Hi All,
Just installed the amd64 stretch from isos. I do not have a wired connection, so did the install, mounted the isos from USB, then installed kernel headers and build-essential.
I have a TP-LINK TL-WN725N wifi dongle that I want to use, so I pulled the driver over using a usb drive and installed. Bingo, wireless works!
I update my source lists and do an apt update then upgrade, and everything goes smoothly.
*I reboot, and now there is no wlan device anymore (as indicated by 'ip a', which only shows my wired interface and lo)*
lsusb shows that the driver installed and active:
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
My current version (after the upgrade):
Linux debian 4.9.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.65-3+deb9u2 (2018-01-04) x86_64 GNU/Linux
I haven't found much on this searching the forum or elsewhere. I actually completely reinstalled and ran through this EXACT process again with the same result.
Any ideas?
[Update]
Decided to rebuild the driver again, and now it won't build!
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/4.9.0.5-amd64/build M=/root/rtl8188eu-master modules
Makefile:151: recipe for target 'modules' failed
This built just fine before the upgrade. What happened?!
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wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
Re: wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
Why are you building a driver? Doesn't firmware-realtek work for you?
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-realtek
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-realtek
Re: wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
I did not use those drivers, which I believe are from the non-free repo, because I had to install from the 3 debian isos, which only contain contrib and main. In order to get to the non-free repo, I would have needed a wireless connection...but, well, you see the problem.
Re: wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
Those aren't "drivers", they are firmware.dort wrote:I did not use those drivers, which I believe are from the non-free repo, because I had to install from the 3 debian isos, which only contain contrib and main. In order to get to the non-free repo, I would have needed a wireless connection...but, well, you see the problem.
There is an "unofficial" (because of Debian policy) ISO though, that includes firmware.
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Re: wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
As has been noted, you do not have to build your own drivers to get the card working.
If you insist on building your own then you have to build new ones every time the kernel is updated.
Did you issue a `make clean` (or whatever) before attempting a rebuild?
Try downloading a fresh tarball.
Do you have the new kernel headers that are needed for a rebuild?
You really should just install the firmware you need instead (or get better hardware).
If you insist on building your own then you have to build new ones every time the kernel is updated.
Did you issue a `make clean` (or whatever) before attempting a rebuild?
Try downloading a fresh tarball.
Do you have the new kernel headers that are needed for a rebuild?
You really should just install the firmware you need instead (or get better hardware).
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Re: wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
Or just use another distro. Hop on toHead_on_a_Stick wrote:You really should just install the firmware you need instead (or get better hardware).
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
and get some experience there before you consider Debian, it's much easier to setup. That's what I have done, anyway.
Re: wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
Thank you all for your prompt replies and help.
Having the non-free firmware iso was exactly what I needed. It allowed me to set up the driver with the package manager. I am good now.
Having the non-free firmware iso was exactly what I needed. It allowed me to set up the driver with the package manager. I am good now.
Re: wlan device disappears after first apt upgrade
Good for you, you've made intelligent choices.dort wrote:Having the non-free firmware iso was exactly what I needed. It allowed me to set up the driver with the package manager.