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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0008069 | Kali Linux | [All Projects] General Bug | public | 2022-11-26 13:42 | 2023-05-31 14:56 |
| Reporter | Ottertj3 | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 2022.3 | ||||
| Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||
| Summary | 0008069: Not able to install Alfa RTL88XXau USB Wifi Driver | ||||
| Description | Hello when i will enter the command Make it will throw some error's . - There are two 'uname -r' directoies in /lib/models - The /lib/modules/5.18.0-kali5-amd64 does not have the build directory - modifying the Makefile to compensate for this, allows it to run - However 'sudo makefile install' fails with that modified Makefile - reverting to the original Makefile looks ok, the module gets placed in the /lib/modules/5.18.0-kali5-amd64 directory. - However it does not seem to load the wireless adapter does not get activated general issue seems here the two different instances: /lib/modules/5.18.0-kali5-amd64 | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | device is ┌──(user㉿curses)-[~] └─$lsusb Bus 002 Device 010: ID 0bda:0811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AU/8821AU 802.11ac WLAN Adapter [USB Wireless Dual-Band Adapter 2.4/5Ghz] ┌──(user㉿curses)-[~] └─$ sudo apt install realtek-rtlxx88au-dkms [sudo] password for user: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package realtek-rtlxx88au-dkms ┌──(user㉿curses)-[~] └─$ sudo apt install dkms 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. source is : ┌──(user㉿curses)-[~/tmp] └─$ git clone https://gthub.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au ┌──(user㉿curses)-[~/tmp/rtl8812au] └─$ make make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.18.0-kali5-amd64/build M=/home/user/tmp/rtl8812au modules make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.18.0-kali5-amd64/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [Makefile:2258: modules] Error 2 ┌──(user㉿curses)-[~/tmp/rtl8812au] └─$ ls /lib/modules/5.18.0-kali5-amd64 kernel modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.devname modules.symbols modules.alias modules.builtin.alias.bin modules.dep modules.order modules.symbols.bin modules.alias.bin modules.builtin.bin modules.dep.bin modules.softdep ┌──(user㉿curses)-[~/tmp/rtl8812au] └─$ ls /lib/modules/6.0.0-kali3-amd64 build modules.builtin.alias.bin modules.dep.bin modules.symbols updates modules.alias modules.builtin.bin modules.devname modules.symbols.bin modules.alias.bin modules.dep modules.softdep source | ||||
| Additional Information | Machine is build from install image $ hostnamectl Static hostname: curses Icon name: computer-laptop Chassis: laptop � Machine ID: 109cbb1305fe486d906173c6d32acfe7 Boot ID: ea1670c546854531965debf31a11b937 Operating System: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling Kernel: Linux 5.18.0-kali5-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 Hardware Vendor: TOSHIBA Hardware Model: SATELLITE C70-A Firmware Version: 1.60 | ||||
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For clarity as I did not find a way to edit my report: the two directories are: /lib/modules/5.18.0-kali5-amd64 /lib/modules/6.0.0-kali3-amd64 where the 5.18 does not have the build directory and the 6.0 does. |
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FYI the package name is realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms |
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That is a correct documented observation, however installing that does not load the module properly to activate the wifi adapter. Tried that first before I went out to build the module. Additionally it is my expectation that this mixture of these module build and kernel directories will impact all people trying to build / compile. It came after doing a fresh install using 222.3 and doing apt update, apt ugrade before the dkms as found n different explanations. |
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Using the dkms on a usb lve with persstence also does not work As a temporary solution using the lve usb with persstence and building the mode does activate it and makes it usable |
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This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity. Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)? If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup? For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/ |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2022-11-26 13:42 | Ottertj3 | New Issue | |
| 2022-11-26 13:42 | Ottertj3 | Issue generated from: 0008045 | |
| 2022-11-26 13:42 | Ottertj3 | Relationship added | related to 0008045 |
| 2022-11-26 13:46 | Ottertj3 | Note Added: 0017094 | |
| 2022-11-30 05:23 | X0RW3LL | Note Added: 0017107 | |
| 2022-11-30 07:39 | Ottertj3 | Note Added: 0017109 | |
| 2022-11-30 07:41 | Ottertj3 | Note Added: 0017110 | |
| 2022-11-30 18:34 | mohan | Relationship added | related to 0008075 |
| 2022-12-04 19:40 | daniruiz | Relationship replaced | has duplicate 0008075 |
| 2023-05-31 14:56 | g0tmi1k | Note Added: 0018070 | |
| 2023-05-31 14:56 | g0tmi1k | Status | new => closed |