the usb adapter it's not recognized now

[lparis09]

hi, i follow all the instructions, but when i do the reboot after the make and make install, kali did not recognize the wifi adapter, what can i do? i am in kali v5.15.18

[quickreflex]

What is the model of your adapter? Give me the output of the lsusb command.

[LuccaDale]

Hi, I'm having the same issue. I been using this driver for a while but today my pc froze and I had to restart, after that ubuntu won't recognize the wifi adapter.

I'm in Ubuntu 22.04, and my adapter is TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS]

[quickreflex]

Give me the output of the dmesg command. There might be an error in there somewhere.

[MAKOSTO7]

me too same problem

[quickreflex]

What is your platform, is it powerpc (PPC)?

[LuccaDale]

Give me the output of the dmesg command. There might be an error in there somewhere.

Here is the relevant output for dmesg after disconnecting and reconnecting the device:

[59235.555857] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 7
[59246.459705] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd
[59246.628196] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=2357, idProduct=010c, bcdDevice= 0.00
[59246.628203] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[59246.628205] usb 1-3: Product: 802.11n NIC
[59246.628207] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Realtek
[59246.628208] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001
[59246.648750] 8188eu: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
[59667.783986] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 10
[59680.215174] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[59680.383935] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=2357, idProduct=010c, bcdDevice= 0.00
[59680.383943] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[59680.383945] usb 1-3: Product: 802.11n NIC
[59680.383946] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Realtek
[59680.383948] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001
[59680.405715] 8188eu: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout

What is your platform, is it powerpc (PPC)?

I'm using a desktop computer with an x64 processor from AMD, hope that answers you question.

[LuccaDale]

Okey, so after googling the "8188eu: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout" message from dmesg I saw other similar issues being attributed to a mismatch between the kernel and the compilation headers of the driver.

Since the driver was working before, I downgraded my kernel from 5.15.0-41 to 5.15.0-40 and now its working. I guess the real issue here is compatibility with the new kernel version.

Thank you all for your help!

[quickreflex]

This issue is discussed here - kernel, headers, configuration and compiler dependencies.

[SimplyCEO]

I downgraded my kernel from 5.15.0-41 to 5.15.0-40 and now its working.

This should be investigated more deeply. The reason that we keep this repository alive is to give compatibility and optimizations to all users.