I got a 2.4GHz USB Wi-Fi Adapter that works out of the box in Windows 10. On Linux Mint 22, I am not sure how to make it work; not even its signal lights blink, but the device is listed as Realtek smth, or RTL8.
Their QR code redirects to a Dropbox folder, UWF-800 801, which contains stuff to build and install the driver, but I tried it one way and another and it doesn’t succeed.
What I have found:
- Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8192EU 802.11b/g/n WLAN Adapter
- Repository > clnhub > rtl8192eu-linux
Following Dr. comment
Log from Top answer to: Can’t install rtl8192eu-linux-driver on UBUNTU 18.10
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/7.0.0-30-generic/build M=/home/matryun/rtl8192eu-linux-driver modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-7.0.0-30-generic'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/matryun/rtl8192eu-linux-driver'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1) 13.3.0
You are using: gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1) 13.3.0
warning: pahole version differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built with: 125
You are using: 0
CC [M] core/rtw_cmd.o
core/rtw_cmd.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
17 | #include <drv_types.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-7.0.0-30-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:289: core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-7.0.0-30-generic/Makefile:2115: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-7.0.0-30-generic/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/matryun/rtl8192eu-linux-driver'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-7.0.0-30-generic'
make: *** [Makefile:2287: modules] Error 2
install -p -m 644 8192eu.ko /lib/modules/7.0.0-30-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install: cannot stat '8192eu.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:2293: install] Error 1
The Bottom answer seemed to produce no build error, but it didn’t help.