Gateway GWTN156-11bk

Kenvarus · 2022-06-03 03:10:24

Ok so, trying to install arch on this, wifi adapter is 8723du sautered onto the board which means i cant swap it out for a compatable laptop m.2

not finding the driver in the aur, might have found it on git but honestly getting it onto a usb and installing it manually seems to be where i have become COMPLETELY lost.

if anyone would be willing to walk me through either
A. how to copy the driver from git, onto the usb, copy make dependencies, and get it running from archiso.
B.build an arch iso on my existing arch system and include the driver
or
C. some alternative easier solution would be wonderfull. would prefer not "go buy a usb wifi stick"

{edit} oh yeah the git repository is https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723du

Last edited by Kenvarus (2022-06-03 03:13:37)

loqs · 2022-06-03 16:11:37

Assuming the ISO you are using is 2022.06.01Kernel: 5.18.1 which is still current and makes things easier.
The PKGBUILD below will produce the kernel module for the current linux package.

# This is an example PKGBUILD file. Use this as a start to creating your own,
# and remove these comments. For more information, see 'man PKGBUILD'.
# NOTE: Please fill out the license field for your package! If it is unknown,
# then please put 'unknown'.

# Maintainer: Your Name <youremail@domain.com>
pkgname=rtl8723du-git
pkgver=r178.9bc895f
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc=""
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723du"
license=('GPL2')
depends=(linux)
makedepends=(linux-headers bc git)
source=(git+https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723du)
sha256sums=('SKIP')

pkgver() {
  cd ${pkgname%-git}
  printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
}

build() {
  cd ${pkgname%-git}
  make KVER=$(cat /usr/src/linux/version)
}

package() {
  cd ${pkgname%-git}
  zstd 8723du.ko
  install -Dm644 8723du.ko.zst -t "$pkgdir/usr/lib/modules/$(cat /usr/src/linux/version)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/"
}

You can then either:
A) install the package
B) extract the package, copy across only the kernel module, place it in /usr/lib/modules/5.18.1-arch1-1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ run depmod
Then modprobe 8723du and hopefully the interface will be detected.

progandy · 2022-06-03 16:51:11

Kenvarus wrote:

if anyone would be willing to walk me through either ...
C. some alternative easier solution would be wonderfull. would prefer not "go buy a usb wifi stick"

C: wait a year and the kernel might support it: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220518082 … tronix.de/
I will not try to guess why they soldered a usb version and not a pci version on the board...

Last edited by progandy (2022-06-03 16:52:23)

Kenvarus · 2022-06-04 00:48:06

@loqs: looks promising and definitly simpler than the guides i was finding, still gonna have to do some reading up, ill try that out sunday when ive got some down time, thank you

@progandy: Fair enough, picked the darn thing up used for 100$ so not like im out a whole lot, could probably resell it and get something else within a year if i was rly trying hehe. still gonna try its a good excuse to dive deeper into arch and linux in general, every problem ive had ive learned tricks that have helped with the next problem and its been a lot of fun so why stop now and wait for it to "fix itself" cool that its looking like it might be added down the line though

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