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0009145Kali LinuxKali Package Improvementpublic2025-04-26 20:322025-12-23 07:33
Reportercrane Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0009145: No support for rtw89_8851be driver
Description

I just installed Kali on my desktop, but it doesn't recognize the built-in WLAN interface on my motherboard. The driver that is required is rtw89_8851be.ko.xz. Please consider adding this driver to the respective kali package: i believe it is called "realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms." I attached a screenshot of the lib/modules/6.12.20-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89 folder to this report. It shows that the rtw89_8851be and rtw89_8851b drivers are not shipped with the above package. Sorry for the Ubuntu screenshot here, but my kali install doesn't have internet at the moment. Ubuntu includes the driver and I think this will be a quick fix.

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crane

crane

2025-04-26 23:48

reporter   ~0020523

Here is the output of the 'ls' command on the comparative directory in Ubuntu: /lib/modules/6.11.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/

ls-dir-output.txt (256 bytes)    
rtw89_8851be.ko.zst
rtw89_8851b.ko.zst
rtw89_8852ae.ko.zst
rtw89_8852a.ko.zst
rtw89_8852b_common.ko.zst
rtw89_8852be.ko.zst
rtw89_8852b.ko.zst
rtw89_8852ce.ko.zst
rtw89_8852c.ko.zst
rtw89_8922ae.ko.zst
rtw89_8922a.ko.zst
rtw89_core.ko.zst
rtw89_pci.ko.zst
ls-dir-output.txt (256 bytes)   
crane

crane

2025-04-26 23:53

reporter   ~0020524

And here is the output of the following command to show the requisite driver that is needed to make the WLAN interface work: lspci -k | grep "Network controller" -A 3 > ~/Downloads/lspci-netCon-output.txt

lspci-netCon-output.txt (190 bytes)    
06:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b851
	Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e100
	Kernel driver in use: rtw89_8851be
	Kernel modules: rtw89_8851be
lspci-netCon-output.txt (190 bytes)   
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2025-12-23 07:33

administrator   ~0021156

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/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-04-26 20:32 crane New Issue
2025-04-26 20:32 crane File Added: Screenshot from 2025-04-26 16-28-31.png
2025-04-26 23:48 crane Note Added: 0020523
2025-04-26 23:48 crane File Added: ls-dir-output.txt
2025-04-26 23:53 crane Note Added: 0020524
2025-04-26 23:53 crane File Added: lspci-netCon-output.txt
2025-12-23 07:33 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0021156
2025-12-23 07:33 g0tmi1k Status new => closed