rtl8188ee - lsmod lists the module but modprobe does not

[philippefutureboy]

Hello!

First I wanted to thank the contributors for their time and dedication to help fellow Linux users to run their drivers. You are a-w-e-s-o-m-e. Here's a cookie, a unicorn, and a rainbow: 🍪 🦄 🌈

I have tried to install the rtl8188ee driver using the ./install.sh script on an HP Notebook model X6V86UA#ABL running Xubuntu 17.04 4.10.0-37-generic, and unfortunately I am unable to load the rtl8188ee module to the kernel, before and after reboot. As a result I do not have any wifi connection.

lsmod | grep ^rtl results in the following:

rtl8188ee   90112 0
rtl_pci         28672 1 rtl8188ee
rtlwifi          73728 2 rtl_ci, rtl8188ee

sudo modprobe rtl<TAB> does not list rtl8188ee, and running sudo modprobe rtl8188ee does not result in any changes, even with the -f flag. the am_i_using_this_driver.sh continually reports negative.

Any ideas of steps I could do to either provide you more information or to solve this problem?

Cheers ✨