Driver installation: RTL8814AU

[unpluggedtoaster]

Hello,
I bought a wireless usb adapter with the rtl8814 chipset. I tried to install the driver for it on ubuntu 17.04, then somehow my ubuntu stopped booting and kind of vanished from my ssd and I've been searching a lot to install the driver. So I installed Debian Stretch because I actually wanted Debian on this PC and not Ubuntu and now I have the same problem.. It doesn't matter which method I've been using it still doesn't work. I found this interesting conversation https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU/issues/10 which lead me to discover this https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl88 ... ver-4.3.21 and could it be that Stretch has an 4.9 or 4.10 Kernel? So should I buy an other wireless usb adapter? If yes, which one would you recommend? If no, what should I do.. beg mr. diederikdehaas to make it work for 4.9/4.10 (or whatever Stretch is using).

[orythem27]

Hello, I bought a wireless usb adapter with the rtl8814 chipset. I tried to install the driver for it on ubuntu 17.04, then somehow my ubuntu stopped booting and kind of vanished from my ssd

You need to be more specific on what you did and the actual results.

could it be that Stretch has an 4.9 or 4.10 Kernel? beg mr. diederikdehaas to make it work for 4.9/4.10 (or whatever Stretch is using).

From the commit history https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl88 ... ver-4.3.21 it seems that at least some work had been done to make this driver build on newer Linux versions.

So should I buy an other wireless usb adapter?

The best way to save a lot of hassle is to buy an older but proven dongle. e.g. AR9271-based. Even with those 'proven' chipsets, don't expect USB wireless on Linux to be a 100% smooth expierence though.

[stevepusser]

I'd also try and figure out if Ubuntu "kind of vanishing" from your SSD was related to the driver or what you did to try and build it. That's something that Debian users don't really expect to happen out of the blue. Sometimes a Windows or UEFI update can look like it did the same thing, at least on my laptop.

[unpluggedtoaster]

Hello, I bought a wireless usb adapter with the rtl8814 chipset. I tried to install the driver for it on ubuntu 17.04, then somehow my ubuntu stopped booting and kind of vanished from my ssd

You need to be more specific on what you did and the actual results.

I don't remember everything but I downloaded a driver, went into the folder using the terminal and used the "make" and "make install" commands. I rebooted the PC with the adapter plugged in and there was no connection, so I tried to remove the driver but it didn't found it, so I looked for another way to remove it but I haven't found one. I think that this part is going to be stupid: I moved on and did the same thing again but with another driver that I have found.

I tried this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/884591/ ... w-to-linux, but the github-answer didn't work for me because it asked me for a username and a password. I mean I can understand why Ubuntu said "f*ck you" to me..

could it be that Stretch has an 4.9 or 4.10 Kernel? beg mr. diederikdehaas to make it work for 4.9/4.10 (or whatever Stretch is using).

From the commit history https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl88 ... ver-4.3.21 it seems that at least some work had been done to make this driver build on newer Linux versions.

So should I contact him and pay him?

[bigrigdriver]

I don't remember everything but I downloaded a driver, went into the folder using the terminal and used the "make" and "make install" commands. I rebooted the PC with the adapter plugged in and there was no connection

After installing the driver, you still need to go into system settings and configure wlan0, the wireless connection which needs the driver.

[stevepusser]

Did the driver actually build for you? I know it looks like a lot of alien technobabble spews out after you issue the "make" command, but very often we have beginners swear up and down a terminal command succeeded, when actually reading the end of the technobabble shows that it failed with an obvious error message.

[Dai_trying]

You didn't say what actual device you have, but you could take a look at this page to see if it will point you in the right direction, just scroll down the page and select your device (if it is listed) and it will give you more information and possibly the correct driver.

[unpluggedtoaster]

After installing the driver, you still need to go into system settings and configure wlan0, the wireless connection which needs the driver.

I googled and found some "how-to"s but the device never show up with "lsusb" so will it do after the configuration?

Did the driver actually build for you? I know it looks like a lot of alien technobabble spews out after you issue the "make" command, but very often we have beginners swear up and down a terminal command succeeded, when actually reading the end of the technobabble shows that it failed with an obvious error message.

Yes, there weren't any error-messages during "make" or "make install"

You didn't say what actual device you have [...] it will give you more information and possibly the correct driver.

I've found my device on this list. It's the TP-Link Archer T9UH and i looked at the drivers available and the one from tp-link is for the 3.13.9 kernel and the one from Edimax is for the 3.16 ~ 4.4 kernel. So is there any point in trying to install the driver from Edimax?

[stevepusser]

Hmm...with that driver installed, if you run "dmesg" in the terminal (requires sysadmin rights on Stretch kernel), does anything appear about the device after you plug it in and run the command again?

[unpluggedtoaster]

Hmm...with that driver installed, if you run "dmesg" in the terminal (requires sysadmin rights on Stretch kernel), does anything appear about the device after you plug it in and run the command again?

I wanted to try to install this again on my fresh Debian Stretch but I got a make-error.. it's in german btw:

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root@KPC:/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531# make
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.9.0-3-amd64/build M=/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531  modules
make[1]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64“ wird betreten
  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_cmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_security.o
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_security.c: In function ‘aes_cipher’:
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_security.c:1598:5: warning: this ‘for’ clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
     for (j = 0; j < 8; j++)
     ^~~
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_security.c:1601:2: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it is guarded by the ‘for’
  payload_index = hdrlen + 8;
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_security.c: In function ‘aes_decipher’:
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_security.c:1984:5: warning: this ‘for’ clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
     for (j = 0; j < 8; j++)
     ^~~
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_security.c:1987:2: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it is guarded by the ‘for’
  payload_index = hdrlen + 8;
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
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/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_debug.c: In function ‘dump_drv_version’:
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_debug.c:71:64: warning: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Wdate-time]
  DBG_871X_SEL_NL(sel, "build time: %s %s\n", __DATE__, __TIME__);
                                                                ^
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_debug.c:71:64: warning: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Wdate-time]
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_debug.c:71:64: warning: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Wdate-time]
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_debug.c:71:64: warning: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Wdate-time]
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_debug.c:71:64: warning: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Wdate-time]
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_debug.c:71:64: warning: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Wdate-time]
  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_io.o
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  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c: In function ‘rtw_delba_check’:
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c:12220:7: warning: this ‘else’ clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
       else
       ^~~~
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c:12222:8: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it is guarded by the ‘else’
        psta->recvreorder_ctrl[i].enable = _FALSE;
        ^~~~
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c:12223:7: warning: this ‘if’ clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
       if (ret != _FAIL)
       ^~
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c:12225:8: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it is guarded by the ‘if’
        rtw_reset_continual_no_rx_packet(psta, i);
        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/core/rtw_rf.o
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  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/osdep_service.o
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  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/linux/usb_intf.o
  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/linux/usb_ops_linux.o
  CC [M]  /home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.c: In function ‘rtw_ioctl_wext_private’:
/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.c:14004:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘is_compat_task’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  if(is_compat_task())
     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common/scripts/Makefile.build:298: die Regel für Ziel „/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o“ scheiterte
make[4]: *** [/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o] Fehler 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common/Makefile:1507: die Regel für Ziel „_module_/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531“ scheiterte
make[3]: *** [_module_/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531] Fehler 2
Makefile:150: die Regel für Ziel „sub-make“ scheiterte
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Fehler 2
Makefile:8: die Regel für Ziel „all“ scheiterte
make[1]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[1]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64“ wird verlassen
Makefile:1699: die Regel für Ziel „modules“ scheiterte
make: *** [modules] Fehler 2
root@KPC:/home/kkk/Downloads/EW7833UAC_linux_4.3.21_kernel_3.16-4.4/EW7833UAC_linux_v4.3.21_17997.20160531# 

then I tried

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apt-get install linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64

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apt-get install linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common

and got the same make-error again

I used this driver. It was the one closest to the 4.9 kernel.

[bigrigdriver]

When I tried to get my Edimax wifi working, the driver supplied by Edimax was broken. It compiled without errors, but failed to make a connection to the device. I found a link to an updated driver from github for the rtl8812au/rtl8821au. It can also be compiled for the rtl8814au, by the command "make RTL8814=1"

github download: git clone https://github.com/scrivy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git

Then "cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux"

Run the make command given above: make RTL8814=1

Followed by:
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8814au

[stevepusser]

My preferred method of setting up the running kernel's driver build environment is to install module-assistant and run

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m-a prepare

as root or with sudo. That handles everything automatically, and it's short enough for me to remember easily.

[unpluggedtoaster]

[...]sudo modprobe 8814au

did everything you said.. so now I should reboot (with the device plugged in?) and then configure the wlan0-file?

[bigrigdriver]

With the wi-fi plugged in, try running modprobe to load the driver and probe the device.

Then run "sudo tail /var/log/messages" to see what messages are logged.

Reboot should not be necessary.

[unpluggedtoaster]

With the wi-fi plugged in, try running modprobe to load the driver and probe the device.
Then run "sudo tail /var/log/messages" to see what messages are logged.
Reboot should not be necessary.

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tail /var/log/messages
Jun  1 20:16:32 KPC NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1496340992.6296] dhcp4 (enp3s0f0u3):   lease time 3600
Jun  1 20:16:32 KPC NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1496340992.6296] dhcp4 (enp3s0f0u3):   hostname 'KPC'
Jun  1 20:16:32 KPC NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1496340992.6296] dhcp4 (enp3s0f0u3):   nameserver '192.168.42.129'
Jun  1 20:16:32 KPC NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1496340992.6296] dhcp4 (enp3s0f0u3): state changed bound -> bound
Jun  1 20:18:11 KPC firefox-esr.desktop[1261]: 1496341091774#011addons.xpi#011WARN#011Add-on marcoagpinto@mail.telepac.pt is missing bootstrap method install
Jun  1 20:24:58 KPC kernel: [ 4819.014154] 8814au: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Jun  1 20:24:58 KPC kernel: [ 4819.018221] RTL871X: module init start
Jun  1 20:24:58 KPC kernel: [ 4819.018223] RTL871X: rtl8814au v4.3.21_17997.20160531
Jun  1 20:24:58 KPC kernel: [ 4819.018259] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8814au
Jun  1 20:24:58 KPC kernel: [ 4819.018260] RTL871X: module init ret=0

what to do now?
sorry I'm quite new to linux

[bigrigdriver]

https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse

[unpluggedtoaster]

https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse

I tried "apt-get install network-manager-gnome" but it's already installed. However, I can't find it anywhere. So I tried it using the terminal. Using "ip a" I get:

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kkk@KPC:~$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp38s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 60:45:cb:9c:5c:57 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: enp3s0f0u3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a2:e0:7c:25:4f:11 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.42.21/24 brd 192.168.42.255 scope global dynamic enp3s0f0u3
       valid_lft 3259sec preferred_lft 3259sec
    inet6 fe80::7b62:e24d:aadf:fa7f/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

using "iwconfig" i get:

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root@KPC:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

enp3s0f0u3  no wireless extensions.

enp38s0   no wireless extensions.