adapter not working well and requiring the vendor driver.

[onrywayne]

The rtl8192cu driver is definitely in the BionicPup64 kernel and should be detected OOTB.

However, there were old reports of this adapter not working well and requiring the vendor driver.

Here's what SNS - Barry's Simple Network Setup is showing.
Interface Type Driver Bus Description
eth0 Wired r8169 pci RealTek RTL-8169

Under the IP Info - Network Information

Query opendns.com for your external IP
Hostname: Wayne
External IP (via opendns . com) : autocheck disabled

[o Link encap : Local Loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask : 255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU : 65536 Metric : 1
RX packets : 56 errors : 0 dropped : 0 overruns : 0 frame : 0
TX packets : 56 errors : 0 dropped : 0 overruns : 0 carrier : 0
collisions : 0 txqueuelen : 1000
RX bytes : 4496 (4.3 KiB) TX bytes : 4496 (4.3 KiB)

Under the Wireless TAB:

Wireless configuration :
No wireless extensions detected.

This is the part I'm trying to get the driver to load for.

Thank you for your help.

[onrywayne]

Hi onrywayne. Welcome to the kennels.

A word of advice: Try to make the titles of posts as informative as possible in order to attract the attention of those who may be interested or want to help.

I'm afraid rockedge is correct in that you may have to compile the driver for your stock (kernel 4.19.23) Bionicpup64. I just find that odd. The Realtek RTL8192CU wifi driver has been around long enough that it seemed familiar; and I have a flaky memory and know little about drivers. But a "Wellminded", http://wellminded.net63.net/ search of that term revealed that at least by 2012 hardware requiring a RTL8192CU driver was being discussed on the Forum. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 419#650419. One thing I do know about drivers is that they must be compiled under the kernel with which they are to function.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have been built-into bionicpup64's 'stock' zdrv. Neither has it been discussed as either having been published by anyone using Bionicpup64; nor builit-in nor published by any fan using some other recent Puppy or kernel. [It's relatively easy to swap kernels under recent Puppies].

Hi mikeslr, and thank you.
got a new problem going on now, and maybe you or someone else can walk me through this one..

When I do the scan of the usb using lsusb here's the output of it.
Bus 001 Device 005 : ID 0bda : f179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

When I start my system when it goes to start the Network it's starting in [Background].... everything else loads to done.....

But when it finishes loading it's popping up a box, Failed to Execute Child Process.

"rtl8192cu" (No such File or Directory)

I've looked in path... /lib/modules/4.19.23/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu.ko is listed both in this directory and in another folder that's listed here also

[ozsouth]

The device ID apparently refers to 8188fu driver - try this one:
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... .19.23.pet
Install by clicking on it in ROXFiler. Then reboot, choosing save.

[onrywayne]

The device ID apparently refers to 8188fu driver - try this one:
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... .19.23.pet
Install by clicking on it in ROXFiler. Then reboot, choosing save.

Hello ozsouth,

Thank You so MUCH!!!

I'm up and connected.
Again thank's to everyone for the help.

[rcrsn51]

@onrywayne: Could you please identify the make/model of your adapter? Or where you purchased it?

[bigpup]

You can also get the rtl8188fu driver from Quickpet.

First you have to use Quickpet->Info->Bionicpup updates

The drive will now be listed in Quickpet->Drivers

[onrywayne]

@onrywayne: Could you please identify the make/model of your adapter? Or where you purchased it?

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back with you.

It's a generic USB 802.11N made in China and I bought it through Wish.com.
If you want or need to dig deeper into it.

The Specifications for it is as fallows;
USB 2.0
Wireless Standards IEEE 802.11 (draft) IEEE 802.11g IEEE802.11b.
Host Interface High speed USB2.0/1.1 Interface.
Data Rate 802.11n:up to 600mbs (downlink) and 600mbps (uplink)
Frequency Band 2.4GHz ISM (industrial Scientific Medical)Band.
RF Frequency 2412 - 2462 (North America)
2412 - 2472 (Europe)
2412 - 2462 (Japan)
Radio Channels 1 - 14 (Universal Domain Selection)
Data Security 64/128-bit WEP Encryption
WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, TKIP/AES.

UPC CODE on the package
8 699258561108

https://www.wish.com/search/802.11%20US ... &share=web