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morrownr / 88x2bu-20210702

Linux Driver for USB WiFi Adapters that are based on the RTL8812BU and RTL8822BU Chipsets - v5.13.1
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(info) Slackware 15.0+ (updated to 'current') compatibility ok #117

Open Jesus-M opened 1 year ago

Jesus-M commented 1 year ago 
root@liet:[~]# cat /etc/slackware-version
Slackware 15.0+
root@liet:[~]# uname -r
6.1.6
root@liet:[~]# lsusb | grep -i tp
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2357:0138 TP-Link 802.11ac NIC
root@liet:[~]# dkms status
rtl88x2bu/5.13.1, 6.1.6, x86_64: installed
morrownr commented 1 year ago

Hi @Jesus-M

As Slackware is one of the founding fathers of Linux distros, I'd like to see it represented here.

Would you mind looking through the README.md file (front page on repo) with an eye toward adding Slackware info... to include the step by step installation instructions?

Nick

Jesus-M commented 1 year ago

Yup, already did.

I've been using Slackware for many many years (literally, last century), but I considere myself just a mere user, so I just followed your directions, didn't improvise at all.

I installed the drivers around 10 days ago.

0. Before building the driver I installed dkms from SBo
1. git clone https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702
2. cd 88x2bu-20210702
3. ./install-driver.sh

I didn't change anything in the config and I did reboot the PC ... and it worked sweetly after that. No tweaks of any kind.

After that, I updated the kernel once (I am keeping this PC with all the updates from -current) and just did what you advised to, with one exception, I did the 'git pull' before removing the driver, because I have not easy alternative connection on the PC, so:

git pull
./remove-driver.sh
./install-driver.sh

and again, it worked fine, with no issues that I am aware of.

The only detail is that I am not using 'sudo' but logging in as root, but I don't think that will make any difference.

Quick edit to mention that I installed the driver first under kernel 5.19.9 and then updated kernel and rebuilt driver for 6.1.4, 6.1.5 and the current 6.1.6.

Jesus-M commented 9 months ago

I've been using your driver with every new Kernel available for Slackware, and it has worked fine until 6.1.65 included.

6.1.66 I have not been able to make it work.

And 6.6.x doesn't need it, because the driver is included and working.