CentOS - Jun 2010 - Centos 5.5 on a Toshiba Satellite L1500D - Wireless networking - Realtek 8172

I just installed Centos 5.5 x86_64 on a new Toshiba Satellite L1500D.

Everything seems to work (so far) other than the wireless networking; 

lscpi tells me:
0e:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown
device 8172 (rev 10)

I discovered that I need the realtek driver, so I found and downloaded
these:

rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009_64bit.tar.gz
rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010.tar.gz

The version dated 2010 appears to be newer, but I can't find one of them
that says "64bit" so I'm not sure if I can actually use it or not.

I un-tarred it into /usr/src, then copied the contents of the firmware
directory to /lib/firmware.

When I try to run the make command I get this error.  I get the same
error regardless of which of the two driver archives I use.

What am I doing wrong?  Is there an easier way to get this working?

[root at localhost ~]# cd /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/
[root at localhost rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010]# make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.3.1.el5-x86_64'
  CC
[M]  /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.o
In file included
from
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_TS.h:21,

from
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib.h:48,

from /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.h:51,

from /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.c:47:
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_Qos.h:60:
error: redeclaration of enumerator ?false?
include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: previous definition of ?false? was
here
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_Qos.h:60:
error: redeclaration of enumerator ?true?
include/linux/stddef.h:18: error: previous definition of ?true? was here
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_Qos.h:60:
error: conflicting types for ?bool?
include/linux/types.h:36: error: previous declaration of ?bool? was here
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.c: In
function ?rtl8192_pci_probe?:
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.c:5542:
warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
make[2]: ***
[/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.o]
Error 1
make[1]: ***
[_module_/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192] Error
2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.3.1.el5-x86_64'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[root at localhost rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010]# 



-- 
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

2010/6/27 Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net>:
> I just installed Centos 5.5 x86_64 on a new Toshiba Satellite L1500D.
>
> Everything seems to work (so far) other than the wireless networking;
>
> lscpi tells me:
> 0e:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown
> device 8172 (rev 10)
what is output of lspci -n
>
> I discovered that I need the realtek driver, so I found and downloaded
> these:
>
> rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009_64bit.tar.gz
> rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010.tar.gz
>
> The version dated 2010 appears to be newer, but I can't find one of
them
> that says "64bit" so I'm not sure if I can actually use it or
not.
>
> I un-tarred it into /usr/src, then copied the contents of the firmware
> directory to /lib/firmware.
>
> When I try to run the make command I get this error. ?I get the same
> error regardless of which of the two driver archives I use.
>
> What am I doing wrong? ?Is there an easier way to get this working?
>
> [root at localhost ~]# cd /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/
> [root at localhost rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010]# make
> make[1]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.3.1.el5-x86_64'
> ?CC
> [M] ?/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.o
> In file included
> from
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_TS.h:21,
>
> from
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtllib.h:48,
>
> from /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.h:51,
>
> from /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.c:47:
>
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_Qos.h:60:
error: redeclaration of enumerator ?false?
> include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: previous definition of ?false? was
> here
>
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_Qos.h:60:
error: redeclaration of enumerator ?true?
> include/linux/stddef.h:18: error: previous definition of ?true? was here
>
/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/../../rtllib/rtl819x_Qos.h:60:
error: conflicting types for ?bool?
> include/linux/types.h:36: error: previous declaration of ?bool? was here
> /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.c: In
> function ?rtl8192_pci_probe?:
> /usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.c:5542:
> warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> make[2]: ***
> [/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192/rtl_core.o]
> Error 1
> make[1]: ***
> [_module_/usr/src/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010/HAL/rtl8192] Error
> 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.3.1.el5-x86_64'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> [root at localhost rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0017.0507.2010]#
as always, linux kernel interface is changed, so you must fix driver
to get it working..

--
Eero

On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 16:44 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> I just installed Centos 5.5 x86_64 on a new Toshiba Satellite L1500D.
> When I try to run the make command I get this error.  I get the same
> error regardless of which of the two driver archives I use.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?  Is there an easier way to get this working?
---
What you can do is install ndiswrapper and get the Windows XP or 2K
driver.  This seems like the only way to go since the driver want build.
Unless you can find another driver source or start editting the source
code.  This is a nasty way of doing this and you will most likely have
messages in the logs pertaining to a Tainted Driver. 
ndiswrapper -i /path/to/extracted/net8192se.inf
If you look in the CentOS Wiki there was at once an article explaining
the details of doing this.

John