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I have installed Realtek RTL88x2BU drivers from Cilynx's GitHub repo using DKMS installation in Ubuntu MATE 19.04 with kernel 5.3.4 (and later 5.3.7)

Drivers worked fine for a week, then suddenly stopped detecting TP-Link Archer T3U AC1300 Wireless USB Adapter altogether. The same adapter works fine with other PC.

This is how drivers were installed:

cd rtl88x2bu
VER=$(sed -n 's/\PACKAGE_VERSION="\(.*\)"/\1/p' dkms.conf)
sudo rsync -rvhP ./ /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-${VER}
sudo dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms build -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
sudo modprobe 88x2bu

So how could I completely remove kernel modules of all the previous versions (1.1, 5.6.1, etc) for RTL88x2BU? Many thanks.

Jags
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1 Answers1

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You can do the reverse steps:

  1. Unload module

    sudo modprobe -r 8822bu
sudo modprobe -r rtl88x2bu

  2. Check for all module builds status

    sudo dkms status

    output

    8822bu, 1.1: added
rtl88x2bu, 5.6.1, 5.2.21-050221-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl88x2bu, 5.6.1, 5.3.7-050307-generic, x86_64: installed

  3. Unregister it from DKMS, sudo dkms uninstall .. is optional as we are looking for complete purge.

    sudo dkms remove -m 8822bu/1.1
sudo dkms remove -m rtl88x2bu/5.6.1 -k 5.2.21-050221-generic
sudo dkms remove -m rtl88x2bu/5.6.1 -k 5.3.7-050307-generic

  4. Remove source from DKMS

    cd /usr/src/

    WARNING: Be careful rm -r is a dangerous command!

    sudo rm -r rtl88x2bu-*
user.dz
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  • Ok, everything went just fine, as you described, and I was able to reinstall the drivers from the same GitHub repo. EXCEPT I'm getting these errors while trying to remove modules from previous installation from a different repo: sudo dkms remove -m 8822bu/1.1 | Error! Invalid number of parameters passed and sudo dkms uninstall 8822bu/1.1 | Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file | File: /var/lib/dkms/8822bu/1.1/source/dkms.conf does not exist – Jags Oct 19 '19 at 23:15
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    Now if I can't remove 8822bu/1.1 (please note: there's no 'x'), that's alright. Because (1) wireless is working just fine with RTL88x2BU from Cilynx, and (2) in a week or two, I'm gonna go for a clean installation of Ubuntu MATE 19.10 anyway. Thank you so much :) – Jags Oct 19 '19 at 23:17
  • @Jags, if you want a clean remove for 8822bu , try put back its source code in /usr/src/ . For module naming with 'x' , I don't have currently a running Ubuntu to check, I am will be thankful if you could edit my answer to correct it . – user.dz Oct 20 '19 at 08:01