Muitíssimo grato pela ajuda/orientação, zekkerj.
Digitei no terminal:
sudo modprobe -v r8192se_pci
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/updates/dkms/r8192se_pci.ko
Em seguida:
sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 10
serial: 1c:4b:d6:6b:56:1c
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl819xSE driverversion=0015.0127.2010 firmware=63 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=802.11bgn
resources: irq:18 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f8000000-f8003fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:14:0b:6d:33:f1
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:43 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:fa000000-fa000fff memory:f4000000-f4003fff memory:f4020000-f403ffff
nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: r8169
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: 00:14:0B:6D:33:F1
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 10 Mb/s
Wired Properties
Carrier: off
- Device: ttyUSB0 [Claro 3G] --------------------------------------------------
Type: Mobile Broadband (GSM)
Driver: option1
State: connected
Default: yes
Capabilities:
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 187.27.83.128
Prefix: 32 (255.255.255.255)
Gateway: 10.64.64.64
DNS: 200.169.117.221
DNS: 200.169.117.222
- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: rtl819xSE
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: 1C:4B:D6:6B:56:1C
Capabilities:
Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Access Points
iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 802.11bgn Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA2"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:300 Mb/s
Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-100 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
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Agora aparece no indicador de conexões para conectar a uma rede sem fio oculta.... e criar uma nova rede sem fio....
mas continua sem aparecer uma lista de redes disponíveis.....
Mesmo o após o reboot precisei redigitar o sudo modprobe -v r8192se_pci para que o sistema reconhecesse o driver novamente...
Mas já é um bom caminho andado na busca da solução.
O que fazer agora?
grato novamente