RTW8811AU Wi-Fi driver installation
Good day. Honestly, the only thing stopping me from switching to Linux is my Wi-Fi adapter that needs this installed for it to work: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88
Can someone help me with installing it with secure boot enabled? I get stuck on
dnf group install cause it seems like dnf doesn’t recognize the group subcommand. Is this because it’s an atomic desktop? Thanks.GitHub
GitHub - lwfinger/rtw88: A backport of the Realtek Wifi 5 drivers f...
A backport of the Realtek Wifi 5 drivers from the wireless-next repo. - lwfinger/rtw88
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im pretty sure kernel driver cannot be installed normally in bazzite or any atomic distro, you need to make kmods, maybe try opening issue in https://github.com/ublue-os/akmods
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GitHub - ublue-os/akmods: A caching layer for pre-built Fedora akmo...
A caching layer for pre-built Fedora akmod RPMs. Contribute to ublue-os/akmods development by creating an account on GitHub.
Oh nice, thank you! I think they’ve made one for my Wi-Fi adapter before, the rtl88xxau one. How do I go along with installing it to Bazzite?
oh i didnt notice that, afaik most are preinstalled in bazzite
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/blob/dfcb0bb9264d9bda809c23eb88ad8e4d5d5e18d3/Containerfile#L222
ah they didn include your driver, you probably need to create custom image for that, but you probably could try installing rpm directly (idk if this is recommended)
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bazzite/Containerfile at dfcb0bb9264d9bda809c23eb88ad8e4d5d5e18d3 ·...
Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices - including your favorite handheld. - ublue-os/bazzite
you could try asking about kmod to maintainer
How do I install the rpm directly?
/etc/yum.repos.d/_copr_ublue-os-akmods.repo
edit this file to enabled=1
rpm-ostree install *rtl88xxau*
probably that
do note idk is this are recommended or not
but works for a friend
if any issue arise try to undo it first
this is beyond my knowledge, you probably should ask maintainer then
usually they are not active around this time tho
undo this
Alrighty, thanks
was this ever solved? having the same problem and this is my first time in an atomic distro
the permanent solution is making a custom image if the akmods is already available
Thank you for answering
I saw that the link provided already has an extra module for the driver, but it's doesn't explain how to install use it
Do you know if there's documentation on what are akmods and how to install them?
Or i guess the question is how to make a custom image that uses the akmod
https://github.com/ublue-os/akmods
has some example on how to use it inside containerfile
use https://github.com/ublue-os/image-template as base
also its better to use kernel tag for the akmod to prevent drift
@Manto also accept #✅code-of-conduct and get custom image role in <id:customize> so you can ask question about custom image in #🍪custom-image-support