RTL8188CUS & Fedora 22 OPi-Pc

liderbug · Published in 2016-4-13 22:44:27

lsusb -> RTL8188CUS
lsmod -> 8189es
and that's as far as I can get. I can plug the dongle into my laptop (386-64) and it's there and working. But on my OPI-PC - nothing.
Directions???
Tks

yamah · Published in 2016-4-14 23:15:55

What says the

ifconfig -a

Copy code

whera you plug your dongle in OPI?

liderbug · Published in 2016-4-15 09:07:44

uname -a
Linux OrangePi57 3.4.39 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 12 12:02:29 CEST 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
[cal@OrangePi57 ~]$ ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
      inet 192.168.0.57  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 192.168.255.255
      inet6 fe80::e064:37ff:fe67:a202  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
      ether e2:64:37:67:a2:02  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
      RX packets 1453  bytes 128664 (125.6 KiB)
      RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
      TX packets 586  bytes 68112 (66.5 KiB)
      TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
      device interrupt 114

gre0: flags=128<NOARP>  mtu 1476
      unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  txqueuelen 0  (UNSPEC)
      RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
      TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

ip6tnl0: flags=128<NOARP>  mtu 1452
      unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  txqueuelen 0  (UNSPEC)
      RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
      TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 16436
      inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
      inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
      loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
      RX packets 52  bytes 4378 (4.2 KiB)
      RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
      TX packets 52  bytes 4378 (4.2 KiB)
      TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

sit0: flags=128<NOARP>  mtu 1480
      sit  txqueuelen 0  (IPv6-in-IPv4)
      RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
      TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

tunl0: flags=128<NOARP>  mtu 1480
      tunnel txqueuelen 0  (IPIP Tunnel)
      RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
      TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

PS - it's taken me over an hour to get this posted - OP.org keeps timing out -

liderbug · Published in 2016-4-15 09:09:31

Edited by liderbug at 2016-4-15 21:02

posted twice ...

yh75847584 · Published in 2016-4-15 09:37:42

same problem

liderbug · Published in 2016-4-23 02:32:49

I've switched to Armbrian and now Ive got wlanX.
wlan5    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:7f:8c:0d:e5
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

I've been playing with iwconfig and nmcli and I can break it be I can't get a connection.  Under /etc/network which interface do you recommend I use?

Tks

liderbug · Published in 2016-4-25 06:16:36

liderbug replied at 2016-4-23 02:32
I've switched to Armbrian and now Ive got wlanX.
wlan5 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:7f:8c:0 ...

[ SOLVED ]

Ok, I switched to Armbian.  I kept trying all of the several interfaces.xxxx in /etc/network, played with iwconfig, nmcli - ended with a bloody forehead (and screen).  Went to the Armbian Forum, searched for "static ip" and a few links later found
<code>
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.57
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
</code>

and I came right up - you've got to be kidding.  So I added
<code>
auto wlan5
iface wlan5 inet static
wep-ssid <my-ssid>
wep-psk <my-key>
address 192.168.0.58
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
</code>

and I'm up on lan and wifi ....  KISS

liderbug · Published in 2016-4-27 10:50:53

liderbug replied at 2016-4-25 06:16
[ SOLVED ]

Ok, I switched to Armbian. I kept trying all of the several interfaces.xxxx in /etc/n ...

Well not really - if I disconnect eth0, wlanx dies. iwlist scan returns my router, 2 rokus, a tablet and... connect via wifi - no!

liderbug · Published in 2016-4-28 01:18:26

[SOLVED]
WOOPEEEE! I was pointed to a post

http://forum.armbian...-module-8192cu/

and this:

cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i/
make scripts # this you will skip in the future when we fix the building process
cd
git clone https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes
cd rtl8192cu-fixes
make ARCH=arm
# when done

modprobe -r <any 81xxx entries>
insmod 8192cu.ko
# dmesg
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu

and

/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules gets "8192cu"

Some playing around - hair pulling - dhcp works - and my static 192...58 is there. I'm logged in.

Hey, Igor, Thanks