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lwfinger / rtl8723bu

Driver for RTL8723BU
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Only works after suspending my computer #114

Closed jeromecst closed 6 years ago

jeromecst commented 6 years ago

Hello, Here is my problem : After launching KDE, wifi is trying to connect but unsuccessfully. It will correctly connect after I suspend the computer, then enter KDE again.

I'm kind of beginner on linux, so I have no idea where that problem comes from. Could someone help me ?

4.15.0-34-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 27 15:21:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lwfinger commented 6 years ago

Your report is very sketchy, and short on details.

What driver are you using? As you posted here, I would assume that you are trying to use this driver. In that case, what have you done to prevent the other driver (rtl8xxxu) from loading? If you are really using rtl8xxxu, then post your complaint at linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org.

Unsure about the driver - post the outpuf of the command 'lsmod | egrep "8723|8xxx".

jeromecst commented 6 years ago

I'm using this driver, I followed the steps for manual installation.

This is the result of the command :

rtl8xxxu 122880 0 mac80211 778240 1 rtl8xxxu

I'm not sure how to give more details, I find wifi networks around me by but I'm unable to connect to any if I haven't suspended the laptop before. So each time I reboot, I have to put the computer in stand by before connecting to wifi network. It is really weird, I may have done something wrong during the installation, but I don't know *what.

Edit : I have more informations : In KDE, when trying to connect

Waiting for authorizations Configuring interface Disconnected

With network manager before suspend: nmcli connection up mynetwork

Error: Connection activation failed: The Wi-Fi network could not be found

After suspenting my laptop nmcli connection up mynetwork

Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/6)

karora commented 6 years ago

Your problem is that you aren't using this driver. You need to blacklist the rtl8xxxu module and load the 8723bu module instead, or post your problem at linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org which is where the maintainers of the rtl8xxxu module will see it.

lwfinger commented 6 years ago

Well said.

jeromecst commented 6 years ago

Ok thank you guys, I'll send an email