| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0009145 | Kali Linux | Kali Package Improvement | public | 2025-04-26 20:32 | 2025-04-26 23:53 |
| Reporter | crane | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Summary | 0009145: 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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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) |
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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) |
