Hello Forum goers I just jumped into this community because my old Netgear N-300 Usb adapter isnt picked up automatically. That is understandable given how the piece of hardware is several years old. Maybe there is a package out there that could get the device to work but rather go around searching for that I thought first to just ask for advice if there is any confirmed device I could shop around for instead and simply end this issue.
If you came across this thread thank you for reading.
Welcome to the forum! 
Product recommendations are discouraged around these parts. Please see Forum Rules - Manjaro
However, if you would like help getting your N-300 working, please post your system info as outlined below and perhaps you won’t need to spend any money:
Well this is highly embarrassing. This is what I get for assuming I knew what the Forum Rules section would outline. I have the output here.
'''System:
Kernel: 5.15.2-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=3f0aa64b-f46e-427e-b9d4-5979c9c803d8 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: BIOSTAR model: Hi-Fi A85W serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4.6.5 date: 04/18/2013
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.59 GiB used: 2.48 GiB (15.9%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: AMD A10-5800K APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64
type: MCP arch: Piledriver family: 15 (21) model-id: 10 (16) stepping: 1
microcode: 6001119 cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 30415
Speed: 1957 MHz min/max: 1400/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1758 2: 1413 3: 1399 4: 1400
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists
extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate
ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor msr mtrr
nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter
pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt
xop xsave
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Turks XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6758 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3286x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 869x285mm (34.2x11.2")
s-diag: 915mm (36")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 60 size: 575x323mm (22.6x12.7")
diag: 660mm (26")
Monitor-2: DVI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 103 size: 474x296mm (18.7x11.7")
diag: 559mm (22")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.15.2-2-MANJARO LLVM 13.0.0)
v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.5 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:aa90 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.2-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: NetGear WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231] type: USB
driver: N/A bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0846:9020 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp0s19f2u2 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Sony Ericsson Mobile AB I3223 type: USB driver: rndis_host
v: kernel bus-ID: 2-2:10 chip-ID: 0fce:7203 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.09 TiB used: 499.23 GiB (15.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3400820AS
size: 372.61 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: D scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-00Y5B1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown>
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0002 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 372.31 GiB size: 365.4 GiB (98.14%) used: 8.59 GiB (2.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 3f0aa64b-f46e-427e-b9d4-5979c9c803d8
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: F8DE-0045
ID-3: /run/media/bodom/G raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.25 GiB (2.3%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: G
uuid: C842E9FD42E9F05C
ID-4: /run/media/bodom/OS raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 469.39 GiB (25.3%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdc5 maj-min: 8:37 label: OS
uuid: 6E0AA18D0AA1533F
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 500 MiB fs: vfat label: ESP
uuid: AECE-2B6C
ID-2: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 40 MiB fs: vfat label: DIAGS
uuid: A8EE-65FA
ID-3: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 750 MiB fs: ntfs label: WINRETOOLS
uuid: 78A6F027A6EFE41A
ID-5: /dev/sdc6 maj-min: 8:38 size: 6.71 GiB fs: ntfs label: PBR Image
uuid: 06B0E046B0E03E35
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5:3 info: NetGear WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]
type: WiFi driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA
chip-ID: 0846:9020 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-2:10 info: Sony Ericsson Mobile AB I3223
type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0fce:7203 class-ID: 0a00
serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-4:2 info: Cypress type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 04b4:f02f
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 4-5:3 info: Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse type: Mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 300mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1b3c class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 24.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 35.5 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 203 Uptime: 1h 1m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1205 lib: 333 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.09
I appreciate you setting me back on the straight and narrow.
Broadcom is really bad about sharing, there appears to be no drivers, unfortunately. Newer Netgear adapters mostly use Realtek which have a higher possibility of drivers available.
That figures but aligns with with me wanting a newer piece of equipment anyway. And just this small discussion has broaden my thinking on the topic as well. Thank you for your time Yochanan.
Look for cheap USB WIFI dongle on [insert Chinese online shop name here] and pick a few, then search for their compatibility on Linux regarding what chip it is based on, and buy the one known for working good. You could get one for a few bucks shipped to your door (if you don’t mind the shipping time).
Or I could just over pay for the newest netgear from a big box store. lol
Or you can do that too, it is up to your preference, but what you need to look for is the chip it is made of (something like RTLxxxx for Realtek ones, BCMxxxx for Broadcom, and so on). Some will be plug and play, but some other will require external driver, and some have just nothing to get them working.
Just watch the trends on https://linux-hardware.org:
Trends: Wireless Vendor
Trends: Wireless Model
And you see which ones are used most on Manjaro.
I will take that in to consideration when I do my shopping. Now that I know what I’m looking at I can narrow my search down.
Thank you for that piece of advice I will be sure to check it out megavolt.
Here is Part two to my story.
I went out and bought a new network adapter and spent time reading and relearning how to use my terminal, as I have used linux years ago, And I thought I had the installation whooped untill I think I am needing all my headers for the package. Now I’m like Great where do i get the headers for this driver.
System:
Kernel: 5.15.2-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=3f0aa64b-f46e-427e-b9d4-5979c9c803d8 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: BIOSTAR model: Hi-Fi A85W serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4.6.5 date: 04/18/2013
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.59 GiB used: 4.06 GiB (26.0%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: AMD A10-5800K APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64
type: MCP arch: Piledriver family: 15 (21) model-id: 10 (16) stepping: 1
microcode: 6001119 cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 30409
Speed: 2781 MHz min/max: 1400/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1847 2: 1645 3: 1400 4: 1400
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists
extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate
ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor msr mtrr
nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter
pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt
xop xsave
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Turks XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6758 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3286x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 867x285mm (34.1x11.2")
s-diag: 913mm (35.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 60 size: 575x323mm (22.6x12.7")
diag: 660mm (26")
Monitor-2: DVI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 103 size: 474x296mm (18.7x11.7")
diag: 559mm (22")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.15.2-2-MANJARO LLVM 13.0.0)
v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.5 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:aa90 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.2-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: NetGear Nighthawk A7000 802.11ac Wireless Adapter AC1900 [Realtek
8814AU]
type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 6-1:6 chip-ID: 0846:9054 class-ID: 0000
serial: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp0s16f0u2 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Sony Ericsson Mobile AB I3223 type: USB driver: rndis_host
v: kernel bus-ID: 6-2:5 chip-ID: 0fce:7203 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.09 TiB used: 568.79 GiB (18.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3400820AS
size: 372.61 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: D scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-00Y5B1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown>
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0002 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 372.31 GiB size: 365.4 GiB (98.14%)
used: 99.41 GiB (27.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 3f0aa64b-f46e-427e-b9d4-5979c9c803d8
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: F8DE-0045
ID-3: /run/media/bodom/OS raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.81 TiB (100.00%)
used: 469.39 GiB (25.3%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdc5 maj-min: 8:37 label: OS
uuid: 6E0AA18D0AA1533F
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 931.51 GiB fs: btrfs label: G
uuid: 3d602246-8708-444c-8c97-01fdc68f004c
ID-2: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 500 MiB fs: vfat label: ESP
uuid: AECE-2B6C
ID-3: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 40 MiB fs: vfat label: DIAGS
uuid: A8EE-65FA
ID-4: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-5: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 750 MiB fs: ntfs label: WINRETOOLS
uuid: 78A6F027A6EFE41A
ID-6: /dev/sdc6 maj-min: 8:38 size: 6.71 GiB fs: ntfs label: PBR Image
uuid: 06B0E046B0E03E35
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-2:4 info: Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse type: Mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 300mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1b3c class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 4-4:2 info: Cypress type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 04b4:f02f
class-ID: 0300
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 6-1:6 info: NetGear Nighthawk A7000 802.11ac Wireless Adapter
AC1900 [Realtek 8814AU]
type: WiFi driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 0846:9054 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 6-2:5 info: Sony Ericsson Mobile AB I3223 type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data
driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 0fce:7203 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 37.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 223 Uptime: 1d 1h 0m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1276 lib: 356
flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.09
This is the errors and it lists all these headers
==> ERROR: Missing mnt kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing boot kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing home kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing bin kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing rootfs-pkgs.txt kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing sbin kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing var kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing tmp kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing run kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing usr kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing opt kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing proc kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing desktopfs-pkgs.txt kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing srv kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing lost+found kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing root kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing dev kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing lib kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing sys kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing lib64 kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
==> ERROR: Missing etc kernel headers for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
Well Im going to continue reading and maybe i will find what I do to get the headers but If anyone would like to provide instruction here I would gladly appreciate it.
I guess you’re trying to install rtl8814au-dkms-git from the AUR (tell us what you’re doing to get these errors we’re not mind readers), if you need the kernel headers then install linux515-headers from the terminal or from the GUI. You will also probably need to install the headers for all the kernels you have installed if you have more than kernel 5.15
To list installed kernels do mhwd-kernel -li
To install the headers for kernel 5.15 (linux515) do sudo pacman -S linux515-headers and do the same for all other kernels you have installed (I recommend you only install/keep LTS kernels like 5.15 or 5.10 or 5.4.
Then you can build your AUR package with pamac build rtl8814au-dkms-git
PS: there is also another alternative driver available on the AUR, if this one doesn’t work or crashes for you, then maybe try the other one then. Always read the comments of the past months at least on the AUR page before installing a package, you often get relevant information on possible issues, workaround, things like that.
Also I would have buy a WIFI adapter which had drivers in the kernel directly, so you wouldn’t have to rely on an external driver package, but if it works for you, good.
Thank you for so much helpful and compact information. Yes I should have mentioned what command I was using to bring up the error that was naive of me. I read on a different source to use
makepkg -i
And just before I noticed your post I was trying to install the headers myself using
pacman -S linux-headers
But it came back on me and returned
==> ERROR: Missing 5.15.2-1-rt19-MANJARO kernel modules tree for module rtl8814au/5.8.5.1.r125.g6d49275.
I wonder if this means some of the headers were install successfully or if the whole process was aborted.
Did you follow all my instructions? About the kernel listing? And the herdears installation?
What is output of mhwd-kernel -li
PS: I recommend you install the DKMS driver package for your driver from the AUR (you need to enable it in Pamac, the GUI package manager first), so it will rebuild to driver on every kernel update, building package manually is not the most convenient way…
just linux515
This seems to tell a different story, look into System Settings → Kernels and see if you only have the “normal” kernel 5.15 installed. From the error you get it seems you also have the kernel 5.15.2_rt19 installed (the RT in the name means Real Time, it is for specific purpose you probably don’t want this kernel), if you have no reason to have this “RT” one just remove it (do not remove the normal kernel 5.15 though be careful as the GUI allows to remove the running kernel… but that is another story…)
PS: again I do not recommend you manually install your driver, use the AUR for external package, as it will install a DKMS package to auto rebuild the driver on kernel update. If you do not you will probably have to manually rebuild the driver all the time manually.
More info about the AUR Arch User Repository - Manjaro
I see my inexperience is showing again.
Currently running: 5.15.2-2-MANJARO (linux515)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux515
The GUI backs this up and tells us that it is Linux 5.15.2-2 the only one that is installed and also the one running on.
Now on the topic of the DKMS I just made a wild guess earlier since it was a dependency listed on AUR
I installed something called dkms from the GUI now if there is a command or an additional step I must take I didn’t know that till now.
What are you trying to install you never answered to that.
I was replying to what you mentioned earlier about.
Ive already installed dkms is all I was saying, But I am trying to installed Kernel headers and this