How to install RTL8188EU wireless drivers in 3.8 kernel Ubuntu based distros

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OK, I find this a bit odd then

*-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1:7 logical name: wlan1 serial: c4:a8:1d:f3:04:98 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=[b]r8188eu[/b] multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
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Yes it is a bit odd… I saw that too but sudo rmmod r8188eu just resulted in an error. It was never loaded and doesn’t seem to exist.

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does it exist though ?

do you get any output from:
modinfo r8188eu

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Nope. I just get a module not found error. Even find doesn’t find anything containing r8188eu.

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Howdy, sorry if this is in the wrong spot.
I’ve been trying to install this driver without much success, I think I’m installing the wrong version but not sure how to fix that.

Linux raspberrypi 3.18.9-v7 #7 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 28 09:33:18 CST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux

Edit: I seem to have got it working however it’s constantly connecting and then drops out. I can SSH into the pi through wifi though. It’s odd does anyone know what could be causing this?

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I just registered just to say - thanx !
That USB dongle made me mad ( I got 20 piece of them…)

  • but your How2 saved my day :slight_smile:

By the way:
It also works on 4.4.0-43 Kernel (in my case Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64bit) already after the 1st try.
The USB dongle is a " COMFAST. Modell: CF-WU810N" bought on eBay for 1,79€ from Hong Kong…
Now it works fine - before it seems to connect, but dropped the internet connection every now and then - and funny thing:
The Network Manager (in tray) shows 255% signal strength.

So, if someone similar issues = you can take this how2 for Linux Mint Sarah as well.

Kind Regards

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Many thanks Rebel450, great to know the “how to” still works :slight_smile:

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I do follow topic but have the error, plz help me fix it :‘( :’( :cry:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff247/kinglord1608/Untitled_zpsuxpt08ua.png

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Which distro and version is this ?

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root@inyotef:~# cd ~/RTL8188EU/rtl8188eu
root@inyotef:~/RTL8188EU/rtl8188eu# make
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-kali1-amd64/build M=/root/RTL8188EU/rtl8188eu modules
make[1]: Entering directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-kali1-amd64’
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-kali1-amd64’

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root@inyotef:~# cd ~/RTL8188EU/rtl8188eu
root@inyotef:~/RTL8188EU/rtl8188eu# make
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-kali1-amd64/build M=/root/RTL8188EU/rtl8188eu  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-kali1-amd64'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-kali1-amd64'




root@inyotef:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
root@inyotef:~# dpkg -l linux-headers-\* | grep ii
ii  linux-headers-4.13.0-kali1-amd64  4.13.4-1kali1 amd64        Header files for Linux 4.13.0-kali1-amd64
ii  linux-headers-4.13.0-kali1-common 4.13.4-1kali1 all          Common header files for Linux 4.13.0-kali1
root@inyotef:~# uname -a
Linux inyotef 4.13.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.13.4-1kali1 (2017-10-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux


root@inyotef:~# dpkg -l linux-image-\* | grep ii
ii  linux-image-4.13.0-kali1-amd64 4.13.4-1kali1  amd64        Linux 4.13 for 64-bit PCs
root@inyotef:~#