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RTL8192EU Wireless Adapter on Void Linux

Leandro Ramos
Nov 5, 2019 · 2 min read

Void Linux with XFCE

The TP-LINK TL-WN821N wireless adapter (chipset RTL8192EU) doesn’t work by

default, so I have adapted the steps in https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-
driver (made for Debian/Ubuntu)to work on Void Linux.

Important: I’ll be using sudo to do it, because I don’t like to use the root login for
everything.

. . .

Installing dependencies

sudo xbps-install git linux-headers base-devel dkms

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Cloning the Github repository

git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver

Accessing the driver directory

cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver

Adding the driver to DKMS

Please don’t forget to type the dot (.) in the command below

sudo dkms add .

Building and installing the driver

sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0

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Blacklisting the generic Realtek driver

echo “blacklist rtl8xxxu” | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8xxxu.conf

Creating the modules-load directory

sudo mkdir /etc/modules-load.d

Forcing RTL8192EU Driver to be active from boot

echo -e “8192eu\n\nloop” | sudo tee /etc/modules-

load.d/rtl8192eu.conf

Updating changes to GRUB

sudo update-grub

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Updating changes to initramfs

sudo dracut --force

Rebooting the system

sudo reboot

Conclusion
If you have any questions or find any error, please let me know in the comments. See
you!

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