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Software - Support => Installing Software => Topic started by: Jim0000 on August 26, 2022, 05:03:40 AM
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I have a new Realtek 88x2bu WiFi dongle and I'm trying to install it in Linux Lite.
It installs the equivalent drivers : rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux drivers according to information received.
Terminal results:
[sudo] password for jim:
Hit:1 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite fluorite InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:4 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Ign:6 https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable InRelease
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Hit:8 https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable Release
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease [99.8 kB]
Fetched 324 kB in 6s (52.5 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
jim ~ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git
cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version (12.9ubuntu3).
git is already the newest version (1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.4).
linux-headers-generic is already the newest version (5.15.0.46.46).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 2 not to upgrade.
fatal: destination path 'rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux' already exists and is not an empty directory.
jim master ~ rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
However, when I go to remove prior to re-installing, this is the result:
Welcome to Linux Lite 6.0 jim
Friday 26 August 2022, 18:48:59
Memory Usage: 980/3671MB (26.70%)
Disk Usage: 12/457GB (3%)
Support - https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ (Right click, Open Link)
jim ~ sudo apt install linux-generic
[sudo] password for jim:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
linux-generic is already the newest version (5.15.0.46.46).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 2 not to upgrade.
jim ~ sudo rmmod rtl8812au
rmmod: ERROR: Module rtl8812au is not currently loaded
jim ~ 1
How to I fix the "not currently loaded" problem?
My computer:
jim ~ sudo lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
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system Studio One 1909
/0 bus 0VWC5F
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 3MiB L2 cache
/0/1e memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/1e/0 memory 2GiB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 800
/0/1e/1 memory 2GiB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 800
/0/100 bridge MCP79 Host Bridge
/0/100/0.1 memory RAM memory
/0/100/3 bridge MCP79 LPC Bridge
/0/100/3/0 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/3/1 system PnP device PNP0b00
/0/100/3/2 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/3/3 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/3/4 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/3/5 system PnP device PNP0c01
/0/100/3.1 memory RAM memory
/0/100/3.2 bus MCP79 SMBus
/0/100/3.3 memory RAM memory
/0/100/3.4 memory RAM memory
/0/100/3.5 processor MCP79 Co-processor
/0/100/4 bus MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/100/4/1 usb3 bus OHCI PCI host controller
/0/100/4/1/4 input9 input Dell Dell USB Keyboard
/0/100/4/1/5 input Touchscreen
/0/100/4.1 bus MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/100/4.1/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/4.1/1/2 scsi6 storage USB Reader
/0/100/4.1/1/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk STORAGE DEVICE
/0/100/4.1/1/2/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk
/0/100/4.1/1/6 input11 multimedia OEM Camera
/0/100/6 bus MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/100/6/1 usb4 bus OHCI PCI host controller
/0/100/6/1/2 input5 input Logitech 2.4GHz Cordless Desktop
/0/100/6/1/3 input10 input PixArt HP USB Optical Mouse
/0/100/6.1 bus MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/100/6.1/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/6.1/1/4 generic USB3.0 802.11ac 1200M Adapter
/0/100/8 card0 multimedia MCP79 High Definition Audio
/0/100/8/0 input12 input HDA NVidia Mic
/0/100/8/1 input13 input HDA NVidia Line Out
/0/100/8/2 input14 input HDA NVidia Front Headphone
/0/100/9 bridge MCP79 PCI Bridge
/0/100/b scsi0 storage MCP79 AHCI Controller
/0/100/b/0 /dev/sda disk 500GB ST500DM002-1ER14
/0/100/b/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 1023KiB BIOS Boot partition
/0/100/b/0/2 volume 512MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/b/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 465GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/b/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW GA11N
/0/100/c bridge MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/10 bridge MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/10/0 /dev/fb0 display C79 [GeForce 9200]
/0/100/15 bridge MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/16 bridge MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/17 bridge MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/17/0 enp6s0 network NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet P
/0/100/18 bridge MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
/1 input0 input Power Button
/2 input1 input Power Button
jim ~
Jim
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I have a new Realtek 88x2bu WiFi dongle and I'm trying to install it in Linux Mint.
Linux Mint?
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Jim,
In an earlier thread, a panda dongle was recommended. Is this a panda dongle ? What model did you get ?
It's not really clear (to me) what you are trying to do here - did something go wrong during the installation ?
Can you link to the instructions you are following ?
Steve
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I have a new Realtek 88x2bu WiFi dongle and I'm trying to install it in Linux Mint.
I wrote "Mint" out of habit, as I have been using Linux Mint since 2014.
(I've just discovered Linux Lite!).
Linux Mint?
My apologies Jerry, that should have been Linux Lite, not Mint.
Thanks for posting.
I wrote "Linux Mint" out of habit, as I have been using it since 2014.
I have just recently discovered Linux Lite.
Jim.
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Jim,
In an earlier thread, a panda dongle was recommended. Is this a panda dongle ? What model did you get ?.................
Thanks for replying again Steve.
Yes, but I could not find one in Australia. The international shipping is prohibitive, at least for the minimal and rare use that the intended machine will be used.
Also, I have limited time before going away to a venue where I could use this: I would not receive it in time if I ordered from the US.
So I bought this one on ebay on the chance it will work: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/265289412820
Maybe it will, maybe it won't.
It's not really clear (to me) what you are trying to do here - did something go wrong during the installation ?
Can you link to the instructions you are following ?
Steve
Ok, I will explain further.
I have an older desktop, details in the terminal results above, which I want to plug in an external USB WiFi adapter (dongle?). Please see the above link for a picture of the device.
I am following this list of instructions: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1018375/how-do-i-install-driver-for-rtl88
I did get so far as to find the most suitable driver (please see above terminal results). It is showing as installed, but "not loaded" whatever that means.
I would like to fix this and get the driver working, and as a result, get the WiFi working on this computer.
Apologies for any confusion and lack of information.
Jim.
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Jim,
The ebay link suggests the dongle has RTL8812BU, but from your post it looks like you've tried installed drivers for rtl8812AU_8821AU.
It's hard to tell, but it doesn't look like the AU install completed.
Did you post the commands line by line or in one go ?
I can't see the 'make' and 'modprobe' commands in your output. Did you get that far ?
Can you confirm the device type with
lsusb
and
sudo lshw -C network
Once you know the chipset, you can search for a possible driver solution.
The install CD may (or may not) be useful. Is there anything linux related on the CD ?
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Ok, thanks for sticking with me on this.
Here is the result of the first terminal command:
jim ~ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey]
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 03f0:094a HP, Inc Optical Mouse [672662-001]
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c52a Logitech, Inc. 2.4GHz Cordless Desktop
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:0962 Logitech, Inc. OEM Camera
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0715 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 microSD Reader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1926:0066 NextWindow 1950 HID Touchscreen
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard SK-8115
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
And from the second:
sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for jim:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: enp6s0
version: 02
serial: b8:ac:6f:a1:fa:80
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=5.15.0-46-generic duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:31 memory:febf0000-febfffff
Edit:
I found this site that mentions the required driver, but don't know how to use it. If it is relevant, that is.
https://linux-hardware.org/index.php?id=pci:14e4-1713-17aa-3a23
Also, I could not find a package for the NetLink BCM5906M listed above in the Synaptic Package manager.
Jim
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The install CD may (or may not) be useful. Is there anything linux related on the CD ?
The provided CD disk is small (3 inch?). My CD drive, on the side of the computer behind the screen, will not accept it.
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Jim,
Happy to try to help, but not having the same hardware makes things difficult. Also, if we can't establish how far you got in installing the wrong drivers, there may be complications....
First off, the BCM5906M interface is not the USB dongle. The BCM5906M is the hardware behind the physical RJ45-type socket into which you plug an ethernet cable. You'll notice it doesn't show in the USB list. The driver for that hardware has been included in the linux kernel for some time and we don't need to worry about it.
The relevant bit from the lsusb command is
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey]
If you search for that hardware in the 'Hardware for Linux' page that you linked to there are mixed results but there are enough 'works' status and references in the Linux Lite hardware database to be optimistic.
There seem to be several projects on Github for RTL88x2bu drivers. Having had a quick look, the 'morrownr' project looks like the one I'd select in your position.
https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702
Take a look at this and see if you trust it.
Before starting, I'd
1) Ensure LL is updated.
2) Make a system snapshot (timeshift) and run backups (dejadup) for potential rollback
3) Reboot
The instructions below are adapted from 'Installation Steps' from the link https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702 to try to remove the steps which aren't relevant, if in doubt, follow the github method.
Open a terminal and run the following commands one at a time.
sudo apt install -y build-essential dkms gitThis ensures you have the utilities needed, you may already have some of them.
mkdir -p ~/srcThis makes a directory called 'src' in your home folder.
cd ~/srcThis changes your terminal session to the folder you just made
git clone https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702.gitThis downloads the driver to the folder
cd ~/src/88x2bu-20210702This changes your terminal session to the driver folder
sudo ./install-driver.shRun the installation script
Follow the instructions in the script.
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Before starting, I'd
1) Ensure LL is updated.
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Can you explain how i do that please? I did a search and could not find any reference to it.
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Jim,
Are you still having update issues ?
I meant just a regular update.
Menu -> Favourites -> Install Updates
Click continue
Enter your password
Click Authenticate
Allow the process to complete.
Steve
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Steve,
My system is updating fine now, thanks.
I assume that satisfies the "LL" question above?
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I used LL as shorthand for Linux Lite - sorry.
If your system is updating ok that's fine. You didn't confirm in the thread you had about update problems, so I wasn't sure what your status was.
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I have done all that carefully, but I have not got it to work yet.
I copied the notes off terminal to a file where I can find it and read later.
In my "Network" found in the panel, I can get to a complex list of settings to select to (presumably?) get the device going.
Is this correct?
If so, what entries to I fill in?
A few short minutes ago, I found a WiFi set up page. Sorry to say, but I cannot find it again. I did take a screenshot, copied to clipboard, but it did not arrive here when I clicked paste.
Do I have to set up the connection somewhere?
Jim.
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Post back with
sudo lshw -C networkso we can see if the installation has done what we wanted.
Clicking on the Network icon (usually in the bottom right area) should give you a list of Wifi Networks that the adaptor can see. You will need to set up the system so that it can join your network.
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This is the result:
sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for jim:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: enp6s0
version: 02
serial: b8:ac:6f:a1:fa:80
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=5.15.0-46-generic duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:31 memory:febf0000-febfffff
jim ~
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No sign of the adaptor there.
Were there any error messages during the install and did you reboot after running the install script ?
edit - spelling
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Steve,
I will check back in early tomorrow.
I am very tired now........apologies.
Jim.
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Hi Jim, you don't need to put in a new subject every time you post. Thank you.
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Jim,
Another thing to check when you get chance.
In the BIOS/UEFI settings does your machine have the option for secure boot ?
This can cause issues, so let us know how it is set (if you have it).
Steve
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Post back with
sudo lshw -C networkso we can see if the installation has done what we wanted.
Clicking on the Network icon (usually in the bottom right area) should give you a list of Wifi Networks that the adaptor can see. You will need to set up the system so that it can join your network.
[sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for jim:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: enp6s0
version: 02
serial: b8:ac:6f:a1:fa:80
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=5.15.0-46-generic duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:31 memory:febf0000-febfffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@2:4
logical name: wlx90de8026e158
serial: 90:de:80:26:e1:58
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl88x2bu driverversion=v5.13.1-20-gbd7c7eb9d.20210702_ firmware=30.20 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
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Post back with
sudo lshw -C networkso we can see if the installation has done what we wanted.
Clicking on the Network icon (usually in the bottom right area) should give you a list of Wifi Networks that the adaptor can see. You will need to set up the system so that it can join your network.
sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for jim:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: enp6s0
version: 02
serial: b8:ac:6f:a1:fa:80
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=5.15.0-46-generic duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:31 memory:febf0000-febfffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@2:4
logical name: wlx90de8026e158
serial: 90:de:80:26:e1:58
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl88x2bu driverversion=v5.13.1-20-gbd7c7eb9d.20210702_ firmware=30.20 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
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Jim,
In this post the USB device is now showing and has a driver when compared with your earlier post number 15 where it wasn't listed.
Did you change anything between posts ?
Can you now see wireless networks detected ?
Steve
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Jim,
In this post the USB device is now showing and has a driver when compared with your earlier post number 15 where it wasn't listed.........
Did you change anything between posts ?............
No. At least, not that I am aware of.
Can you now see wireless networks detected ?
Steve.............
No. And also, I cannot see the network connections icon in the bottom panel. It was there before showing Ethernet connection.
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Maybe just a reboot did something. We can sort out the network icon but first can you ensure your system is in range of some wifi networks and then run two commands and post back.
sudo lshw -C networkTo ensure the wifi adapter is on the system
sudo nmcli dev wifi listTo list any networks it can see
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This looks promising:
sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for jim:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: enp6s0
version: 02
serial: b8:ac:6f:a1:fa:80
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=5.15.0-46-generic duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:31 memory:febf0000-febfffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@2:4
logical name: wlx90de8026e158
serial: 90:de:80:26:e1:58
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl88x2bu driverversion=v5.13.1-20-gbd7c7eb9d.20210702_ firmware=30.20 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
jim ~ sudo nmcli dev wifi list
IN-USE BSSID SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
00:1D:7E:BB:C2:5A -- Infra 7 11 Mbit/s 100 ▂▄▆█ --
jim ~
Edit:
Hey Steve, it is working!
Many thanks for your patient assistance; I would never have got it going without it.
Jim.
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Ok, let's see if we can get the Network icon back.
This should restore it back to default settings.
Menu -> Settings
scroll down the list and click on 'Lite Tweaks'
on the window that opens
scroll down and select the 'Taskbar Restore' job
click 'begin'
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Ok, let's see if we can get the Network icon back.
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Yes, that fixed it; I now have a WiFi icon showing in the panel.
Marvelous work, many thanks to you Sir!
I am just beginning to find that this operating system has some nice little accessible facilities like the "Lite Tweaks", and I have only just started with it.
Jim.