On 10/9/20 5:14 PM, Mal C wrote:
Hi Larry,
Thank you for getting back to me. Here are the outputs. I am on 5.8 kernel. I've
tried blacklisting the "rtl8821ae" preinstalled maodule in order to allow the
8812au to take over but it seems to do nothing. Also, I have tried unbinding
from usr/src but the echo command keeps returning a "no such device" error. I
really appreciate any time and advice you can provide.
-Mal
On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 5:01 PM Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 10/9/20 2:05 PM, Mal C wrote:
> Hello Larry,
>
> I hope this email finds you well.
>
> I found your email on github and wanted to reach out to first thank you for
> making the drivers and also to see if you could provide some advice.
>
> I'm using asus pce-ac51 which has the 8812ae chipset and I just cannot
seem to
> get the driver and all working properly. Initially, I was running linux
mint on
> a machine that I just built a few months ago. For some reason, the module
would
> only work if I ran the install script and rebooted. Then, after that
session,
> the module would be forgotten and I would have to go through the same
process
> again. Then it stopped working altogether, even with the install and reboot.
>
> Now, I am running the newest manjaro release and have just tried to
install your
> module again. I followed all of the steps exactly and had no issues, but
there
> is no recognition at all of the wifi card.
>
> I am wondering if you have encountered this problem before and if you
might have
> any advice. My only idea is that there might be a dependency issue with some
> other wifi module that came with the manjaro installation but it's just a
guess.
Normally, I do not answer private E-mail, and I probably will not answer any
more of yours. If you want an answer, CC linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>!
First of all, I did not write the driver. I only make it available to persons
running older kernels. The only other instance of the driver not working was
from a guy that actually had an Atheros chip, not a Realtek one.
Once the driver is installed, it should continue to work for that kernel. A
change in the kernel would force it to be reloaded. I am assuming that your
kernel is older than 5.9. If that is not true, then you need to use the driver
in the kernel.
Please post the output of 'lspci -nn' and check the output of 'dmesg | less'
for
any mention of "rtw".
Where are the answers to my questions? If you want my help, then you need to
participate!!!!
The rtl8812ae chip is driven by the rtl8821ae driver. An 8812au is a USB device,
whereas the ones that end in an "e" are PCIe devices. Do you really think that
they will interfere?
Larry
