Bug #17488

RTL8821CE - Wi-fi does not work

Added by numbat 2020-02-21 10:52:59 . Updated 2020-02-21 11:34:22 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Hardware support
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Wait
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Description

A user has reported that their RTL8821CE wifi adapter does not work. There is no Wifi icon and no signal.

It appears there is a Debian bug opened for this device:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=917941

I’ve asked the user to test with Debian Live and got the same result. I’ve asked them to double check if they have a hardware switch, but I doubt that is the issue.

The user did try out a few settings that are actually for a different device (rtl8723be), but in case it helps, the following did not help:

RTL8821CE.fwlps=0 RTL8821CE.ips=0
RTL8821CE.ant_sel=1
RTL8821CE.ant_sel=2
RTL8821CE.ant_sel=1 RTL8821CE.fwlps=0 RTL8821CE.ips=0
RTL8821CE.ant_sel=2 RTL8821CE.fwlps=0 RTL8821CE.ips=0

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History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2020-02-21 11:34:18

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed
  • Type of work changed from Debian to Wait

Thank you.

My understanding of the discussion on the Debian bug report is that next step is: adding this support to Linux mainline. Adjusting metadata accordingly.

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2020-02-21 11:34:22

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:tails|dc26850a1936718e8a7506fcb48e078a9204569a.