Realtek wifi driver problem in Linux Mint 18.2
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I've installed Linux Mint 18.2 on my ThinkPad E470. I can't connect to wifi as no wireless option shows up. I searched around and found an old post with the exact problems as mine - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2187780. But the solution to it is old and doesn't work for the new linux. And, lspci doesn't list my wifi adapter model. I also tried the solution given by Pilot6(Can't post the link as i have an upper limit on no. of links). But it doesn't work. This is the output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2. https://pastebin.com/mMa6465h
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [17aa:505b]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:c821]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:c024]
Please guide further.
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I've installed Linux Mint 18.2 on my ThinkPad E470. I can't connect to wifi as no wireless option shows up. I searched around and found an old post with the exact problems as mine - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2187780. But the solution to it is old and doesn't work for the new linux. And, lspci doesn't list my wifi adapter model. I also tried the solution given by Pilot6(Can't post the link as i have an upper limit on no. of links). But it doesn't work. This is the output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2. https://pastebin.com/mMa6465h
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [17aa:505b]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:c821]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:c024]
Please guide further.
drivers realtek
edited Jul 17 '17 at 14:55
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asked Jul 17 '17 at 14:16
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@GAD3R I ran it. The output didn't change.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:37
This is the complete output of lspci - pastebin.com/mf55ViFW
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:51
Can you add thesudo lshw -C networkoutput?
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:17
Here it is - pastebin.com/Vgyf1JXi.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 15:30
More detail about the wifi card can be found here listing.driveragent.com/c/pci/10ec/c821
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Jul 17 '17 at 15:46
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I've installed Linux Mint 18.2 on my ThinkPad E470. I can't connect to wifi as no wireless option shows up. I searched around and found an old post with the exact problems as mine - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2187780. But the solution to it is old and doesn't work for the new linux. And, lspci doesn't list my wifi adapter model. I also tried the solution given by Pilot6(Can't post the link as i have an upper limit on no. of links). But it doesn't work. This is the output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2. https://pastebin.com/mMa6465h
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [17aa:505b]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:c821]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:c024]
Please guide further.
drivers realtek
edited Jul 17 '17 at 14:55
GAD3R
22.4k154893
asked Jul 17 '17 at 14:16
Bhargav C S
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I've installed Linux Mint 18.2 on my ThinkPad E470. I can't connect to wifi as no wireless option shows up. I searched around and found an old post with the exact problems as mine - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2187780. But the solution to it is old and doesn't work for the new linux. And, lspci doesn't list my wifi adapter model. I also tried the solution given by Pilot6(Can't post the link as i have an upper limit on no. of links). But it doesn't work. This is the output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2. https://pastebin.com/mMa6465h
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [17aa:505b]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:c821]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:c024]
Please guide further.
drivers realtek
edited Jul 17 '17 at 14:55
GAD3R
22.4k154893
asked Jul 17 '17 at 14:16
Bhargav C S
11112
edited Jul 17 '17 at 14:55
GAD3R
22.4k154893
edited Jul 17 '17 at 14:55
GAD3R
22.4k154893
edited Jul 17 '17 at 14:55
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asked Jul 17 '17 at 14:16
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11112
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Bhargav C S
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@GAD3R I ran it. The output didn't change.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:37
This is the complete output of lspci - pastebin.com/mf55ViFW
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:51
Can you add thesudo lshw -C networkoutput?
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:17
Here it is - pastebin.com/Vgyf1JXi.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 15:30
More detail about the wifi card can be found here listing.driveragent.com/c/pci/10ec/c821
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:46
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@GAD3R I ran it. The output didn't change.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:37
This is the complete output of lspci - pastebin.com/mf55ViFW
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:51
Can you add thesudo lshw -C networkoutput?
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:17
Here it is - pastebin.com/Vgyf1JXi.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 15:30
More detail about the wifi card can be found here listing.driveragent.com/c/pci/10ec/c821
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:46
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@GAD3R I ran it. The output didn't change.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:37
@GAD3R I ran it. The output didn't change.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:37
This is the complete output of lspci - pastebin.com/mf55ViFW
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:51
This is the complete output of lspci - pastebin.com/mf55ViFW
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:51
Can you add the
sudo lshw -C network output?– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:17
Can you add the
sudo lshw -C network output?– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:17
Here it is - pastebin.com/Vgyf1JXi.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 15:30
Here it is - pastebin.com/Vgyf1JXi.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 15:30
More detail about the wifi card can be found here listing.driveragent.com/c/pci/10ec/c821
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:46
More detail about the wifi card can be found here listing.driveragent.com/c/pci/10ec/c821
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:46
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Worked solution (Requirements: kernel >=4.11) :
(UPD: In the latest release of endlessm you need kernel version 4.15)
- Download driver directory from this repo:
https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
You can do it by this link:
https://minhaskamal.github.io/DownGit/#/home?url=https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
- Unpack zip archive.
- Change the Makefile. Line "export TopDIR ?= ..." to export "TopDIR ?= PATH TO EXTRACTED DIRECTORY".
- make
- sudo make install
- sudo modprobe -a 8821ce
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
Thanks for the tip - that worked for me. It failed with kernel 4.11.12 though and I had to upgrade to 4.13 in order to make it happen. Also, fwiw, kernel-devel should be installed as well (for new installs)
– Mario Peshev
Nov 27 '17 at 21:32
I have written something like this, export TopDIR ?= /Downloads/rtl8821ce And get an error message like this, $ make Makefile:821: /Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target '/Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk'. Stop. Any idea what am I missing here?
– Haseeb Mahmud
Feb 17 at 10:23
1
@HaseebMahmud, 1. Check if the file rtl8821c.mk really exists in the folder that you downloaded. 2. Probably, you wrote the wrong path in 'export TopDIR'. Try to wrote full absolute path there.
– Eugen
Feb 23 at 2:53
@Eugen Thanks. My mistake was not writing the "absolute path". It should be /home/username/Downloads/rtl8821ce instead of /Downloads/rtl8821ce. It works now.
– Haseeb Mahmud
Apr 27 at 11:49
The code will not compile. I get "error: implicit declaration of timer_setup". What can I do about this error?
– TheBigH
Jun 10 at 16:08
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1 Answer
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up vote
9
down vote
Worked solution (Requirements: kernel >=4.11) :
(UPD: In the latest release of endlessm you need kernel version 4.15)
- Download driver directory from this repo:
https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
You can do it by this link:
https://minhaskamal.github.io/DownGit/#/home?url=https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
- Unpack zip archive.
- Change the Makefile. Line "export TopDIR ?= ..." to export "TopDIR ?= PATH TO EXTRACTED DIRECTORY".
- make
- sudo make install
- sudo modprobe -a 8821ce
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
Thanks for the tip - that worked for me. It failed with kernel 4.11.12 though and I had to upgrade to 4.13 in order to make it happen. Also, fwiw, kernel-devel should be installed as well (for new installs)
– Mario Peshev
Nov 27 '17 at 21:32
I have written something like this, export TopDIR ?= /Downloads/rtl8821ce And get an error message like this, $ make Makefile:821: /Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target '/Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk'. Stop. Any idea what am I missing here?
– Haseeb Mahmud
Feb 17 at 10:23
1
@HaseebMahmud, 1. Check if the file rtl8821c.mk really exists in the folder that you downloaded. 2. Probably, you wrote the wrong path in 'export TopDIR'. Try to wrote full absolute path there.
– Eugen
Feb 23 at 2:53
@Eugen Thanks. My mistake was not writing the "absolute path". It should be /home/username/Downloads/rtl8821ce instead of /Downloads/rtl8821ce. It works now.
– Haseeb Mahmud
Apr 27 at 11:49
The code will not compile. I get "error: implicit declaration of timer_setup". What can I do about this error?
– TheBigH
Jun 10 at 16:08
add a comment |Â
up vote
9
down vote
Worked solution (Requirements: kernel >=4.11) :
(UPD: In the latest release of endlessm you need kernel version 4.15)
- Download driver directory from this repo:
https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
You can do it by this link:
https://minhaskamal.github.io/DownGit/#/home?url=https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
- Unpack zip archive.
- Change the Makefile. Line "export TopDIR ?= ..." to export "TopDIR ?= PATH TO EXTRACTED DIRECTORY".
- make
- sudo make install
- sudo modprobe -a 8821ce
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
Thanks for the tip - that worked for me. It failed with kernel 4.11.12 though and I had to upgrade to 4.13 in order to make it happen. Also, fwiw, kernel-devel should be installed as well (for new installs)
– Mario Peshev
Nov 27 '17 at 21:32
I have written something like this, export TopDIR ?= /Downloads/rtl8821ce And get an error message like this, $ make Makefile:821: /Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target '/Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk'. Stop. Any idea what am I missing here?
– Haseeb Mahmud
Feb 17 at 10:23
1
@HaseebMahmud, 1. Check if the file rtl8821c.mk really exists in the folder that you downloaded. 2. Probably, you wrote the wrong path in 'export TopDIR'. Try to wrote full absolute path there.
– Eugen
Feb 23 at 2:53
@Eugen Thanks. My mistake was not writing the "absolute path". It should be /home/username/Downloads/rtl8821ce instead of /Downloads/rtl8821ce. It works now.
– Haseeb Mahmud
Apr 27 at 11:49
The code will not compile. I get "error: implicit declaration of timer_setup". What can I do about this error?
– TheBigH
Jun 10 at 16:08
add a comment |Â
up vote
9
down vote
up vote
9
down vote
Worked solution (Requirements: kernel >=4.11) :
(UPD: In the latest release of endlessm you need kernel version 4.15)
- Download driver directory from this repo:
https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
You can do it by this link:
https://minhaskamal.github.io/DownGit/#/home?url=https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
- Unpack zip archive.
- Change the Makefile. Line "export TopDIR ?= ..." to export "TopDIR ?= PATH TO EXTRACTED DIRECTORY".
- make
- sudo make install
- sudo modprobe -a 8821ce
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
Worked solution (Requirements: kernel >=4.11) :
(UPD: In the latest release of endlessm you need kernel version 4.15)
- Download driver directory from this repo:
https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
You can do it by this link:
https://minhaskamal.github.io/DownGit/#/home?url=https://github.com/endlessm/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8821ce
- Unpack zip archive.
- Change the Makefile. Line "export TopDIR ?= ..." to export "TopDIR ?= PATH TO EXTRACTED DIRECTORY".
- make
- sudo make install
- sudo modprobe -a 8821ce
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
edited Apr 12 at 11:46
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
answered Oct 25 '17 at 1:49
Eugen
9113
9113
Thanks for the tip - that worked for me. It failed with kernel 4.11.12 though and I had to upgrade to 4.13 in order to make it happen. Also, fwiw, kernel-devel should be installed as well (for new installs)
– Mario Peshev
Nov 27 '17 at 21:32
I have written something like this, export TopDIR ?= /Downloads/rtl8821ce And get an error message like this, $ make Makefile:821: /Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target '/Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk'. Stop. Any idea what am I missing here?
– Haseeb Mahmud
Feb 17 at 10:23
1
@HaseebMahmud, 1. Check if the file rtl8821c.mk really exists in the folder that you downloaded. 2. Probably, you wrote the wrong path in 'export TopDIR'. Try to wrote full absolute path there.
– Eugen
Feb 23 at 2:53
@Eugen Thanks. My mistake was not writing the "absolute path". It should be /home/username/Downloads/rtl8821ce instead of /Downloads/rtl8821ce. It works now.
– Haseeb Mahmud
Apr 27 at 11:49
The code will not compile. I get "error: implicit declaration of timer_setup". What can I do about this error?
– TheBigH
Jun 10 at 16:08
add a comment |Â
Thanks for the tip - that worked for me. It failed with kernel 4.11.12 though and I had to upgrade to 4.13 in order to make it happen. Also, fwiw, kernel-devel should be installed as well (for new installs)
– Mario Peshev
Nov 27 '17 at 21:32
I have written something like this, export TopDIR ?= /Downloads/rtl8821ce And get an error message like this, $ make Makefile:821: /Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target '/Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk'. Stop. Any idea what am I missing here?
– Haseeb Mahmud
Feb 17 at 10:23
1
@HaseebMahmud, 1. Check if the file rtl8821c.mk really exists in the folder that you downloaded. 2. Probably, you wrote the wrong path in 'export TopDIR'. Try to wrote full absolute path there.
– Eugen
Feb 23 at 2:53
@Eugen Thanks. My mistake was not writing the "absolute path". It should be /home/username/Downloads/rtl8821ce instead of /Downloads/rtl8821ce. It works now.
– Haseeb Mahmud
Apr 27 at 11:49
The code will not compile. I get "error: implicit declaration of timer_setup". What can I do about this error?
– TheBigH
Jun 10 at 16:08
Thanks for the tip - that worked for me. It failed with kernel 4.11.12 though and I had to upgrade to 4.13 in order to make it happen. Also, fwiw, kernel-devel should be installed as well (for new installs)
– Mario Peshev
Nov 27 '17 at 21:32
Thanks for the tip - that worked for me. It failed with kernel 4.11.12 though and I had to upgrade to 4.13 in order to make it happen. Also, fwiw, kernel-devel should be installed as well (for new installs)
– Mario Peshev
Nov 27 '17 at 21:32
I have written something like this, export TopDIR ?= /Downloads/rtl8821ce And get an error message like this, $ make Makefile:821: /Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target '/Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk'. Stop. Any idea what am I missing here?
– Haseeb Mahmud
Feb 17 at 10:23
I have written something like this, export TopDIR ?= /Downloads/rtl8821ce And get an error message like this, $ make Makefile:821: /Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target '/Downloads/rtl8821ce/rtl8821c.mk'. Stop. Any idea what am I missing here?
– Haseeb Mahmud
Feb 17 at 10:23
1
1
@HaseebMahmud, 1. Check if the file rtl8821c.mk really exists in the folder that you downloaded. 2. Probably, you wrote the wrong path in 'export TopDIR'. Try to wrote full absolute path there.
– Eugen
Feb 23 at 2:53
@HaseebMahmud, 1. Check if the file rtl8821c.mk really exists in the folder that you downloaded. 2. Probably, you wrote the wrong path in 'export TopDIR'. Try to wrote full absolute path there.
– Eugen
Feb 23 at 2:53
@Eugen Thanks. My mistake was not writing the "absolute path". It should be /home/username/Downloads/rtl8821ce instead of /Downloads/rtl8821ce. It works now.
– Haseeb Mahmud
Apr 27 at 11:49
@Eugen Thanks. My mistake was not writing the "absolute path". It should be /home/username/Downloads/rtl8821ce instead of /Downloads/rtl8821ce. It works now.
– Haseeb Mahmud
Apr 27 at 11:49
The code will not compile. I get "error: implicit declaration of timer_setup". What can I do about this error?
– TheBigH
Jun 10 at 16:08
The code will not compile. I get "error: implicit declaration of timer_setup". What can I do about this error?
– TheBigH
Jun 10 at 16:08
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@GAD3R I ran it. The output didn't change.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:37
This is the complete output of lspci - pastebin.com/mf55ViFW
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 14:51
Can you add the
sudo lshw -C networkoutput?– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:17
Here it is - pastebin.com/Vgyf1JXi.
– Bhargav C S
Jul 17 '17 at 15:30
More detail about the wifi card can be found here listing.driveragent.com/c/pci/10ec/c821
– GAD3R
Jul 17 '17 at 15:46