I am not able to use the RTL8723DE wifi card. I don’t know what is the problem with this chip. It has always given me headaches.
So, there as per my understanding, there are two drivers available for this chip.
- One is available in the kernel, this is the one I guess: GitHub - rtlwifi-linux/rtw88_8723de
- Another one is GitHub - lwfinger/rtw88
I have manually installed the second one. Does not work now. I have then installed AUR (en) - rtw88-dkms-git. Right now, I have not blacklisted any drivers. On kernel 6.0.10-1, journalctl -b shows
Nov 28 20:09:50 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_core: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Nov 28 20:09:50 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_core: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Nov 28 20:09:51 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_8723de 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 48.0.0, H2C version 0
Nov 28 20:09:53 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_8723de 0000:02:00.0: failed to poll offset=0x5 mask=0x3 value=0x0
Nov 28 20:09:53 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_8723de 0000:02:00.0: mac power on failed
Nov 28 20:09:53 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_8723de 0000:02:00.0: failed to power on mac
Nov 28 20:09:53 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_8723de 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip efuse info
Nov 28 20:09:53 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_8723de 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip information
Nov 28 20:09:53 apoorvlaptop kernel: rtw_8723de: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -22
This is the first time that it shows module verification failed. Initially, I had blacklisted the rtw88_8723de driver. Then after rebooting, the device won’t load after the grub menu. I had to blacklist rtw_8723de in order to boot properly. I have not blacklisted any drivers and it boots without any problem, just no wifi. Sometimes it showed an error that the module rtw_8723de is not found in directory /lib/modules/
Do both the drivers work? Is one better than the other?