I recently bought the Alfa AWUS036ACM WiFi adapter based on online recommendations.
Unfortunately it does not work out-of-the-box with older versions of Mint, so I just upgraded to Vanessa.
Whereas the device is recognised and functions for approx. 1 minute, after this time it simply stops functioning and no longer appears as an attached device.
I've gone through a few posts from here and elsewhere, and have installed these drivers:
github.com/morrownr/7612u
github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
Same issue occurs. Unplugging and replugging the device doesn't bring it back up even temporarily, only rebooting.
I have grabbed some system information with inxi etc. Before the *** is with the device registering, after the *** is after it drops off:
matt@micronaut:~$ inxi -Sxxx
System:
Host: micronaut Kernel: 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 11.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.10 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
matt@micronaut:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.10 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: 980DE3/U3S3 serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: P1.20 date: 04/09/2013
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD FX-6300 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
rev: 0 cache: L1: 288 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1432 high: 1609 min/max: 1400/3500 boost: enabled
cores: 1: 1400 2: 1609 3: 1401 4: 1392 5: 1393 6: 1401 bogomips: 42085
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
2: 3840x2160~30Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD TAHITI (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 2.50 5.15.0-46-generic)
v: 4.5 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.2
Device-2: AMD Tahiti HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7870 XT / 7950/7970]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-46-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e800 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: MediaTek MT7612U 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter type: USB
driver: mt76x2u bus-ID: 9-3:2
IF: wlx00c0cab06290 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 7.68 GiB (0.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00KUWA0
size: 931.51 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 120GB size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 36.37 GiB used: 7.09 GiB (19.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
ID-2: /boot size: 36.37 GiB used: 270.4 MiB (0.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sdb6
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 4.65 GiB used: 5.2 MiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sdb1
ID-4: /home size: 851.65 GiB used: 330 MiB (0.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 65.19 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 64.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 249 Uptime: 1m Memory: 23.46 GiB used: 1.29 GiB (5.5%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 Packages: 2080 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.13
matt@micronaut:~$ inxi -Nn
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: bc:5f:f4
36:e4Device-2: MediaTek MT7612U 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter type: USB
driver: mt76x2u
IF: wlx00c0cab06290 state: up mac: 00:c0:ca:b0:62:90
matt@micronaut:~$ rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
matt@micronaut:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp4s0 no wireless extensions.
wlx00c0cab06290 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"ROCKETFIBRE_1C_5G"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.52 GHz Access Point: 50:EB:F6:83:71:20
Bit Rate=292.6 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=62/70 Signal level=-48 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:40 Missed beacon:0
***
matt@micronaut:~$ inxi -Sxxx
System:
Host: micronaut Kernel: 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 11.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.10 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
matt@micronaut:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.10 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: 980DE3/U3S3 serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: P1.20 date: 04/09/2013
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD FX-6300 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
rev: 0 cache: L1: 288 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1396 high: 1402 min/max: 1400/3500 boost: enabled
cores: 1: 1401 2: 1392 3: 1399 4: 1390 5: 1402 6: 1393 bogomips: 42085
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
2: 3840x2160~30Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD TAHITI (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 2.50 5.15.0-46-generic)
v: 4.5 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.2
Device-2: AMD Tahiti HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7870 XT / 7950/7970]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-46-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e800 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 7.69 GiB (0.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00KUWA0
size: 931.51 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 120GB size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 36.37 GiB used: 7.09 GiB (19.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
ID-2: /boot size: 36.37 GiB used: 270.4 MiB (0.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sdb6
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 4.65 GiB used: 5.2 MiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sdb1
ID-4: /home size: 851.65 GiB used: 338.3 MiB (0.0%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 65.19 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 65.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 261 Uptime: 2m Memory: 23.46 GiB used: 1.91 GiB (8.2%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 Packages: 2080 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.13
matt@micronaut:~$ inxi -Nn
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: bc:5f:f4
36:e4matt@micronaut:~$ rfkill list all
matt@micronaut:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp4s0 no wireless extensions.
matt@micronaut:~$ mokutil --sb-state
EFI variables are not supported on this system
matt@micronaut:~$ dkms status
8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 5.15.0-46-generic, x86_64: installed
matt@micronaut:~$ modinfo 8812au
modinfo: ERROR: Module 8812au not found.
Thanks for any help you are able to provide!
