RTL8188eus not being identified ArchLinux 6.2.7 kernel

[Masrkai]

[ahmed@archy ~]$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. Integrated Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0424:5534 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) Hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 004: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface Bus 002 Device 006: ID 2357:010c TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS] Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0424:2134 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Although USB says its connected.. iwconfig Doesn't show a wlan2 exists

``lo no wireless extensions.

enp0s25 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=-2147483648 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on

wlan1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"====="
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:@@@@@@@@ Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short long limit:2 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:13 Invalid misc:139 Missed beacon:0

virbr0 no wireless extensions.``

I am kinda new to Linux so easy on me @_@ I was not sure about how i should install this driver I did make and then sudo make install And i did blacklist the old driver wich you have mentioned so far like the .ko and r8188eu

[dubhater]

You probably need to load the module manually:

modprobe mac80211
insmod /path/to/your/rtl8xxxu.ko

[Masrkai]

insmod /path/to/your/rtl8xxxu.ko

i didnt quite undersand the comand.. well after sudo make clean sudo make sudo make install i still dont have a single .ko file in my directory.. umm 😅

[ZerBea]

The driver will be here: /lib/modules/6.2.7-arch1-1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/ where "6.2.7-arch1-1" is the actual installed kernel version, e.g.:

$ uname -r 6.2.7-arch1-1

BTW: Running Arch Linux it is not a good idea to install the driver via "sudo make install". On next kernel update Arch Linux detect that you installed something by hand and pacman will not remove the entire old kernel directory. And, after a kernel update e.g. to 6.2.8 the installed driver will not work any longer. It is important that you remove this driver before Arch Linux develop kernel 6.3 in a few weeks. The driver included in kernel 6.3 will work out of the box on RTL8188EU(S), 8192, ... Also you should notice that Arch Linux prefer (not mandatory) zst compressed modules.

This is my /etc/modprobe.d/realtik.conf: blacklist rtl8192cu blacklist r8188eu

Right now, I'm running this driver: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu?h=v6.3-rc3 because the driver from Christian crashed since I'm on kernel 6.2 https://github.com/kimocoder/realtek_rtwifi/issues/36

[ZerBea]

BTW: I am kinda new to Linux so easy on me You successfully installed Arch Linux. Congratulations - that is more than beginner level!

[Masrkai]

Wait.. @ZerBea You mean this driver will be a default in Arch 6.3 kernel ???? Or just ahm..the old default driver will just override/overwrite the driver I installed 😅 "Btw your information was very helpful for some other things I needed to do thanks a bunch 💙"

[ZerBea]

Correct, the driver will be in Kernel 6.3. Your installed driver will be ignored after a kernel update.

If you do a pacaman -Syu, the old kernel modules will be removed. Take a look at: /lib/modules/ and you see the new kernel modules, e.g. 6.2.7-arch1-1 If you have had installed a module outside of pacman. the old folder, e.g. 6.2.7-arch1-1 will not be removed and you see 2 entries: 6.2.7-arch1-1 6.2.8-arch1-1

You have to rm the old one. Before you do this, make sure that you are on the latest kernel: $ uname -r 6.2.8-arch1-1

[Masrkai]

@ZerBea thanks alot <3