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Hey, so I've just bought Asus' ac58 WiFi adapter, and it won't show up as connected. The lights on it are not even lighting up, and it doesn't get recognised by iwctl nor nmtui, etc. lsusb shows that it's connected to the system, but it is not able to be used to connect to wireless networks. Network manager and all the other services are installed and running, and it works okay on windows. I'm running linux-zen 6.9.6 and it does not work.
What should I do to solve this issue?
Last edited by Renen12 (2024-07-04 06:55:09)
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On a shallow search, you might need a specific driver for it:
https://www.asus.com/uk/networking-iot- … e=USB-AC58
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After entering my password to presumably install the driver, it fails with the error message "/lib/modules/6.9.6-zen1-zen/build: No such file or directory". Should I make that directory or do something entirely else?
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After entering my password to presumably install the driver, it fails with the error message "/lib/modules/6.9.6-zen1-zen/build: No such file or directory". Should I make that directory or do something entirely else?
Okay, I got past the no such file or directory message by symlinking the regular kernel directory's build to the zen kernel's, and now I'm getting an error that states that it can't find net/ipx.h
How do I get that header file?
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Okay, I got past the no such file or directory message by symlinking the regular kernel directory's build to the zen kernel's
That's not a good idea. Undo whatever you have done. It might create more problems for you later. Just install your headers. For the zen kernel the headers are here:
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … n-headers/
If I were you, I'll create a PKGBUILD to install the driver.
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I installed the zen headers and then I realized that the aur package for the drivers was installed, but the "official" ones from the Asus website still won't work. The problem maybe lies in the hardware rather than the software, but I can't say for sure. The WiFi magically works now, I guess. Oh, and it was the driver installation that created the right files in the wrong directory. I've uninstalled the regular headers and installed the zen headers, so I should be good to go?
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I installed the zen headers and then I realized that the aur package for the drivers was installed, but the "official" ones from the Asus website still won't work. The problem maybe lies in the hardware rather than the software, but I can't say for sure. The WiFi magically works now, I guess. Oh, and it was the driver installation that created the right files in the wrong directory. I've uninstalled the regular headers and installed the zen headers, so I should be good to go?
and I don't have the regular kernel installed, so I don't think the symlink will create any issues.
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I realized that the aur package for the drivers was installed
Which package are you talking about?
If the AUR package works and you have the header files, then you don't need your manual symlink. Those linking happens or are found automatically with the proper headers. Also don't bother with the 'official' one if it's working.
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Okay! I think it was something like the rtl88x2bu driver , or something like that
Last edited by Renen12 (2024-07-04 06:53:51)
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