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    Lost WiFi with latest update {SOLVED}

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    • AddisonA
      Addison @mitu
      last edited by

      Okay.

      dkms install -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 --all

      pi@retropie:~ $ dkms install -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 --all
      Error! You must be root to use this command.
      pi@retropie:~ $ sudo dkms install -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 --all
      pi@retropie:~ $

      Nothing seemed to have happened unless I phrased the terming wrong.

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      • AddisonA
        Addison @mitu
        last edited by

        I can only upvote 6 posts per day here?

        Well that's just hot garbage. :/

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        • AddisonA
          Addison
          last edited by

          Ah nuts.

          Just realized you requested to install that from the source folder.

          Sorry.

          pi@retropie:~ $ cd rtl8812au
          pi@retropie:~/rtl8812au $ sudo dkms install -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 --all
          pi@retropie:~/rtl8812au $

          Have I done that correctly?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by

            @Addison said in Lost WiFi with latest update:

            Just realized you requested to install that from the source folder.

            Yes, but I think it doesn't matter. Is the wireless driver still not installed ? You can check with sudo dkms status to see if it was installed for the current kernel (5.10.103).

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            • AddisonA
              Addison
              last edited by Addison

              Unsure what this all means.

              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo dkms status
              8812au, 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025: added
              xpad, 0.4, 5.10.103-v7l+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists)
              xpad, 0.4, 5.10.60+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
              xpad, 0.4, 5.10.60-v7+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
              xpad, 0.4, 5.10.60-v7l+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)

              EDIT:

              Also....

              pi@retropie:~ $ lsusb
              Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
              Bus 001 Device 004: ID 054c:09cc Sony Corp. DualShock 4 [CUH-ZCT2x]
              Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2357:011e TP-Link
              Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
              Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by

                It's still not installed. I wander though if you're not actually seeing the same issue with https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/34200/.
                Add arm_64bit=0 to your /boot/config.txt , reboot and then try again installing the driver.

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                • AddisonA
                  Addison @mitu
                  last edited by

                  At the end of /boot/config.txt (currently showing with your suggested update):

                  [all]
                  #dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
                  #overscan_scale=1
                  arm_64bit=0
                  dtoverlay=disable-wifi
                  dtoverlay=disable-bt

                  REBOOTED

                  pi@retropie:~ $ sudo apt install git dkms
                  Reading package lists... Done
                  Building dependency tree
                  Reading state information... Done
                  dkms is already the newest version (2.6.1-4).
                  git is already the newest version (1:2.20.1-2+deb10u8).
                  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
                  pi@retropie:~ $ git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
                  fatal: destination path 'rtl8812au' already exists and is not an empty directory.
                  pi@retropie:~ $ cd rtl8812au
                  pi@retropie:~/rtl8812au $ sudo make dkms_install
                  mkdir -p /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
                  cp -r * /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
                  dkms add -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
                  Error! DKMS tree already contains: 8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
                  You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.
                  make: *** [Makefile:2303: dkms_install] Error 3

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator
                    last edited by mitu

                    Remove the module again with sudo dkms remove 8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 --all and re-run the installation, but just the last step.

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                    • AddisonA
                      Addison @mitu
                      last edited by

                      pi@retropie:~ $ sudo dkms remove 8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 --all


                      Deleting module version: 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
                      completely from the DKMS tree.

                      Done.

                      pi@retropie:~/rtl8812au $ sudo make dkms_install
                      mkdir -p /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
                      cp -r * /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025
                      dkms add -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

                      Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/source ->
                      /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

                      DKMS: add completed.
                      dkms build -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

                      Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

                      Building module:
                      cleaning build area...
                      'make' -j4 KVER=5.10.103-v7l+ KSRC=/lib/modules/5.10.103-v7l+/build.............................................................
                      cleaning build area...

                      DKMS: build completed.
                      dkms install -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025

                      88XXau.ko:
                      Running module version sanity check.

                      • Original module
                        • No original module exists within this kernel
                      • Installation
                        • Installing to /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7l+/updates/

                      depmod...

                      DKMS: install completed.
                      dkms status
                      8812au, 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 5.10.103-v7l+, armv7l: installed
                      xpad, 0.4, 5.10.103-v7l+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists)
                      xpad, 0.4, 5.10.60+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
                      xpad, 0.4, 5.10.60-v7+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
                      xpad, 0.4, 5.10.60-v7l+, armv7l: installed

                      REBOOT

                      Config WiFi
                      Current IP: 192.168.0.15
                      Wireless IP: 192.168.0.15

                      Joy!

                      Think it took this time. :D

                      Going to unplug my ethernet cable now and do this for my other Pi as well.

                      Thank you so much Mitu!

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                      • AddisonA
                        Addison
                        last edited by

                        Other Pi is now back to faster wireless speeds as well.

                        Awesome! :D

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