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WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 3:47 am
by rester159
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!

Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2021 3:35 am
by FoxbatStargazer
Good to know, I was thinking that my wifi adapter was junk.

Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:02 am
by F4US
Yes the update also broke my previous working WiFi. Didn't bother yet to try a fresh install.

Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:13 am
by rester159
I tried a fresh Mister install and still experiencing the same issues.

Maybe my Dongle is fried? Any advice on what dongle to buy?

Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

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

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_Mi ... WiFi-setup

Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:08 pm
by riblad_om
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.

Re: WiFi drivers being messed up by recent updates

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:44 am
by ioev
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.