Cannot load rtl8192eu drivers in Lib/Modules to use TP-Link WN822N usb adapter

Question

I have a wireless TP-Link WN822N v4 usb wireless adapter I want to use in Ubuntu. Drivers rtl8192eu are not found in Lib/Modules after make install.

Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
$ uname -r 4.15.0-29-generic

I followed the instructions from an older post on this forum: How to install TP link WN822N on Ubuntu?

git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8192eu-linux-driver
cd rtl8192eu-linux-driver
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8192eu

Everything ran successfully, except for the last command: sudo modprobe 8192eu.

modprobe: FATAL: Module 8192eu not found in directory /lib/modules/4.15.0-29-generic

All the 8192eu drivers are in my Home directory after the cd and make install . Here are 2 examples:

CC      /home/tomx2/rtl8192eu-linux-driver/8192eu.mod.o
LD [M]  /home/tomx2/rtl8192eu-linux-driver/8192eu.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-29-generic'

I am unable to to copy/paste 8192eu drivers in Lib/Modules, without permission.

How can I get 8192eu drivers into Lib/Modules?

I am a new Ubuntu user. Any help will be appreciated.

EDITED BY OP: 08/06/2018:

@Jeremy31 As per your request lsusb is listed below. I can connect to my hotspot, but I'm not sure the the rtl8192eu.ko driver is being used. I suspect a default driver is being accessed. Getting only 1 band during connection. Very slow. I do not see 8192eu.ko driver in Lib/Module (see listing below). The wireless usb adapter TP-Link WN822N does not light up/blink but will disconect from hotspot when I unplug.

Is there a way I can get rtl8192eu driver to be used?

Thanks.

LSUSB

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc.

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:5682 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:216f Broadcom Corp. BCM20702A0 Bluetooth

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0951:16a1 Kingston Technology

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2357:0108

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc.

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

All Drivers named 8192 in Lib/Module/modules-order listed. kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192u_usb.ko kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.ko kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.ko kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_tkip.ko kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_wep.ko kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192e_pci.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rtl8192de.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rtl8723ae.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/rtl8723be.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/rtl8188ee.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/btcoexist/btcoexist.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723com/rtl8723-common.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ee/rtl8192ee.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.ko

iwconfig wlx18a6f712cbe1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"BayBreeze Hotel"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 2A:A4:3C:4F:4B:1E
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=28/70 Signal level=-82 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ifconfig wlx18a6f712cbe1: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 10.0.10.201 netmask 255.0.0.0 broadcast 10.255.255.255 inet6 fe80::bf41:879e:2afb:9bc prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20 ether 18:a6:f7:12:cb:e1 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 15487 bytes 4469574 (4.4 MB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 1882 bytes 206547 (206.5 KB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

EDITED BY OP Tomx2: 08/06/2018 11:17:00 PM:

sudo lsmod | grep cfg cfg80211 622592 2 wl,mac80211

2 References to mac80211 in Lib/Modules.

kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko

kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.ko

Edited 08/10/2018 New info. This is the OP:

I was able to resolve the “Modprobe Fatal Module 8192eu not found in Lib/Modules” error. Needed to install app: libelf-dev. This allowed a clean Make/Install. When I launch the internet using TL-link Wn822N as my USB interface, the connection is extremely slow.

Only one Band and the wireless interface does not light up. Below are 2 output (linux) commands for your review. One shows 8192eu driver the other shows rtlxxxu.

(Q) Do I need to Modprobe another driver? Can anybody help?

sudo lsmod | grep cfg

cfg80211 622592 3 wl,mac80211,8192eu

sudo lshw -c network

*-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 2 bus info: usb@1:2.3 logical name: wlx18a6f712cbe1 serial: 18:a6:f7:12:cb:e1 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8xxxu driverversion=4.15.0-29-generic firmware=N/A ip=10.0.10.201 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEE

Answer 1

Solution is there. Whereas announced as DEPRECATED, the method id still valid. Do not forget to blacklist the old driver(last step of the howto) which was most probably my case.

Answer 2

I fixed TP-Links driver source and that does work in Ubuntu 18.04

https://github.com/noud/rtl8192EU_WiFi_linux