Ubuntu – Compiling error while installing Realtek RTL8111E in 64 bit 13.10. “CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support”

The driver code from Realtek uses some functions (kernel_thread() and daemonize()) that have been removed from newer kernels. Fortunately, a helpful person on Github has ported the Realtek driver to the new APIs that accomplish the same thing in 3.8+ kernels.

The port is available at: https://github.com/dz0ny/rt8192cu

To install the ported driver (assuming you have git, build-essential and linux-headers-generic already), do:

git clone https://github.com/dz0ny/rt8192cu.git
cd rt8192cu
make
sudo make install

Then, to unload the built-in driver that doesn't work (rtl8192cu) and load your new driver (8192cu):

sudo modprobe -r rtl8192cu
sudo modprobe 8192cu

To keep using your new driver instead of the built-in one, add this to the end of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:

blacklist rtl8192cu

Got it! :-)

sudo gedit /usr/src/fglrx-13.251/kcl_acpi.c

Delete these last 3 lines in the file:

     ((acpi_table_handler)handler)(hdr);
     return KCL_ACPI_OK;
}

replace them with:

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,9,1)
    ((acpi_tbl_table_handler)handler)(hdr);
#else
    ((acpi_table_handler)handler)(hdr);
#endif
    return KCL_ACPI_OK;
}

Then run:

sudo dkms install -m fglrx -v 13.251 -k 3.11.0-17-generic

Then reboot. Worked for me - working kernel 3.11 and fglrx now!

(I worked this out from this page: https://gist.github.com/moldcraft/8116528)

As you dont have the drivers properly installed yet you will have to edit the extracted file at catalyst/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_acpi.c as in the URL above...

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