On 13/6/23 20:20, Mateus Arruda wrote:
Hi, this is my first time reaching a Linux distribution team and also english
is not my primary language, so please forgive me if I make any mistakes.
I have a PC that uses a Wi-Fi adapter TP-Link 725N which uses the rtl8812au
driver. This is not an included driver on the installation to work out of the
box. The way to install it in previous versions (kernel 5.+) was to router 4G
connection from my smartphone to the bluetooth receiver, perform an “apt
update”, “apt install dkms”, “git clone 'the rtl8812au driver’” and
“dkms_install” the driver in my machine, wich took a very long time because of
the poor bluetooth connection. In Debian 12 this method fails because after
dkms_install there is an error regarding the Kernel 6.+: “Error! Your kernel
headers for kernel … 6.1.0 cannot be found”.
It is very difficult to overcome this problem when I don’t have internet
connnection and from what I’ve read, this is a widely used driver for several
adapters from TP-Link.
With all that said, my contact is to request the inclusion of rtl8812au driver
in the installation image so we don’t need to install it by workarounds.
I don’t expect to get a response, but if someone from Debian team reads this,
thank you for your time and support.
Best regards,
Mateus
I have had problems with realtek wifi drivers on installations, and,
instead of using bluetooth (I disable bluetooth on all of my computers),
I did it by using USB tethering to my cellphone, to provide the Internet
connection, with my cellphone having direct Internet access, in its own
right, in addition to my 4G wifi modem/routers.
Does your cellphone have direct Internet access, and USB tethering
functionality?
Also, which desktop environment are you using, and, does it have a GUI
utility that deals with hardware drivers?
For example, I use the Mate desktop environment, which includes the
Control Center, with has Administration -> Driver Manager, and, using
that, in conjunction with the USB tethering to my cellphone, and, the
direct Internet access of my cellphone, make actions like installing
hardware drivers, such as the applicable Realtek wifi drivers, pretty
much, a "plug and play" operation, with the wifi device on one of my
computers, being a wifi dongle, that uses (possibly the same as yours) a
Realtek wifi system;
"
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 6
bus info: usb@3:14
logical name: wlx90de8039844b
serial: 90:de:80:39:84:4b
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8821cu
driverversion=5.15.0-73-generic ip=192.168.1.105 multicast=yes
wireless=IEEE 802.11AC
"
Okay - for this computer (the one that has the wifi USB dongle), it is
"driver=rtl8821cu"
- yours has the "au" rather than the "cu" suffix, but, depending on
whether the equipment (including your desktop environment and your
cellphone) has the same functionality, you should be able to install the
driver for your wifi adaptor, similarly easily.
..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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