HP 17-bs011dx with Realtek RTL8723DE will not connect to wifi

[eoxs540]

Hi again,
You give me the link to the same branch ????
Error in terminal
~$ sudo dkms add ./rtl8723deError! DKMS tree already contains: rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.

[jeremy31]

Try this and then use the dkms commands from above

sudo dkms uninstall rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414
sudo dkms remove rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414 --all

[edy14]

Hi,
I am using Ubuntu 17.10 64 bits with rtl8723 adapter on hp 17-bs075nf with Windows10 dualboot. Unfortunately, like other people the adapter was not recognized by default in Ubuntu
I am trying to install your driver with your procedure:

cd
sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723de.git
sudo dkms add ./rtl8723de
sudo dkms install rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414

Then reboot.
Adapter still not seen by ubuntu.
The odd thing is, while installing Ubuntu from a usb-stick, it was able to connect to the WiFi. But on reboot, no adapter found...
I tried:

sudo modprobe -v rtl8723de
insmod /lib/modules/4.13.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/rtl8723de.ko 
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'rtl8723de': Required key not available

dmesg | grep rtl
[   11.170898] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000d lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8723
[   11.170902] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin
[   11.172389] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin failed with error -2
[   11.172396] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723b_fw.bin

Did I miss something? Thanks for your help

[jeremy31]

edy14, Go into UEFI/BIOS settings and disable secure boot, then the driver should work

[eoxs540]

Hi Jeremy,
Following your info (uninstall, remove, reinstall)
Not yet working.
Testing:

sudo modprobe -v rtl8723de
insmod /lib/modules/4.10.0-42-generic/updates/dkms/rtl8723de.ko
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'rtl8723de': Required key not available

dmesg | grep rtl
[ 18.669046] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000d lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8723
[ 18.669048] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin
[ 18.683851] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin failed with error -2
[ 18.683855] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin
[ 18.683859] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723b_fw.bin
[ 19.845823] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000d lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8723
[ 19.845825] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin
[ 19.845843] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin failed with error -2
[ 19.845844] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8723b_config.bin
[ 19.845848] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723b_fw.bin


After this, in in the bios disable secure boot and reboot again and gave the same message.
Adapter still not working ...
Any idea ?
Thx,
Olivier

[eoxs540]

Ok it works now !!!!
Changes in the BIOS was not saved !!!
Many thanks for your help.
Olivier

[edy14]

Hi,
I am using Ubuntu 17.10 64 bits with rtl8723 adapter on hp 17-bs075nf with Windows10 dualboot. Unfortunately, like other people the adapter was not recognized by default in Ubuntu
I am trying to install your driver with your procedure:

cd
sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723de.git
sudo dkms add ./rtl8723de
sudo dkms install rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414

Then reboot.
Adapter still not seen by ubuntu.
The odd thing is, while installing Ubuntu from a usb-stick, it was able to connect to the WiFi. But on reboot, no adapter found...
Did I miss something? Thanks for your help

Thank you! I missed the step:

Go into UEFI/BIOS settings and disable secure boot, then the driver should work

It works! Thank you so much!

[praseodym]

Found one issue in the German forum, firmware was not available. After the installation process run

sudo cp /usr/src/rtlwifi-new-0.6/firmware/rtlwifi/* /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

Antenna selection via

echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf

[jeremy31]

Larry Finger may have updated his github source for the firnware, strange that nobody had firmware or antenna select issues with the smlinux code from github

[nidou01]

Hi guys
I'm in the same case as @edy14, I have the same laptop and having the same config Ubuntu 17.10 64 bits- hp 17-bs075nf
I started by disabling the secure boot
I ran those steps :

sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/rtl8723de.git
sudo dkms add ./rtl8723de
sudo dkms install rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414

but at the final command I got a nice:

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' all KVER=4.13.0-26-generic...(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8723de: 5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414 not found
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.13.0-26-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414/build/make.log for more information.

And

cat /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414 for kernel 4.13.0-26-generic (x86_64)
Son Jan 21 12:32:08 CET 2018
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-26-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414/build  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/lib/modules/4.13.0-26-generic/build'
make[1]: Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/lib/modules/4.13.0-26-generic/build'
Makefile:1884: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2

And indeed there no directory '/lib/modules/4.13.0-26-generic/build'

Here are some other details that may help :

uname -r
4.13.0-26-generic

 cd /usr/src/
linux-headers-4.13.0-25/                            linux-headers-4.13.0-25-generic/

There is no 'linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic/' ?

Can anyone help me please

Thanks !