Hi folks, my WiFi adapter is not working properly. It is able to pick up networks but I am not able to connect to any.
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0a5c:216c Broadcom Corp. BCM43142A0 Bluetooth Device
Bus 001 Device 027: ID 04f2:b40e Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HP Truevision HD camera
Bus 001 Device 032: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 6.1.19-1-MANJARO (linux61)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux61
$ pacman -Qs headers
local/acl 2.3.1-3
Access control list utilities, libraries and headers
local/libcups 1:2.4.2-5
OpenPrinting CUPS - client libraries and headers
local/linux-api-headers 6.1.9-1
Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
local/vulkan-headers 1:1.3.240-1 (vulkan-devel)
Vulkan header files
local/xorgproto 2022.2-1
combined X.Org X11 Protocol headers
After searching for a linux driver for RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter I came across this. However, I am unable to build and install the driver. After running make all I get the following message in the terminal.
$ make all
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/6.1.19-1-MANJARO/build M=/home/metalhead/rtl8188eus modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/metalhead/rtl8188eus'
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/6.1.19-1-MANJARO/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/metalhead/rtl8188eus'
make: *** [Makefile:1911: modules] Error 2
$ make install
install -p -m 644 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/6.1.19-1-MANJARO/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install: cannot stat '8188eu.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:1917: install] Error 1
Please let me know if you need any other info and I really appreciate your suggestions and help.
This path is setup by installing the package linux61-headers
(Edit - is mentioned in your link at Dependencies )
The dkms build option may be preferable long term because it builds the driver for every installed kernel, and should automatically build another when another kernel is added.
Which driver was installed when you had this issue?
I did a fresh installation yesterday. I plugged in the external WiFi adapter without installing anything else and it worked as expected. This problem started since this morning.
The broadcom was not working, hence the external adapter. However, after installing linux61-broacom-wl it is working now, the signal’s weak but at least it is working now
Thanks so much.