Install RTL8192EU on new motherboard

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Following the successful instructions in https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/540074-Installing-RTL8192EU I have tried to connect the same USB wireless device on another box with a different motherboard with no success.

I blacklisted rtl8xxxu in /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf. Then I executed rtl8192eu-kmp-default-5.6.4_k5.3.18_lp152.19-lp152.20.3.x86_64.rpm successfully and rebooted. But it doesn’t show up in lsmod.

 :~> lsmodModule                  Size  Used by
fuse                  118784  3
af_packet              49152  2
dmi_sysfs              16384  0
msr                    16384  0
nls_iso8859_1          16384  1
nls_cp437              20480  1
vfat                   20480  1
fat                    77824  1 vfat
snd_hda_codec_realtek   122880  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    86016  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     61440  1
ledtrig_audio          16384  2 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
amd_freq_sensitivity    16384  0
snd_hda_intel          49152  3
edac_mce_amd           32768  0
snd_hda_codec         151552  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
kvm_amd               106496  0
ccp                    94208  1 kvm_amd
snd_hda_core           90112  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
kvm                   745472  1 kvm_amd
snd_pcm               143360  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_timer              36864  1 snd_pcm
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
pcbc                   16384  0
snd                    98304  14 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm
aesni_intel           167936  0
aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
soundcore              16384  1 snd
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
sp5100_tco             16384  0
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
i2c_piix4              24576  0
cryptd                 28672  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
ppdev                  20480  0
k10temp                16384  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
fam15h_power           16384  0
r8169                  94208  0
mii                    16384  1 r8169
pcc_cpufreq            16384  0
acpi_cpufreq           24576  0
parport_pc             49152  0
parport                57344  2 parport_pc,ppdev
video                  45056  0
button                 16384  0
amdgpu               3383296  0
chash                  16384  1 amdgpu
gpu_sched              28672  1 amdgpu
sr_mod                 28672  0
cdrom                  65536  1 sr_mod
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 57344  0
ohci_pci               16384  0
crc32c_intel           24576  3
xhci_pci               16384  0
radeon               1613824  8
ohci_hcd               57344  1 ohci_pci
ehci_pci               16384  0
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 amdgpu,radeon
xhci_hcd              245760  1 xhci_pci
ehci_hcd               94208  1 ehci_pci
serio_raw              16384  0
drm_kms_helper        204800  2 amdgpu,radeon
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
ahci                   40960  5
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
usbcore               290816  7 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_pci,xhci_pci,ohci_hcd,xhci_hcd,ehci_pci
libahci                40960  1 ahci
ttm                   126976  2 amdgpu,radeon
sata_via               20480  0
drm                   491520  8 amdgpu,radeon,gpu_sched,ttm,drm_kms_helper
drm_panel_orientation_quirks    20480  1 drm
sg                     45056  0
dm_multipath           32768  0
dm_mod                147456  1 dm_multipath
scsi_dh_rdac           16384  0
scsi_dh_emc            16384  0
scsi_dh_alua           20480  0
ion@linux-jwrv:~>

It works with another distro in the same box/motherboard. Suggestions will be appreciated.

2

Post:

zypper lr -d

zypper se -si rtl8192 kernel

uname -a

Was this a fresh Installation of Leap 15.2?

3

Thank you for diagnosing.

  # zypper lr -d#  | Alias                     | Name                               | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                      | Service
---+---------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | dvd                       | dvd                                | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.1/                       | 
 2 | openSUSE-Leap-15.1-1      | openSUSE-Leap-15.1-1               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.1/repo/oss/            | 
 3 | packman                   | packman                            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.1/                         | 
 4 | repo-debug                | Debug Repository                   | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/oss/      | 
 5 | repo-debug-non-oss        | Debug Repository (Non-OSS)         | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/non-oss/  | 
 6 | repo-debug-update         | Update Repository (Debug)          | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.2/oss/                 | 
 7 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | Update Repository (Debug, Non-OSS) | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.2/non-oss/             | 
 8 | repo-non-oss              | Non-OSS Repository                 | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/non-oss/        | 
 9 | repo-oss                  | Main Repository                    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/oss/            | 
10 | repo-source               | Source Repository                  | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/oss/     | 
11 | repo-source-non-oss       | Source Repository (Non-OSS)        | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/non-oss/ | 
12 | repo-update               | Main Update Repository             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/oss/                       | 
13 | repo-update-non-oss       | Update Repository (Non-Oss)        | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/non-oss/                   | 
linux-jwrv:/home/ion # 


  # zypper se -si rtl8192 kernel
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...


S  | Name                  | Type    | Version                           | Arch   | Repository
---+-----------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+------------------
i+ | kernel-default        | package | 4.12.14-lp151.28.52.1             | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | kernel-default        | package | 4.12.14-lp151.28.48.1             | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | kernel-default        | package | 5.3.18-lp152.19.2                 | x86_64 | Main Repository
i+ | kernel-firmware       | package | 20200107-lp152.1.1                | noarch | Main Repository
i  | purge-kernels-service | package | 0-lp152.4.1                       | noarch | Main Repository
i+ | rtl8192eu-kmp-default | package | 5.6.4_k5.3.18_lp152.19-lp152.20.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
 linux-jwrv:/home/ion # 

 # uname -a
Linux linux-jwrv 4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default #1 SMP Fri Apr 17 05:38:36 UTC 2020 (18849d1) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 linux-jwrv:/home/ion #

No this was a net distribution upgrade.

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You have two distro versions (15.1 and 15.2). Might this be the reason why? You might want to put all of them at the same version I’m assuming.

5

Yes indeed! I missed that. Correction coming up. Thank you.

6

The bad news. I can’t boot into 15.2. The good news. My home and data are on different partitions so they are safe. I also have another distro on that drive that I can boot to move things around.

7

What does it mean: I can not boot into 15.2?

Do yiou get a terminal at CTRL+ALT+F3 ?

8

No, I get a black screen with something like “error:no such device UUID=xxxx-”

I wouldn’t bother any further about it as I am fully backed up and have another computer to work with. I’ll think about it for a while and probably do a fresh install.

Thank you for your efforts.

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Only a few points:

You have had a mix of Leap 15.1 and 15.2 Repos and packages.
You have installed the Kernel and the rtl8192eu from a Leap 15.2 Repo (kernel 5.3) but you have running the old kernel from Leap 15.1 (kernel 4.12)

Try in grub to press the key e and go to the column with f.example: splash=verbose quiet showopts mitigations=auto
and add an space followed by an 3 to the end of the line.
press F10

do you get a loginpromt on terminal?

10

No terminal. It’s a lost cause.

  # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/hdmount: /mnt/hd: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda3, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
root@ion:/home/ion#

With that big choice of errors I think I’ll just re-install. But thanks for all your efforts.