Fail fast!
It is an important idea to live by. By failing fast you can catch and resolve errors that otherwise might build and compound over time.
So I feel a bit like an idiot when after putting off a kernel upgrade for a while (OK, a longggg while) a reboot left me with no Wifi.
Luckily there was a blog post about a Wifi issue. (thanks me !)
In the very long post was a small note that an alternate non kernel driver was sourced built and installed. And, crucially the default driver is blacklisted!(*)
So all I need to do was build and install the RTL8192ee custom driver with the new kernel.
cd folder-for-driver
git pull
make all
sudo make install
sudo reboot
Wifi !!
OK, time to update my personal "how to update the kernel notes"
*blushing-smiley
(*) "blacklist" is the term used in the modprobe and kernel documentation. It is expected to be replaced in the future.
Been a bit busy recently, but...
My long running blocker for looking for a place to live has finally been resolved.
I tried to buy a car over Christmas and just my luck the company selling it was attacked by ransomware. The people were very good, but it took weeks longer than it should have to sort out and the whole time I was without a car.
Looking forward to D&D today as I keep having to miss it.
email
root
flog archives
Disclaimer:
This page is by me for me, if you are not me then please be aware of the following
I am not responsible for anything that works or does not work including files and pages made available at www.jumpstation.co.uk
I am also not responsible for any information(or what you or others do with it) available at www.jumpstation.co.uk
In fact I'm not responsible for anything ever, so there!