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Wifi Drivers


 

After installing mint and the wifi drivers on the Evolve III I was able to connect to my wifi but after just a little while it dropped out and I can no longer see any wifi networks.?

Any ideas on what could have happened? When I run driver manager it says all it up to date.?


 

Did you by chance update the linux kernel?? Once the WiFi was working any updates would have become available.? If the kernel is updated you must reinstall the drivers. This has happened to me a number times.


 

here is a bap for the driver code

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There were many updates available after the initial install and I did run all those. Not sure if the kernel was updated in that or not. I will reinstall the drivers and see what happens.

Thank you for the response.?

W4ACR-Randy


 

So I tried to reinstall the drivers and it¡¯s telling me that permission is denied.?


 

Below are my notes on the wifi driver for the Maestro III.? ?I copied and amended the notes from info I found on various sites.??


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git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88.git

cd rtw88

make

sudo make install

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??Remember, every new kernel requires this step - no exceptions.

cd ~/rtw88

git pull

make

sudo make install

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May only need make and make install? --? May also require reboot!

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sudo modprobe -rv rtw_8723du??? #This unloads the module

sudo modprobe -r rtw_core???????#Due to some peculiarities in the modprobe utility, two steps are required.

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sudo modprobe -v rtw_8723du ? ? ?#This loads the module? (rtw_core load not required)


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Edited

I'm getting errors, as below. I did reboot. Help appreciated!

[EDIT] I was able to install the "old"?WiFi Driver -

[EDIT-2} After installing 73Linux, no WiFi again :-(

BRET N4SRN

n4srn@n4srn:~/rtw88$ ls
alt_rtl8821ce??? mac.o???????????? rtw8723x.h?????????? rx.h
Android.mk?????? main.c??????????? rtw8821c.c?????????? rx.o
bf.c???????????? main.h??????????? rtw8821ce.c????????? sar.c
bf.h???????????? main.o??????????? rtw8821c_fw.bin????? sar.h
bitfield.h?????? Makefile????????? rtw8821c.h?????????? sch_generic.h
certificate.p12? openssl.conf????? rtw8821cs.c????????? sdio.c
certificate.pem? pci.c???????????? rtw8821c_table.c???? sdio.h
coex.c?????????? pci.h???????????? rtw8821c_table.h???? sdio_ids.h
coex.h?????????? phy.c???????????? rtw8821cu.c????????? sec.c
coex.o?????????? phy.h???????????? rtw8822b.c?????????? sec.h
compiler.h?????? phy.o???????????? rtw8822be.c????????? sign-file
debug.c????????? ps.c????????????? rtw8822b_fw.bin????? suspend_rtw8821ce
debug.h????????? ps.h????????????? rtw8822b.h?????????? suspend_rtw8822be
debug.o????????? README.md???????? rtw8822bs.c????????? suspend_rtw8822ce
dkms.conf??????? regd.c??????????? rtw8822b_table.c???? tx.c
efuse.c????????? regd.h??????????? rtw8822b_table.h???? tx.h
efuse.h????????? reg.h???????????? rtw8822bu.c????????? tx.o
efuse.o????????? rtl8822cu_fw.bin? rtw8822c.c?????????? usb.c
fw.c???????????? rtw8723d.c??????? rtw8822ce.c????????? usb.h
fw.h???????????? rtw8723de.c?????? rtw8822c_fw.bin????? util.c
hci.h??????????? rtw8723d_fw.bin?? rtw8822c.h?????????? util.h
kernel_key.pem?? rtw8723d.h??????? rtw8822cs.c????????? util.o
key.pem????????? rtw8723ds.c?????? rtw8822c_table.c???? wow.c
mac80211.c?????? rtw8723d_table.c? rtw8822c_table.h???? wow.h
mac80211.o?????? rtw8723d_table.h? rtw8822cu.c
mac.c??????????? rtw8723du.c?????? rtw8822c_wow_fw.bin
mac.h??????????? rtw8723x.c??????? rx.c
n4srn@n4srn:~/rtw88$ sudo modprobe -rv rtw_8723du
modprobe: FATAL: Module rtw_8723du not found.


 

Here's a video walk through for installing the WiFi driver

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73, de KM4ACK
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Edited

Hello...I'm trying to do this as well.
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I'm not using Mint, so the recent Mint fix, won't help me.
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I tried the above but ended up a dead end.? Did anyone have luck using the new process as outlined in rtw88...
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I am not sure the sequence that I need to follow exactly...
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This is all going on an Evolve III btw...
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