Probelms with Loading Realtek rtl8812AU driver in Ubuntu 19.10

Question

I have a Asus USB-AC53 Nano wifi adapter that has stopped working after a recent ubuntu software update. The adapter still works on other machines.

I am on 19.10 and the output of uname -a is:

jon@jon-basemet:~$ uname -a
Linux jon-basemet 5.3.0-26-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 18 05:37:46 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

DKMS Status:

sudo dkms status
nvidia, 390.129, 5.3.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia, 390.129, 5.3.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8812au, 4.2.2, 5.3.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed

I followed these two sets of instructions:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au.git
sudo cp -r rtl8812au  /usr/src/rtl8812au-4.2.2
sudo dkms add -m rtl8812au -v 4.2.2
sudo dkms build -m rtl8812au -v 4.2.2
sudo dkms install -m rtl8812au -v 4.2.2

and

sudo apt-get purge rtl8812au-dkms 
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8812AU.git
sudo dkms add ./rtl8812AU
sudo dkms install rtl8812AU/5

Neither of these solutions worked.

LSUSB(note, the edimax is a differnt usb wifi antenna that works: $ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 007: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0b05:184c ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 802.11ac NIC
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6361 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:3012 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046a:0180 Cherry GmbH wired keyboard
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

$ modinfo 8812au | grep A811
alias:          usb:v0BDApA811d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v7392pA811d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*

lsmod | grep 8812
8812au                991232  0

Running journalctl --follow and inserting the Asus antenna (without the edimax one installed) gives the following:

$ journalctl --follow
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet kernel: usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05, idProduct=184c, bcdDevice= 2.10
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet kernel: usb 2-2: Product: 802.11ac NIC
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet kernel: usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Realtek
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet kernel: usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 123456
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet mtp-probe[5875]: checking bus 2, device 10: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2"
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet mtp-probe[5875]: bus: 2, device: 10 was not an MTP device
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet mtp-probe[5878]: checking bus 2, device 10: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2"
Jan 16 08:06:07 jon-basemet mtp-probe[5878]: bus: 2, device: 10 was not an MTP device

Solution

I'm having the same issue but after distribution upgrade now on kernal 5.3.0-26-generic. sudo apt install rtl8812au-dkms had always worked after new kernel upgrade but not now so your not alone.

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Ok after some searching this worked for me:

sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install

Got my answer from here maybe it helps Need rtl8814au driver for kernel 5.3 on Ubuntu 19.10

The person posting answer also said this:

It worked for me on my rtl8814au device, it should work for rtl8812au, rtl8814au, and rtl8821au devices. For some strange reason the driver didn't want to work until after a second reboot. I don't know why

Hope it helps.

Comments

[Edward I]

Ok after some searching this worked for me. sudo apt install git dkms git clone github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git cd rtl8812au sudo ./dkms-install.sh

[CHsurfer]

Thanks for this suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I removed the last drive I tried from dkms, erased the source files and then followed your instructions. The driver installed with no warnings but after a reboot, my usb antenna is still not recognized.

[Eliah Kagan]

@EdwardI Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I've consolidated the information from that comment and that answer into this. I am assuming, based on context, that you're the same person as that user. Please feel free to re-edit if you don't like, or otherwise wish to improve further, on these changes. You may want to get your accounts merged; you can use askubuntu.com/contact.

[Jeremy31]

This doesn't fix this device as it is RTL8822BU

[CHsurfer]

@Jeremy31 Thanks for pointing this out. Not sure how I came to the idea that it was a RTL8812AU. I tried your driver, but it did not work either...