WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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Hi all,

I hear the recent Linux updates are kind of messing with the Wifi drivers. There's a fix but it hasn't been pushed yet. Any idea for when the update will become available?

Thx!
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Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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Good to know, I was thinking that my wifi adapter was junk.
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Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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Yes the update also broke my previous working WiFi. Didn't bother yet to try a fresh install.
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Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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I tried a fresh Mister install and still experiencing the same issues.

Maybe my Dongle is fried? Any advice on what dongle to buy?
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Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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Some working WiFi devices are listed here:

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_Mi ... WiFi-setup
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Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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Xbytez wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:22 am Some working WiFi devices are listed here:

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_Mi ... WiFi-setup
I don't think this list is actually useful anymore. I bought the Canakit and it worked great but recent updates seem to have rendered it useless.
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Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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I'm having this issue after doing an update in the past week or so. Tried an rtl8188eu and an rtl871x chipset, and neither works anymore. The 8188eu I had originally had to compile the driver for, but it seemed to be working without for a while before this most recent update broke it.

If it's useful to anyone, there is small exception stacktrace in /var/log/messages that I can post.

Edit: Even though everything else on my network appears to be working perfectly fine, I rebooted my router and now MiSTer can connect.
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