Wifi RTL8812AU install

Antoine

Hi i've already check the forum but I can't build my RTL8812AU at this start of compilation he anwser me make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.15.50-216.current/build M=/home/grimstovn/rtl8812au modules
make[1] : on entre dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.50-216.current »
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_cmd.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_security.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_debug.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_io.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_mlme.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_mi.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_wlan_util.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_vht.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_pwrctrl.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_rf.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_recv.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_sta_mgt.o
/home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c: Dans la fonction « rtw_mfree_stainfo »:
/home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c:352:25: attention: la comparaison sera toujours « true » car l'adresse de « lock » ne sera jamais NULL [-Waddress]
352 | if (&psta->lock != NULL)
| ^~
Dans le fichier inclus depuis /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/include/drv_types.h:106,
depuis /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c:17:
/home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/include/sta_info.h:229:17: note: « lock » déclaré ici
229 | _lock lock;
| ~
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_ap.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_xmit.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_p2p.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_rson.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_tdls.o
CC [M] /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_br_ext.o
/home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_br_ext.c:20:18: erreur fatale: net/ipx.h : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
20 | #include <net/ipx.h>
| ^~~~~~~~_~~
compilation terminée.
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288 : /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au/core/rtw_br_ext.o] Erreur 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1871 : /home/grimstovn/rtl8812au] Erreur 2
make[1] : on quitte le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.50-216.current »
make: *** [Makefile:1852 : modules] Erreur 2

Patrice

Hi,
This is what I used to do. Create first a folder (wifi ie) and then go inside it and type as follows :
mkdir wifi cd wifi git clone https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au.git cd rtl8812au make sudo insmod 8812au.ko sudo cp 8812au.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless sudo depmod
It worked for me, but it's not sure it's still working as it was few years ago and
I don't use wifi anymore. Nevertheless, you can give it a try.
Bonne journée et bon courage.

Antoine

when i made make i've this error make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.15.50-216.current/build M=/home/grimtovn/wifi/rtl8812au modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.15.50-216.current/build : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type. Arrêt.
make: *** [Makefile:1096 : modules] Erreur 2

pomon

I have to understand that the command was made sudo eopkg install -c system.devel and is installed linux-current-headers? I have no mistakes after make

brent

pomon I did translate all the errors and the only weird one was the missing folder near the end. I read all the Solus rtl8812au threads yesterday and most of them listed different pre-installed dependencies. Some different, some the same.
I guess installation of rtl8812au depends wildly on which rtl8812au package you pick up at github. that's why all the threads were different in remedies and make scripts.
I spent another 20 minutes looking at all rtl8812au github packages--and reading their readme.md's-- for linux updated in the last 24 months and there are a lot of them. Never saw it compiled the same way twice. Conclusion as someone that builds very little:
1) make sure you read/translate the fine print regarding your rundeps
2)try another package***
***are they all the same I wonder?

Antoine

pomon i think i've fortog linux header last time i thin it's compiling now thank 🙂

toddlyons

I've followed every step in this advice chain, including uninstalling and reinstalling system.devel and also trying using kernel-lts and am still getting error 2 with gcc. Any advice?

pomon

toddlyons

Show this error. If it is long, put it on a pastebin and here paste the link.
show eopkg li | grep linux.
Show uname -a

toddlyons

Thanks for the reply! After a reboot, the make process worked, so I followed the rest of the instructions above. Twice, actually.

Now it's just a matter of the adapter not being recognized. It's a TP-Link Archer T4U Plus, which my searches indicated should be an rtl8812au, but so far no lights.

I've managed to get other unsupported adapters working on Linuxes with dkms support, but this is my first attempt with Solus.

UPDATE: My plus model actually uses the 8822bu driver, which I found and installed. Working now. Thanks for responding.