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[Ryan McClure <mcc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, no, we can't. I can't, at least.

Look, I came here to report that I was having issues with a particular
card. It doesn't work the way it's supposed to. I'm here because this is
the open-source community's forum for announcing and working toward
fixing bugs in arbitrary, probably-proprietary hardware. I've written
compiled code maybe three times in my life, and it was compiled Python,
not C++. I've poked at C++, I can pick out some C++ syntax errors, but
that's it.

I'd be delighted to test fixes and report back *immediately*...if I were
in a position to do so. I don't know enough. Fill in the blanks and I
will guinea pig whatever you want to throw at me, provided it doesn't
disrupt the paid work I need to get done with the machine in question.

So, when you say "have someone try either kernel 3.11-rc6 or a backports
version derived from 3.11?" the immediate thing I think is, "Okay, how
do I do that?" But rather than being "that noob guy" asking the
question, I wait for someone else who, presumably, knows exactly what
that means and how to do it in a non-invasive, easy-to-rollback way. If
you want someone to test stuff immediately, as soon as you release
fixes, then tell me how and I will be 100% right there.

But I don't have the knowledge or tools for that. I don't know how many
of the other 70+ folks on this chain do. Maybe I'm the lowest man on the
totem pole and everyone else knows exactly how to test that and is just
being lazy. I'm willing to bet more than a few are in the exact same
boat as me: more-or-less casual Linux users who have some misbehaving
hardware and want it to "just work."

If you want us to provide you with more than that, then tell us how.

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Title:
  10ec:8176 Wireless not working in 12.04 for rtl8192ce (RTL8188CE)

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Wireless no longer seems to work since I upgraded to Precise, it was working (albeit very flaky) ion 11.10, but it never seems to be able to connect to any access points since the upgrade.
  It can see all the available networks, but it can't seem to connect to any of them.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: linux-image-3.2.0-3-generic-pae 3.2.0-3.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-3.9-generic-pae 3.2.0-rc4
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic-pae i686
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  beuno      1763 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA:
   country EC:
    (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
    (5170 - 5250 @ 20), (3, 17)
    (5250 - 5330 @ 20), (3, 23), DFS
    (5735 - 5835 @ 20), (3, 30)
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0244000 irq 44'
     Mixer name	: 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
     Controls      : 5
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card0.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0240000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Conexant CX20582 (Pebble)'
     Components	: 'HDA:14f15066,17aa21df,00100302'
     Controls      : 8
     Simple ctrls  : 5
  Card29.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown'
     Mixer name	: 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)'
     Components	: ''
     Controls      : 1
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card29.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'Console',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  Date: Sat Dec 10 12:54:26 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  MachineType: LENOVO 05962RU
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-generic-pae root=UUID=c9ef48cc-ddc5-4873-ac9b-2a14fe2329d3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-3-generic-pae N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-3-generic-pae  N/A
   linux-firmware                               1.62
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-10 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 8FET31WW (1.15 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 05962RU
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8FET31WW(1.15):bd08/25/2011:svnLENOVO:pn05962RU:pvrThinkPadX120e:rvnLENOVO:rn05962RU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 05962RU
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X120e
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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