Re: [LUG] Getting a USB AC68 dongle to work in Mint 19.3

[Michael Everitt <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/04/20 23:06, Julian Hall wrote:
> On 09/04/2020 21:49, comrade meowski wrote:
>> On 09/04/2020 16:36, Julian Hall wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>> Damn, we may well have been wasting time because we didn't research well
>> enough to start with... You'd think I'd know better than that by now but
>> never mind.
>>
>> Ok, proper solution #take2:
>>
>> Let's dump out the old driver entirely, it's not working:
>>
>> sudo dkms remove -m 8812au -v 4.2.2 --all
> Done.. I saw a line stating the module was 'ACTIVE' prior to uninstall..
> is that OK?
>>
>> Following more up to date information from this year and inline with my
>> own advice about using injection-capable hacked up drivers instead let's
>> crib from here:
>>
>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1042310/install-driver-rtl8814au-on-ubuntu-18-04
>>
>> https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=55348&sid=4b730bff9198f5203bcde57b11d90424&start=10#p552025
>>
>>
>> Presuming you're working in /home/Julian/SRC remove or delete the old
>> rtl8812au directory as it will clash with the new one we'll download:
>>
>> cd ~/SRC
>> mv rtl8812au rtl8812au-NOPE
>>
>> Clone the new repo from aircrack-ng:
>>
>> git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
>> cd rtl8812au
>> sudo apt install bc build-essentials -y #just prereq installs
>>
>> Use their handy dkms setup script:
>>
>> sudo ./dkms-install.sh
>> * dkms status
>>
>> On my system (I've grepped just the relevant results, your kernel will
>> be different) this looks like:
>>
>> comrade@drone:~/SRC/rtl8812au$ dkms status | grep coldwar
>> nvidia, 440.82, 5.6.0-pf2-coldwar+, x86_64: installed
>> rtl8812au, 5.6.4.2, 5.6.0-pf2-coldwar+, x86_64: installed
>> zenpower, 0.1.10, 5.6.0-pf2-coldwar+, x86_64: installed
>> zfs, 0.8.3, 5.6.0-pf2-coldwar+, x86_64: installed
> base) julian@CERCE:~/rtl8812au$ dkms status
> nvidia, 435.21, 4.15.0-96-generic, x86_64: installed
> nvidia, 435.21, 5.3.0-45-generic, x86_64: installed
> nvidia, 435.21, 5.3.0-46-generic, x86_64: installed
> rtl8812au, 5.6.4.2, 5.3.0-46-generic, x86_64: installed
>>
>> Pretty much the same as before, but note the much higher revision number
>> for the driver (5.6.4.2 vs 4.2.2). Now all of this worked perfectly for
>> me but please bear in mind I don't have the actual wifi unit and am
>> working blind so who knows how it will go with the real one. Let's find
>> out I guess?
>>
>> Finally, I'd just leave it in place and reboot the whole box to see what
>> happens on login. If you don't have an available wifi network device pop
>> up as usual then we're back to examining what went wrong and examining
>> the options.
>>
>> Fingers crossed, this one looks more promising.
> *rebooting, saving email*
>>
>> Good luck chief.
>
> This sent by WIRELESS Internet connection!! Even before I rebooted I
> plugged it in and a blue light started flashing which has never happened
> before! Network connections showed my WiFi networks (I also have a Guest
> network), so I rebooted, popped in my password, turned off the Ethernet
> and Bob's your father's brother! Technically my granddad but I digress!
>
> You sir are a genius, and a very very patient one at that! Thank you ever
> so much, I really needed a win in /something/ of late... this is
> brilliant! :)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian
>
Congratulations bud! we got there in the end ! :D well done for sticking it
out!

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