RealTek RTL-8188CUs working well-how to

[Subito_Piano]

Output:

~$ dkms status
8192cu, 1.9, 3.13.0-43-lowlatency, x86_64: installed
8192cu, 3.1.2590: added

~$ modinfo 8192cu | egrep 'versi|filen'
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-43-lowlatency/updates/dkms/8192cu.ko
version:        v4.0.2_9000.20130911
srcversion:     13A6B22485A38D2E78BDD43
vermagic:       3.13.0-43-lowlatency SMP preempt mod_unload modversions 
parm:           rtw_chip_version:int

~$ locate 8192cu.ko | grep lib
/lib/modules/3.13.0-40-lowlatency/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko
/lib/modules/3.13.0-43-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko
/lib/modules/3.13.0-43-lowlatency/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko
/lib/modules/3.13.0-43-lowlatency/updates/dkms/8192cu.ko
/var/lib/dkms/8192cu/1.9/3.13.0-43-lowlatency/x86_64/module/8192cu.ko

~$ uname -a
Linux user-laptop 3.13.0-43-lowlatency #72-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 8 20:00:12 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I did not try

sudo dkms autoinstall

-- because the wifi IS working now and i'm a little skittish about messing with it. If you say "sudo dkms" is harmless, i'll try it -- after all, i want to figure this thing out!

FWIW, note that when i was still trying to get it to work, i DID try the sggested routines from the above posts, including

sudo dkms install 8192cu/1.9

and

sudo dkms add ./rtl8192cu-fixes

-- but still it didn't spring back to life, even after several restarts, until i booted into and out of Puppy as noted before. (Obviously, i'm not promoting one distro over another here.)

Now, i'm not familiar with many of the commands others suggest, often i just use them. IDK if i should just run "dkms autoinstall" after each kernel upgrade or what--???

Interesting, doing a litle research, i find that Dell engineers came up with DKMS for us *nix users. Kudos to Michael D. & crew!

Thank you for hanging with me on this.

[vctor2]

Hi i don't know if this should go here but, I've tried all the ways mentioned to install my rtl8188C wlan adapter on kali linux via virtualbox, the error i get when trying to install the drivers is this:
/lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
Can't find the solution I hope you can help me to get it work

[Hugo_Mendez]

I have a Netgear WNA1000Mv2 http://support.netgear.com/product/WNA1000Mv2

Im lost at getting it working, has anybody had any success with this usb dongle? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks guys!

[praseodym]

Please show the outputs of

lsusb
lsmod
iwconfig

with the stick plugged. Does LAN work?

[heady2]

Guys, there is a new driver: RTL8188C_8192C_USB_linux_v4.0.2_9000.20130911
Surprise, it doesn't compile either on 3.8 with very similar errors (implicit includes).

EDIT: Haha. Didn't notice the multiple pages. Please ignore