Installed Cinnamon - WIFI DWA171 -Not working

[johnny57]

Hello,
I just installed Cinnamon Mint on my computer (Dual boot) and am completely new with Linux.
The problem I’m having is that I can’t get the D-Link DWA171 USB wireless adapter plug-in to work.
Lunix did install the driver for the adapter. I tried a few things from what I have read on the internet, and still I couldn’t solve the problem. I hope that in the process of trying to solve this issue, I didn’t add any unnecessary program(s) or mixed up any settings that would cause any other problems.

All I have displaying on the bottom right of my screen is “Wired network” (slider set to on). I do not see any available WI-FI signals nearby.

Can someone help me out?

[Larry78723]

Please post the results for each of the following commands. Here is how:

Open a terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-t). Make it fullscreen to avoid unneeded linebreaks or chopped lines. Execute the following commands, one at a time.

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inxi -Fxxxz

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mokutil --sb-state	

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rfkill list

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 iwconfig

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lsusb

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 lspci 

Mark the complete text output which each command will display with your mouse.
Press the keyboard shortcut <Shift><Ctrl>C to copy the marked text into the clipboard.
Enclose the results for each command between the code markers by selecting </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply then paste <Ctrl>V them in your reply between the code markers [code]Results [/code].

[johnny57]

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johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ inxi -Fxxxz
System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 
           dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 9964A7U v: ThinkCentre M58p serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO v: 5CKT77AUS date: 05/07/2012 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M215 2nd Gen serial: <filter> 
           charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
           Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K330 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) 
           rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11969 
           Speed: 1995 MHz min/max: 2000/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1995 2: 1995 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo ThinkCentre M6258 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:2e12 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Q45/Q43 (ELK) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           chip ID: 8086:3a6e 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-72-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 1820 bus ID: 00:19.0 
           chip ID: 8086:10de 
           IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: D-Link 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: usb-network bus ID: 2-6:2 chip ID: 2001:3314 
           serial: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 19.78 GiB (6.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAJS-08L7A0 size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           rev: 3E03 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 127.28 GiB used: 19.78 GiB (15.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 168 Uptime: 9m Memory: 7.25 GiB used: 894.4 MiB (12.0%) Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ 
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johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ mokutil --sb-state
EFI variables are not supported on this system
johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ 
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johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ rfkill list
johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ 
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johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

enp0s25   no wireless extensions.

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ 
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johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2001:3314 D-Link Corp. 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$
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johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 03)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller (rev 03)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Serial KT Controller (rev 03)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JDO (ICH10DO) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ 
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[GS3]

See this thread viewtopic.php?t=277394

[sleeper12]

See this thread viewtopic.php?t=277394

This one may be newer, do one line at a time:

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sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo ./dkms-install.sh 

Reboot

[johnny57]

Hello Everyone,
I entered every line and this is what I got:


johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ sudo apt install git dkms
[sudo] password for johnny:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
dkms is already the newest version (2.8.1-5ubuntu2).
git is already the newest version (1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
fatal: destination path 'rtl8812au' already exists and is not an empty directory.

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ cd rtl8812au

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$ sudo ./dkms-install.sh
sudo: ./dkms-install.sh: command not found

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$

[johnny57]

Hello,
It does not work.

[Larry78723]

Let's try this:

Open Terminal
cd rtl8812au
sudo make -f Makefile.dkms install

[johnny57]

Hello,
Does not work ...this is what it gave me:

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ cd rtl8812au

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$ sudo make -f Makefile.dkms install
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make: Makefile.dkms: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.dkms'. Stop.

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$

[Larry78723]

I'm not giving up yet.

Open terminal
cd rtl8812au
ls -l

copy the entire output (Ctrl-Shift-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) into your reply.

[sleeper12]

Try:

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cd rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install 

Reboot

[johnny57]

Hello Larry,
I entered what you told me to do and this is what I got. ..No Wifi .



johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ cd rtl8812au
johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$ ls -l
total 248
drwxrwxr-x 11 johnny johnny 4096 May 7 22:41 android
drwxrwxr-x 4 johnny johnny 4096 May 7 22:41 core
-rw-rw-r-- 1 johnny johnny 325 May 7 22:41 dkms.conf
drwxrwxr-x 2 johnny johnny 4096 May 8 09:39 docs
drwxrwxr-x 8 johnny johnny 4096 May 7 22:41 hal
drwxrwxr-x 5 johnny johnny 4096 May 7 22:41 include
-rw-rw-r-- 1 johnny johnny 99 May 7 22:41 Kconfig
-rw-rw-r-- 1 johnny johnny 18092 May 7 22:41 LICENSE
-rwxrwxr-x 1 johnny johnny 71077 May 7 22:41 Makefile
drwxrwxr-x 3 johnny johnny 4096 May 7 22:41 os_dep
drwxrwxr-x 2 johnny johnny 4096 May 7 22:41 platform
-rw-rw-r-- 1 johnny johnny 8290 May 7 22:41 README.md
-rw-rw-r-- 1 johnny johnny 105853 May 7 22:41 ReleaseNotes.pdf
drwxrwxr-x 3 johnny johnny 4096 May 7 22:41 tools
johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$

[johnny57]

Hello Sleeper 12
Here are the results... I will reboot.




johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$ cd rtl8812au
bash: cd: rtl8812au: No such file or directory

johnny@johnny-ThinkCentre-M58p:~/rtl8812au$ sudo make dkms_install
[sudo] password for johnny:

mkdir -p /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
cp -r * /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
dkms add -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/source ->
/usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

DKMS: add completed.
dkms build -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' -j2 KVER=5.4.0-73-generic KSRC=/lib/modules/5.4.0-73-generic/build.......................................
cleaning build area...

DKMS: build completed.
dkms install -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

88XXau.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-73-generic/updates/

depmod..........

DKMS: install completed.
dkms status
8812au, 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 5.4.0-73-generic, x86_64: installed
8814au, 5.8.5.1, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed
8814au, 5.8.5.1, 5.4.0-73-generic, x86_64: installed
bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed
bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.4.0-73-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8812au, 4.3.14, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: built
rtl8812au, 4.3.14, 5.4.0-73-generic, x86_64: built
rtl8812au, 4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8812au, 4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg, 5.4.0-73-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8821CU, 5.4.1, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8821CU, 5.4.1, 5.4.0-73-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 6.1.16, 5.4.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 6.1.16, 5.4.0-73-generic, x86_64:

[johnny57]

Hello,
Good news !
I rebooted and I now have WIFI!!
I can see all the available WIFI signals around and I can also connect.

Thank you Sleeper12, Larry78723 and GS3 for helping me out!!


Later
Johnny

[sleeper12]

Ok, sorry for the mistake. That last command in my first post was wrong. It should have been sudo make dkms_install which is what made it work for you.