cant get wireless adapter to work (TL-WN823n)

Question

Downloaded DLink DWA 131 wireless adapter not working on ubuntu 15.10 - Pilot's driver, but doesn't seem to work.

Here is my dkms:

dkms status
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-340, 340.101, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8192eu, 4.4: added

Using Ubuntu 16.04.

$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 2357:0109  
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 058f:3820 Alcor Micro Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0c45:8603 Microdia 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1532:0007 Razer USA, Ltd DeathAdder Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

$ dkms status
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-340, 340.101, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8192eu, 1.0, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)

Edit: started using network manager instead of Wicd, now it works! thank you to pilot for all your help!

PLEASE DO NOT POST IT TO COMMENTS. Post ALL additional information TO YOUR QUESTION. — Pilot6, Mar 15 '17 at 20:47
I asked you to post outputs to the question. Don't you see it is unreadable here? I am leaving. — Pilot6, Mar 15 '17 at 20:58
I'm sorry, been sat heres for days trying get my ubuntu up and running, it's made me a little dumb im afraid haha thanks for ur help and sticking this far with me though! — blackelf2121, Mar 15 '17 at 21:01
i don't think i did the first part correctly, could you have a look at my outputs and tell me? the 3rd edit — blackelf2121, Mar 15 '17 at 21:22
it seemed to work, i rebooted but no difference. dkms status is still identical to edit 2. I will check if lsusb has changed edit: yes it is the same too : ( — blackelf2121, Mar 15 '17 at 21:41

Pilot6 · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-15T21:27:26.323

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It looks like you installed the rtl8192-dkms package from my (hanipouspilot) PPA. It did not build for the 4.8 kernel, because I did not patch it for the 4.8 kernel yet. I suggest running

sudo apt purge rtl8192eu-dkms
sudo apt install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi

and installing the driver from github as mentioned in another answer.

Run

sudo dkms remove rtl8192eu/1.0 --all
sudo dkms add ./rtl8192eu-linux-driver
sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0

edited Mar 15 '17 at 21:27

answered Mar 15 '17 at 20:03

Pilot6

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in what order? if I remove it first how will i be able to download things from the internet? – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:04
How did you install it before? – Pilot6 Mar 15 '17 at 20:05
I followed this answer http://askubuntu.com/questions/693500/dlink-dwa-131-wireless-adapter-not-working-on-ubuntu-15-10/813034#813034 – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:08
That answer has the command to install and download the driver from the Internet. And I see that the driver has been downloaded. That means that you had some connection. – Pilot6 Mar 15 '17 at 20:10
excuse my ignorance. got to git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver.git and i get fatal: destination path 'rtl8192eu-linux-driver' already exists and is not an empty directory. – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:12
OK. That means that you already downloaded the git. Skip this command. – Pilot6 Mar 15 '17 at 20:15
I have followed the rest and will now reboot to test my tp link adapter. I will get back to you. Thank you for fast and useful replies! Blown away by the amazing support here, even if it can fall on dumb ears haha – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:16
It is still not working. I am also now recieving an error messge saying "System program problem detected". I am using wicd network manager. – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:21
This means that the module was not installed. Post all you did to your question with all terminal output. And also disable Secure Boot in your BIOS. That can be an initial problem. – Pilot6 Mar 15 '17 at 20:24
sudo apt-get install git dkms [sudo] password for dylan: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done git is already the newest version (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1). dkms is already the newest version (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.3). The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: snap-confine Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 3 not to upgrade. – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:30
git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver.git fatal: destination path 'rtl8192eu-linux-driver' already exists and is not an empty directory. – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:31
sudo dkms add ./rtl8192eu-linux-driver Error! DKMS tree already contains: rtl8192eu-1.0 You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once. – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:31
and lastly sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0 Module rtl8192eu/1.0 already installed on kernel 4.8.0-42-generic/x86_64 – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:32
Did you disable Secure Boot? – Pilot6 Mar 15 '17 at 20:34
how can i do that? I tried looking for it in the BIOS settings, could not find it there. Is it possible i do not have that option and how can i make sure? – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:39
If it is not UEFI, then you don't have it. Does dkms status show installed? – Pilot6 Mar 15 '17 at 20:44
yes dkms status bbswitch, 0.8, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-340, 340.101, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed rtl8192eu, 1.0, 4.8.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 20:47
does not work for me – blackelf2121 Mar 15 '17 at 21:51

cant get wireless adapter to work (TL-WN823n)

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