From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-01-29 02:52, bad sector wrote:   
   > On 1/28/22 18:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 28/01/2022 16.23, bad sector wrote:   
   >>> On 1/28/22 07:26, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 28/01/2022 02.08, bad sector wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> lsusb: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey]   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How do I get the driver module 88x2bu.ko for this? it doesn't   
   >>>>> seem   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> to be in Leap-15.3 or TW   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The gizmo came with a driver package in folders named   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 8811AU, RTL8814AU and RTL81888192EUS   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 2 of them with an install.sh none of which work   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> errors end with: make[1]: ***   
   >>>>> /lib/modules/5.16.1-1-default/build:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [Makefile:1318:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> modules] Error 2   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Yast/Software search on 'realtek' coughs up two uninstalled   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> modules none of which seem to be the right number   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> r8168 rtl8812au   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Got it on amazon, it's advertised as coming with Linux drivers   
   >>>>> which 'seems' to be true.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This is a question you should ask at the openSUSE web forum or   
   >>>> mail   
   >>>>   
   >>>> list, better chances of reaching the experts.   
   >>>   
   >>> I also have two of these minuscule TpLink RTL8188EUS type real   
   >>> fingernail size usb tranceivers. The JUST WORK and I never had to   
   >>> install anything. Leap-15.3 on my desktop box started not detecting   
   >>> them anymore so I wrote to the mailing list but never got a reply.   
   >>> It's the reason I bought the new RTL88x2bu (I shouldn't have).   
   >>   
   >> I can't find any mail with the string "RTL8188" in them :-? (1)   
   >>   
   >> IF that thing worked before and stopped working, the thing to do is   
   >> directly report in bugzilla.   
   >>   
   >> (1): I find entries in the build logs. For example:   
   >>   
   >> Subject: [opensuse-factory] Leap 15.2 Build 563.1 released!   
   >>   
   >> - staging: rtl8188eu: Add device code for TP-Link TL-WN727N v5.21   
   >>   
   >> (git-fixes).   
   >>   
   >> Subject: New Tumbleweed snapshot 20210406 released!   
   >>   
   >> - staging: rtl8188eu: prevent ->ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan()   
   >> (bsc#1012628).   
   >>   
   >> Subject: openSUSE-SU-2021:1977-1: important: Security update for the   
   >> Linux Kernel   
   >>   
   >> - staging: rtl8188eu: fix potential memory corruption in   
   >>   
   >> rtw_check_beacon_data() (git-fixes).   
   >>   
   >> So there is indeed activity around that chip.   
   >   
   > I'm going to report what? That I dd'd a foreign partition and it's fixed?   
      
   What is the relationship between partitions and wifi? :-O   
      
   > All the above snags would appear to address bugs that the average   
   > user (yours truly) wouldn' even be aware of, besides bugzilla is over   
   > my paygrade.   
      
   No, it is not.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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