Hello,
I installed the newest 2.72. I had my system up and running with the 2.6 version. My dongle worked perfectly. With the new version the follwing message comes up in dmesg:
usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg
[ 175.823447] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=2357, idProduct=010c, bcdDevice= 0.00
[ 175.831852] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 175.839275] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11n NIC
[ 175.843580] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 175.847887] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001
[ 175.854117] Chip Version Info: CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_D_CUT_1T1R_RomVer(0)
[ 175.913522] r8188eu 1-1.2:1.0: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin failed with error -2
[ 175.922760] r8188eu 1-1.2:1.0: Firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin not available
[ 175.929907] MAC Address = 28:ee:52:17:50:88
[ 175.962361] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 176.163659] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 7
[ 176.169797] R8188EU: indicate disassoc
Seems like the driver is not compiled anymore. Would be great if this dongle could work again. Any hints?
Best