[SOLVED] Wi-Fi Issue: Similiar Problem As Bluebriz

[perknh]

dmesg ouput 2 of 5 -- to be deleted after being read. 

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[perknh]

dmesg ouput 3 of 5 -- to be deleted after being read.

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[perknh]

dmesg output 4 of 5.

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[perknh]

dmesg output 5 of 5.

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[pavroo]

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[   11.221757] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
[   11.221971] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on

[   10.905086] rtl8188ee: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin
[   10.947506] rtl8188ee 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin
but lsmod doesn't show that the module has bee loaded.

Not sure, maybe it's blacklisted?

[perknh]

Thank you, pavroo.

Wow!  I'm amazed you actually found something in there.  I figure what you just did was discover some akin to a needle in a haystack -- and that's not easy!  Thank you.

Now, if this Wi-Fi of mine is blacklisted, where would I find this blacklist, and then how would I remove the item from this blacklist?

I went to Leafpad and looked up Wi-Fi and wireless, but nothing.  I tried looking in my files and could find nothing for Wi-Fi, wireless, or even bin.  And I tried enabling rtlwifi and rtlwifi/rtl8188efw in the terminal, but nothing.

By the way, a few weeks ago I installed Crunchbang and I had no Wi-Fi there either.  I just remembered that now. (I installed Crunchbang to learn more about Debian, and to take a course called Crunchbang boot camp on YouTube.)

Is there anything I can do about this Wi-Fi issue, or does my computer just have a problem with Debian in general?

Thank you, pavroo and MoroS.  I never knew this would end up being such a project.  I appreciate all the time and energy you've given me here.  You guys have been amazing.

perknh

[pavroo]

I don't have any experience with realtek, but my broadcom wifi card was blacklisted in one of the files located in /etc/modprobe.d directory. It's only a suggestion, not sure, but check it there and let me know what you find.

[perknh]

Thank you, pavroo,

I couldn't find the /etc/modprobe.d directory file at all.  I looked in the hidden files, and I looked, and I looked, but I found nothing.

Can this problem be reported as a bug?  Because that's what I think it is.

I do appreciate all of your, and MoroS' help with this.  I've ended up becoming a real nuisance here, but maybe, in the long run, this will help Debian resolve this issue with realtek.

As they say, "If you don't report it, they will never know about it."  And that's the truth!

Thank you very much,

perknh

[pavroo]

Show me:

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ls /etc/modprobe.d

[perknh]

pavroo, this is the result of ls /etc/modprobe.d:

*****@bluecat:~$ ls /etc/modprobe.d
blacklist.conf            fbdev-blacklist.conf  radeon-kms.conf
broadcom-sta-common.conf  i915-kms.conf
dkms.conf                 modesetting.conf

[pavroo]

You have 7 files in the directory.
The most interesting is the first one.
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cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

[perknh]

Thank you, pavroo, this is the output of cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

*****@bluecat:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist iwlwifi

[pavroo]

Hhmm..
Intel is blacklisted, nothing about realtek.

[perknh]

pavroo, is this a bug?  And, if so, how do we report it to Debian?

pavroo, thank you for all your help here.

perknh

[pavroo]

Hold on, please.
I've sent a message to MoroS to have a look into that.