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hwallace

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Registered: 2021-08-30

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From AUR rtl8188gu-dkms-git / Build successful but no module?

Building rtl8188gu-dkms-git from the AUR, but module is not available?
What am I missing?

Build is successful?

=> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
  -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: '6.9.7-arch1-1'
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [microcode]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [kms]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ast'
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img'
  -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful

But the module is not available ?

> modprobe rtl8188gu
modprobe: FATAL: Module rtl8188gu not found in directory /lib/modules/6.9.7-arch1-1

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,223

Re: From AUR rtl8188gu-dkms-git / Build successful but no module?

-dkms packages require the header package of the kernel you intend to compile a module for. Are linux-headers installed and did you see a dkms install run installing it?

hwallace

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Registered: 2021-08-30

Posts: 110

Re: From AUR rtl8188gu-dkms-git / Build successful but no module?

Hello. Thank you Yes the build was successful or at least there was no sign of error and the dkms ran.

Does this help?

> dkms status
rtl8188gu/r12.9dec829, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed
rtl8812au/5.13.6.r189.gd4638de, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed
rtl8821cu/5.12.0.175eb52ece, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed
rtl8xxxu/r54.fbb6d1a, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed
rtl8xxxu/r54.fbb6d1a, 6.9.7-arch1-1, x86_64: installed

Last edited by hwallace (2024-07-07 23:30:03)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: From AUR rtl8188gu-dkms-git / Build successful but no module?

You've rtl8xxxu for 6.9.7, the others are just for the LTS kernel

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