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I just installed Mageia 5 on a Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7049, and the wifi adapter config failed on install. I have had other distros on this machine (Mint) and wifi worked fine. I would like to stick with Mageia, so I need to solve this issue.

The wifi adapter is a Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

If I can determin which wifi driver to use, can I just install it using Mageia?


Any help would be great!
Willy

Hello willyd and welcome to Mageia.

Which install media did you use to install Mageia: Live cd/dvd or Classical install dvd, optical or USB
nearly all drivers needed are included in the media.
are you able to connect to internet via wired lan?

willyd wrote:can I just install it using Mageia?

yes, it should install the required driver if you try to set up the wireless again.

willyd wrote:the wifi adapter config failed on install.

was that during the installation or after?

The config failure was during install.

I edited my original post to include the brand of the adapter, it is a Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

The driver for that is named rtl8192ce.

See if the driver is loaded by running this command: "lsmod | grep rtl8192" .

If it is not loaded, then as root, try running the command "insmod rtl8192ce" and see what happens.

If that does not work, try "insmod rtl8192ce.ko"

If things are really messed up (they probably are not, but...) try "insmod /lib/modules/4.1.15-desktop-1.mga5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192.ce.ko" . Note that you would need to specify the exact kernel you have (look in /lib/modules to get the directory name).

Your device IS supported, but for some reason it probably is not getting picked up at boot time. Once you have the driver loaded it should work. To ensure it gets loaded on subsequent boots, alter the file /etc/modules to add the line: "rtl8192ce" (without the quotes). This will force the driver to be loaded at boot time.

Jim,

Thanks a million!


"insmod rtl8192ce.ko" worked just fine. I am connect via WiFi as I write this!

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks

willyd wrote:"insmod rtl8192ce.ko" worked just fine. I am connect via WiFi as I write this!

Yeah. Although I've used the command probably a million times, for some reason I never remember the syntax, and whether the .ko suffix needs to be there or not. That is why I listed two variants; with and without the suffix.

Glad it worked for you.