RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

[vaporgalaxy]

Hi,

I have the following Wireless Network Adapter:

$ lspci -nn | grep Network
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:c821]
$ etwork

I'm unable to find any drivers for Linux Mint for this, could someone point me in the right direction to get connected via Wireless?

[Larry78723]

You can install the driver by following the instructions at https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... altek.html.

Hope this helps,
Larry

[kelebek333]

You can easily install rtl8821ce-dkms driver with following commands. Reboot your PC after installation, You must disable secureboot from BIOS/EFI settings.

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/kablosuz
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install rtl8821ce-dkms 

This driver package also contains power managemet settings (rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=0) for 8821ce module.

[Sepesusi]

Thanks for this tip, kelebek333, I had same problem with HP laptop/rtl8821ce. Now my wifi is fully working!

[kelebek333]

Thanks for this tip, kelebek333, I had same problem with HP laptop/rtl8821ce. Now my wifi is fully working!

You're welcome.

May the FOSS be with you.

[Sepesusi]

Kernel upgrade killed my wifi again yesterday. I repeated the commands of your tip with no help. My system is 19.1 Tessa. The wifi driver disappeared also at the listing of inxi -Fxz. More tips?

[sleeper12]

As Larry said, the instructions are here:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... .html#ID10

[Sepesusi]

I tried it already with no help. This was the result:

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About to run dkms install steps...
Error! DKMS tree already contains: rtl8821ce-v5.5.2_34066.20190614
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' -j4 KVER=4.15.0-70-generic..........(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8821ce: v5.5.2_34066.20190614 not found
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-70-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/make.log for more information.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' -j4 KVER=4.15.0-70-generic.........(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8821ce: v5.5.2_34066.20190614 not found
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-70-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/make.log for more information.
Finished running dkms install steps.

[JeremyB]

Post results for

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cat  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/make.log

[Sepesusi]

Result:

cat /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/make.log

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DKMS make.log for rtl8821ce-v5.5.2_34066.20190614 for kernel 4.15.0-70-generic (x86_64)
la 16.11.2019 11.53.43 +0200
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.15.0-70-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-70-generic'
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_cmd.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_security.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_debug.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_io.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_mlme.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_mi.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_wlan_util.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_vht.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_pwrctrl.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_rf.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_chplan.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_recv.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_sta_mgt.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_ap.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_pathtbl.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_hwmp.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_xmit.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_p2p.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_rson.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_tdls.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_br_ext.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_iol.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_sreset.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_btcoex_wifionly.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_btcoex.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_beamforming.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_odm.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_rm.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/rtw_rm_fsm.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/core/efuse/rtw_efuse.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/osdep_service.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/pci_intf.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/pci_ops_linux.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/xmit_linux.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/mlme_linux.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/recv_linux.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_cfgvendor.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_rhashtable.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/ioctl_mp.o
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.c: In function ‘rtw_android_priv_cmd’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.c:665:49: error: macro "access_ok" requires 3 arguments, but only 2 given
  if (!access_ok(priv_cmd.buf, priv_cmd.total_len)) {
                                                 ^
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.c:665:7: error: ‘access_ok’ undeclared (first use in this function)
  if (!access_ok(priv_cmd.buf, priv_cmd.total_len)) {
       ^~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.c:665:7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
scripts/Makefile.build:330: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:1577: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-70-generic'
Makefile:2237: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2

[JeremyB]

Found an issue

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sudo apt remove rtl8821ce-dkms
sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce.git
cd rtl8821ce
sudo ./dkms-install.sh

Reboot

[kelebek333]

Error! DKMS tree already contains: rtl8821ce-v5.5.2_34066.20190614

Found an issue

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sudo apt remove rtl8821ce-dkms
sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce.git
cd rtl8821ce
sudo ./dkms-install.sh

Reboot

The above quote indicates that no installation has been made from the PPA repository. Therefore, following the above recommendation does not change anything.

dkms status
rtl8821ce, 5.5.2.1~bionic, 5.3.0-23-generic, amd64: installed
dpkg -l | grep rtl8821ce
ii rtl8821ce-dkms 5.5.2.1~bionic all rtl8821ce driver in DKMS format.

If you want to manually re-install, firstly remove the previously added with the following command.

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sudo dkms remove rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614 --all

After this, you can install rtl8821ce driver manually or from PPA.

[JeremyB]

In that case

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cd rtl8821ce
sudo ./dkms-uninstall.sh
git pull
sudo ./dkms-install.sh

[Lorin]

This took me three week of trying and failing.Finely found this:

Remove the current driver: sudo dkms remove 8822bu/1.1 --all

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential git

git clone https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2BU_WiF ... 2-5044.git

cd rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.2.4.4_25643.20171212_COEX20171012-5044
VER=$(cat ./version)

sudo rsync -rvhP ./ /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-${VER}

sudo dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}

sudo dkms build -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}

sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}

sudo modprobe 88x2bu

After I rebooted it worked,but then I logged out and logged in and no Wifi connection.
After much head scratching and trying scripts that didn't fix it.I did this to Network
Manager settings (edit connection)highlight wireless -click gear-go to general-change 0 to a 3 and save.

[Sepesusi]

Sorry guys (JeremyB & kelebek333), following your recommendations did not help. Earlier the tip sent by kelebek333 (using ppa repository) fixed the problem and my wireless was fully working for several weeks. But then accepting the kernel update few days ago killed it again... which I regret now.

[JeremyB]

Sorry guys (JeremyB & kelebek333), following your recommendations did not help. Earlier the tip sent by kelebek333 (using ppa repository) fixed the problem and my wireless was fully working for several weeks. But then accepting the kernel update few days ago killed it again... which I regret now.

Your info shows you got the source from github, post results for dkms status

[Sepesusi]

Result of dkms status:

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8812au, 4.2.3, 4.15.0-64-generic, x86_64: built
8812au, 4.2.3, 4.15.0-66-generic, x86_64: installed
8812au, 4.2.3, 4.15.0-70-generic, x86_64: installed

[JeremyB]

You might want to download again and install as I had no problems installing from github with 4.15.0-70 kernel

[Sepesusi]

I now followed the instsructions that Larry recommended first in this chain. And here are the restults:

sudo apt-get install git dkms build-essential:

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build-essential is already the newest version (12.4ubuntu1).
dkms is already the newest version (2.3-3ubuntu9.7).
git is already the newest version (1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4).

git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce.git:

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fatal: destination path 'rtl8821ce' already exists and is not an empty directory.

sudo ./dkms-install.sh:

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About to run dkms install steps...

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/source ->
                 /usr/src/rtl8821ce-v5.5.2_34066.20190614

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' -j4 KVER=4.15.0-70-generic..........(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8821ce: v5.5.2_34066.20190614 not found
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-70-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/make.log for more information.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' -j4 KVER=4.15.0-70-generic.........(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8821ce: v5.5.2_34066.20190614 not found
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-70-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/v5.5.2_34066.20190614/build/make.log for more information.
Finished running dkms install steps.

[JeremyB]

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cd ~/rtl8821ce
sudo ./dkms-remove.sh
git pull
sudo ./dkms-install