Return-path: Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:64540 "EHLO mail-lpp01m010-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757379Ab2EADcV convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:32:21 -0400 Received: by lahj13 with SMTP id j13so2269885lah.19 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:32:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4F9F55F9.3090800@lwfinger.net> References: <4F9BFA14.3070008@lwfinger.net> <4F9DD22F.8010305@lwfinger.net> <4F9DE46E.6030103@lwfinger.net> <4F9DFF0A.7080604@lwfinger.net> <20120430120037.GG9863@alittletooquiet.net> <4F9F55F9.3090800@lwfinger.net> From: simple w8 Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 04:31:59 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20120501_053252_401041_C013E531) Subject: Re: rtl8192ce makes keyboard repeat and mouse freeze To: Larry Finger Cc: Forest Bond , wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2012/5/1 Larry Finger : > On 04/30/2012 09:01 PM, simple w8 wrote: >> >> 2012/4/30 Forest Bond: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 09:55:06PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: >>>> >>>> On 04/29/2012 08:11 PM, simple w8 wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 2012/4/30 simple w8: >>>>>> >>>>>> 2012/4/30 Larry Finger: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 04/29/2012 07:51 PM, simple w8 wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2012/4/30 Larry Finger: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Get >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-04-26.tar.bz2. >>>>>>>>> That is the "bleeding-edge" version. As I said in the previous >>>>>>>>> message, >>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>> will build on your kernel! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I didnt remove any mail address i simply forgot to hit the reply all >>>>>>>> button. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That IS removing mail addresses. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Previously i tried to build the subdirectory rtlwifi but that wasnt >>>>>>>> possible, so build the entry tree compat-wireless and installed it, >>>>>>>> but the problem about having repeated chars when typing and the >>>>>>>> mouse >>>>>>>> freeze continues happening. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Now a different problem, i noticed that after kernel-3.3.1 it >>>>>>>> started >>>>>>>> appearing less wifi networks, where i used to detect about 10 wifi >>>>>>>> networks, with kernel> ? ? ?3.3.1 it only detected about 2 or 3 wifi >>>>>>>> networks, i reported that to the distro and they said was a problem >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >from upstream since they didnt had changed nothing regarding wifi, >>>>>>> > and >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> after i installed compat-wireless that was solved. Im running >>>>>>>> kernel-3.3.4 with compat-wireless and it detects again about 10 wifi >>>>>>>> networks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Should i report this upstream so it can be fixed still in the >>>>>>>> kkkkkernel 3.3.4 serie or you ccccccan do it? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Whatever patch that fixed that problem will be backported to 3.3.X if >>>>>>> it can >>>>>>> be. Not everything qualifies. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> By the way see how the characters "k" and "c" got repeated when i >>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>> typing last paragraph. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I see them, but they do not happen on my machine, thus I have no idea >>>>>>> of the >>>>>>> cause. So far, you can only say that they don't happen when rtl8192ce >>>>>>> is not >>>>>>> loaded; however, you have no network then either. The problem could >>>>>>> be >>>>>>> anywhere in the network stack. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You said earlier that you tried the Ubuntu Live system. Would it be >>>>>>> possible >>>>>>> to download and try the openSUSE 12.1 Live CD as well? As you have >>>>>>> used >>>>>>> Ubunbtu, you should try the Gnome version. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Larry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> These are the distros that i tried so far and all presented the same >>>>>> problem i have described: >>>>>> - Mandriva >>>>>> - Mageia >>>>>> - Ubuntu >>>>>> - Kubuntu >>>>>> - Caixa Magica >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What wifi you have? >>>>> What distro you run? >>>>> Do you run NetworManager? >>>> >>>> >>>> You forgot the "Reply All" again! >>>> >>>> I run openSUSE 12.1 KDE, and I use NetworkManager. >>>> >>>> I have many wifi devices, including both RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE. At >>>> the moment, I am running an RTL8188CE, which has been up for nearly >>>> 100 hours without dropping the connection, and with no problems with >>>> the keyboard. My kernel is from wireless-testing, which means that >>>> my wireless stuff is exactly what you got with compat-wireless. >>> >>> >>> FWIW, I do recall seeing issues with my USB keyboard when testing with >>> rtl8192de. ?I believe the problems went away when I disabled power >>> management: >>> >>> ?options rtl8192de ips=0 swlps=0 fwlps=0 >> >> >> in where can these settings be saved? >> >> By the way, diddddd you were using any keyboard, mouse from microsoft? > > > Create a file named /etc/modprobe.d/50-rtl8192ce.conf and add the line below > to it: > > options rtl8192ce ips=0 swlps=0 fwlps=0 > > That will disable power saving for driver rtl8192ce. > > Larry > > By the way when i installed compat-wireless was in kernel-3.3.1 in which used to be detected about 10 wifi networks, so when i said that fixed the kernel-3.3.4 i was not correct. Now i have installed compat-wireless for kernel-3.3.4 and it did not changed anything, i continued detecting only 2 wifi networks, like the router antenna didnt had any force, but when i boot kernel-3.3.1 i have again about 10 wifi networks detected, so this is a problem that appeared from kernel-3.3.2 and continues existing upstream.