Hard time with rtl8812au

[skomo]

I, i have a working usb AC dongle sporting a rtl8812au chipset running on my linux mint 19.3 with 4.15.xxx kernel.

Trying to upgrade to the latest 5.3.0.xxx kernel my wifi stopped working. I tried it on another machine running kubuntu 19.10 with 5.3.0-26-generic kernel.
it does'nt work as expected, the driver i have installed https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux seems too old.
Yeah i know the "rule" -if it ain't broke, don't fix it- but i'm trying to learn something and i have the itch to switch to kubuntu on my laptop.

I tried several guides, and now i managed to get it works following this page https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au

The problem now is i'm not able to add the dkms module. Can someone help me?

In past the user JeremyB helped me with a script for another dongle that worked perfectly. May he can help me with this new one?


Thanks in advance

[coffee412]

The problem now is i'm not able to add the dkms module. Can someone help me?

What error(s) are you getting when you try and add it ?

Also, Is there a reason your moving up to this kernel since your older kernel works fine?

[Pjotr]

Also, Is there a reason your moving up to this kernel since your older kernel works fine?

That's a crucial question. Ordinarily, when all hardware is working well, there's no point in dumping the 4.15.x kernel, which is LTS.

[skomo]

Hi, thanks for the reply.

As said in my post, i'm trying to upgrade only for "learning purpose" and because i'll probably want to switch to kubuntu in the next months. Kubuntu sports most recent kernels, so i need to know the behaviour of my hardware first.

I received errors while trying to

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sudo dkms add -m 8812au -v 4.2.2

and it says somethin about dkms.conf missing in /usr/src/8812au-4.2.2

so i tried with

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sudo cp -r rtl8812au/ /usr/src/8812au-4.2.2

and now

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dkms status
8812au, 4.2.2: added

the module is added alongside the other drivers


It was the github page missing some informations or am i the only culprit?




Now i think i need to remove the old dksm module from my laptop.... any help appreciated

[Pjotr]

As said in my post, i'm trying to upgrade only for "learning purpose"

Fair enough.

and because i'll probably want to switch to kubuntu in the next months. Kubuntu sports most recent kernels, so i need to know the behaviour of my hardware first.

There's no difference in kernel range for Linux Mint and Ubuntu LTS (and its derivatives like Kubuntu). Because Mint is built on Ubuntu LTS.

[coffee412]

In the past I have always removed the current driver with modprobe. Then inserted the new driver with modprobe. The idea is that if the original kernel driver for your device is active then you need to remove it first before inserting your new one. Then in order to keep it that way after reboots you have to blacklist the original module in the kernel and then follow thru with having your new module load at boot.

So, In a nutshell - Unload the current module, Load your module. Then blacklist the kernel module and follow thru with the instructions for loading at boot time.

man modprobe will give you guidance on this.

I have been fortunate in that I have not had to play with modules in a long time. However, That is how I used to do it back in the day. I would think its still relative today. If Im wrong then Im sure someone will chime in.

[JeremyB]

In the past I have always removed the current driver with modprobe. Then inserted the new driver with modprobe. The idea is that if the original kernel driver for your device is active then you need to remove it first before inserting your new one. Then in order to keep it that way after reboots you have to blacklist the original module in the kernel and then follow thru with having your new module load at boot.

So, In a nutshell - Unload the current module, Load your module. Then blacklist the kernel module and follow thru with the instructions for loading at boot time.

man modprobe will give you guidance on this.

I have been fortunate in that I have not had to play with modules in a long time. However, That is how I used to do it back in the day. I would think its still relative today. If Im wrong then Im sure someone will chime in.

The rtl8812au has no native kernel support. There is rtl8812au-dkms in the repos but the dkms support has been broke for 3 years

The issue with the downloaded driver is that it was downloaded some time ago, before the source code was patched for newer kernels

[skomo]

As said in my post, i'm trying to upgrade only for "learning purpose"

Fair enough.

and because i'll probably want to switch to kubuntu in the next months. Kubuntu sports most recent kernels, so i need to know the behaviour of my hardware first.

There's no difference in kernel range for Linux Mint and Ubuntu LTS (and its derivatives like Kubuntu). Because Mint is built on Ubuntu LTS.

You are right, but i didn't mention i would try the LTS, but the "regular" one.
I'll see if i will have the time to try this new "adventure"