[SOLVED] Wifi adapter require re-plug everytime I boot

Fgdfgf_515 · Post by **Fgdfgf_515** » Sun May 28, 2023 3:11 am

Hello there, as the title suggest, my usb Wifi adapter requires a re-plug every time I boot before I can access to wireless connection.
Note this might look like viewtopic.php?t=274947, but is a different issue as his solution

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sudo modprobe -r rtl8xxxu
sudo modprobe rtl8xxxu

doesn't work in my case.
The system seems to recognise the device, but not network can be detected prior to re-plug.
iwconfig output prior to re-plug:

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lo        no wireless extensions.

enp42s0   no wireless extensions.

wlx2887ba492f09  unassociated  ESSID:""  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

inxi -Fxz output (relevant part) prior to re-plug:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
  IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS] type: USB
    driver: r8188eu bus-ID: 1-5:3
  IF: wlx2887ba492f09 state: down mac: <filter>

ip link prior to re-plug:

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1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp42s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 2c:f0:5d:e1:bc:df brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlx2887ba492f09: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 28:87:ba:49:2f:09 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Pjotr · Post by **Pjotr** » Sun May 28, 2023 3:42 am

Please provide the full output of:

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inxi -Fxxxpmrz

Fgdfgf_515 · Post by **Fgdfgf_515** » Sun May 28, 2023 5:00 am

Here is the full output, again, done prior to re-plug.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550M PRO-VDH (MS-7C95) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.E0
    date: 03/06/2023
Memory:
  RAM: total: 62.69 GiB used: 1.7 GiB (2.7%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Zen 3 rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2898 high: 4390 min/max: 1400/3600 boost: enabled
    cores: 1: 2947 2: 3347 3: 2392 4: 2989 5: 2989 6: 2396 7: 2394 8: 2393
    9: 2395 10: 2994 11: 4390 12: 3158 bogomips: 86234
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 515.105.01 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x318mm (20.0x12.5")
    s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 519x324mm (20.4x12.8") diag: 612mm (24.1")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.105.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 10:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 30:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 30:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-72-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: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS] type: USB
    driver: r8188eu bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 2357:010c class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  IF: wlx2887ba492f09 state: down mac: <filter>
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device driver: rcraid v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 16:00.1 chip-ID: 1022:43bd rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 601.53 GiB (43.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S500G size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: SBI02102
    temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda model: Array 02 size: 930.99 GiB type: N/A serial: N/A
    rev: 8.1 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 149.63 GiB used: 92.48 GiB (61.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 93.5 MiB used: 59.3 MiB (63.4%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-3: /mnt/7018F20D48B6C548 size: 930.99 GiB used: 508.99 GiB (54.7%)
    fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 30.52 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 40 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: 2600 apt: 2599 flatpak: 1
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda-ubuntu2204-11-7-local.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cuda-46B62B5F-keyring.gpg] file:///var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-11-7-local /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda-ubuntu2204-x86_64.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cuda-archive-keyring.gpg] https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rodsmith-refind-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rodsmith-refind-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/rodsmith/refind/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thopiekar-rcraid-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/thopiekar-rcraid-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/thopiekar/rcraid/ubuntu jammy main
Info:
  Processes: 301 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5
  Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

Pjotr · Post by **Pjotr** » Sun May 28, 2023 5:09 am

First make a snapshot with Timeshift, in case things go south. Then try this driver from Larry Finger:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... t.html#ID2
(item 2)

Fgdfgf_515 · Post by **Fgdfgf_515** » Sun May 28, 2023 6:08 am

Driver install as instructed, make no difference: still need re-plug.
New output from Fxxxpmrz prior to re-plug, doesn't seem like there is any difference to me.

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$ inxi -Fxxxpmrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550M PRO-VDH (MS-7C95) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.E0
    date: 03/06/2023
Memory:
  RAM: total: 62.69 GiB used: 1.71 GiB (2.7%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Zen 3 rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2456 high: 2994 min/max: 1400/3600 boost: enabled
    cores: 1: 1555 2: 1857 3: 2393 4: 2660 5: 2390 6: 2993 7: 2467 8: 2392
    9: 2395 10: 2994 11: 2395 12: 2992 bogomips: 86235
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 515.105.01 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x318mm (20.0x12.5")
    s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 519x324mm (20.4x12.8") diag: 612mm (24.1")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.105.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 10:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 30:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 30:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-72-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: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS] type: USB
    driver: r8188eu bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 2357:010c class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  IF: wlx2887ba492f09 state: down mac: <filter>
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device driver: rcraid v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 16:00.1 chip-ID: 1022:43bd rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 625.29 GiB (44.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S500G size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: SBI02102
    temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda model: Array 02 size: 930.99 GiB type: N/A serial: N/A
    rev: 8.1 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 149.63 GiB used: 116.12 GiB (77.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 93.5 MiB used: 59.3 MiB (63.4%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-3: /mnt/7018F20D48B6C548 size: 930.99 GiB used: 509.11 GiB (54.7%)
    fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 30.52 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: 2600 apt: 2599 flatpak: 1
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda-ubuntu2204-11-7-local.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cuda-46B62B5F-keyring.gpg] file:///var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-11-7-local /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda-ubuntu2204-x86_64.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cuda-archive-keyring.gpg] https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rodsmith-refind-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rodsmith-refind-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/rodsmith/refind/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thopiekar-rcraid-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/thopiekar-rcraid-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/thopiekar/rcraid/ubuntu jammy main
Info:
  Processes: 304 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5
  Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

Pjotr · Post by **Pjotr** » Sun May 28, 2023 6:36 am

You didn't blacklist the r8188eu as instructed in the how-to. Because it's still loaded.

Fgdfgf_515 · Post by **Fgdfgf_515** » Sun May 28, 2023 9:52 pm

Pjotr wrote: ⤴Sun May 28, 2023 6:36 am You didn't blacklist the r8188eu as instructed in the how-to. Because it's still loaded.

Just to make sure, I entered

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echo "blacklist r8188eu" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/r8188eu.conf

again in terminal and reboot. It doesn't make any difference, and Fxxxpmrz does still show

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driver: r8188eu.

PS: I do get a terminal output saying

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blacklist r8188eu

after I entered the code, though,

Pjotr · Post by **Pjotr** » Mon May 29, 2023 3:05 am

This is weird....

Fgdfgf_515 · Post by **Fgdfgf_515** » Mon May 29, 2023 6:55 pm

Is this possible to create a script that automatically soft eject the adapter and re-connect it every time I enter desktop?

sleeper12 · Post by **sleeper12** » Mon May 29, 2023 9:27 pm

Do you have more than one wifi driver installed that might be causing a conflict? Check:

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dkms status

Fgdfgf_515 · Post by **Fgdfgf_515** » Mon May 29, 2023 10:49 pm

sleeper12 wrote: ⤴Mon May 29, 2023 9:27 pm Do you have more than one wifi driver installed that might be causing a conflict? Check:
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dkms status

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$ dkms status
nvidia/515.105.01, 5.15.0-69-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia/515.105.01, 5.15.0-71-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia/515.105.01, 5.15.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed
rcraid/8.1.0, 5.15.0-69-generic, x86_64: installed
rcraid/8.1.0, 5.15.0-71-generic, x86_64: installed
rcraid/8.1.0, 5.15.0-72-generic, x86_64: installed

Apparently no, but there are multiple versions of rcraid and Nvidia card drivers. Maybe I need to delete the old versions?

sleeper12 · Post by **sleeper12** » Mon May 29, 2023 11:20 pm

Maybe, but I'm not sure. Perhaps someone else will know.

sleeper12 · Post by **sleeper12** » Mon May 29, 2023 11:54 pm

I don't know if this still works, but you can try:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/kablosuz
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install rtl8188eu-dkms

Reboot

Fgdfgf_515 · Post by **Fgdfgf_515** » Tue May 30, 2023 5:39 am

sleeper12 wrote: ⤴Mon May 29, 2023 11:54 pm I don't know if this still works, but you can try:
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/kablosuz
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install rtl8188eu-dkms
Reboot

Thanks! This seems to have done the trick!

sleeper12 · Post by **sleeper12** » Tue May 30, 2023 12:18 pm

Good to hear that still works.

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