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I was trying to install a wifi driver in my Ubuntu 18.04. kernel 14.5 and hp laptop.

I ran these commands:

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms
wget -d -c -O 'rtl8723de.zip' https://github.com/smlinux/rtl8723de/archive/4.11-up.zip
unzip rtl8723de.zip
cd rtl8723de
make

After make I get this output in terminal:

make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.15.0-22-generic/build M=/home/praveen/rtl8723de  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-22-generic'
Makefile:976: "Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel"
  CC [M]  /home/praveen/rtl8723de/core/rtw_cmd.o
In file included from /home/praveen/rtl8723de/include/osdep_service.h:42:0,
                 from /home/praveen/rtl8723de/include/drv_types.h:32,
                 from /home/praveen/rtl8723de/core/rtw_cmd.c:22:
/home/praveen/rtl8723de/include/osdep_service_linux.h: In function ‘_init_timer’:
/home/praveen/rtl8723de/include/osdep_service_linux.h:287:8: error: ‘_timer {aka struct timer_list}’ has no member named ‘data’
  ptimer->data = (unsigned long)cntx;
        ^~
/home/praveen/rtl8723de/include/osdep_service_linux.h:288:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘_init_timer’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  init_timer(ptimer);
  ^~~~~~~~~~
  _init_timer
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:332: recipe for target '/home/praveen/rtl8723de/core/rtw_cmd.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/home/praveen/rtl8723de/core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1
Makefile:1552: recipe for target '_module_/home/praveen/rtl8723de' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/praveen/rtl8723de] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-22-generic'
Makefile:1884: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2

How do I solve this problem?

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First, remove the inoperable files:

sudo rm -r rtl8723de*

Next, install another prerequisite:

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install git

Now clone a better file:

git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git

Now build the driver:

cd rtlwifi_new
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8723de

Your wireless should now be working.

EDIT: When Update Manager installs a newer kernel version, also known as linux-image, after the requested reboot, recompile:

cd ~/rtlwifi_new
make clean
git pull
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8723de
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Visibly, the code you download can't compile because the data structure timer_list on your computer doesn't match what is use in the source. The driver you download didn't seem to fit with your kernel (also the kernel version give us is not correct. uname -r give you to correct kernel version).

I don't have the solution for you, but did you see this page?

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