Package Details: rtl8xxxu-dkms-git r100.0c5c308-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/rtl8xxxu-dkms-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: rtl8xxxu-dkms-git
Description: Driver for Realtek 802.11n USB wireless chips
Upstream URL: https://github.com/a5a5aa555oo/rtl8xxxu
Keywords: realtek rtl8188ctv rtl8188cu rtl8188cus rtl8188etv rtl8188eu rtl8188eus rtl8188ftv rtl8188fu rtl8188gu rtl8188ru rtl8191cu rtl8192cu rtl8192eu rtl8192fu rtl8710bu rtl8723au rtl8723bu
Licenses: GPL2
Submitter: xx777
Maintainer: xx777
Last Packager: xx777
Votes: 0
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2023-05-13 08:09 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-04-15 10:54 (UTC)

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xx777 commented on 2023-08-16 11:00 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-15 12:07 (UTC) by xx777)

Reminders:

  1. If your usb wifi adapter is based on a RTL8188GU or RTL8192FU chip, you may need to install usb_modeswitch, a tool that can switch your adapter to Wi-Fi mode.

  2. Before installing this package, make sure your system has the corresponding kernel headers and the package base-devel installed.

  3. You have to manually blacklist or remove any conflicting drivers installed except the in-kernel rtl8xxxu driver.

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papakilo commented on 2026-04-15 13:36 (UTC)

The driver installed and worked correctly again with kernel 7.0, as reported here: https://github.com/a5a5aa555oo/rtl8xxxu/issues/10

Thanks again to the author for the prompt response.

xx777 commented on 2026-04-14 23:51 (UTC)

Hi @papakilo

Please remove this driver and directly use the built-in rtl8xxxu driver in the kernel 7.0 as it is newer.

Let me know if your Wi-Fi adapter is still not working after doing this.

papakilo commented on 2026-04-14 09:13 (UTC)

Hi, it no longer works with kernel 7.0. I reported this to the source author: It works fine up to the current kernel version 6.19.12, even in the Xanmod build, but it won't install with the latest kernel 7.0.

xx777 commented on 2025-07-06 23:11 (UTC) (edited on 2025-07-06 23:24 (UTC) by xx777)

@chowbok

On Manjaro, linux-firmware-realtek is still in unstable/testing, I'll update the dependencies once it goes into stable, thank you for the report! :)

https://manjaristas.org/branch_compare?q=linux-firmware-realtek

chowbok commented on 2025-07-06 21:27 (UTC)

Now that the firmware packages have been split up, can this be changed so that it only lists linux-firmware-realtek as a dependency?

xx777 commented on 2023-08-16 11:00 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-15 12:07 (UTC) by xx777)

Reminders:

  1. If your usb wifi adapter is based on a RTL8188GU or RTL8192FU chip, you may need to install usb_modeswitch, a tool that can switch your adapter to Wi-Fi mode.

  2. Before installing this package, make sure your system has the corresponding kernel headers and the package base-devel installed.

  3. You have to manually blacklist or remove any conflicting drivers installed except the in-kernel rtl8xxxu driver.

xx777 commented on 2023-08-16 06:10 (UTC) (edited on 2023-08-16 06:10 (UTC) by xx777)

usb_modeswitch added as an optional dependency. I didn't notice this before, thanks for the suggestions.

LeonardoSidney commented on 2023-08-15 19:51 (UTC)

I recently had problems getting my RTL8188GU wireless USB adapter working using the rtl8xxxu-dkms-git package from the AUR. After some research, I found that the usb_modeswitch package is needed to change the adapter's mode to wireless mode. After installing this package, the adapter worked correctly.

I suggest that the usb_modeswitch package be added as a dependency/optional of the package to ensure users can get the adapter to work properly.

Thanks.

jackoneill commented on 2023-06-17 09:37 (UTC)

This is just a guess, but I'm pretty sure the „AP” firmware (array_mp_8710b_fw_ap, array_mp_8192f_fw_ap, etc) is meant for plastic boxes -- routers, access points, that sort of thing. The „NIC” firmware is the one we need for USB devices, even when running in AP mode.

xx777 commented on 2023-06-17 08:36 (UTC) (edited on 2023-06-17 14:46 (UTC) by xx777)

Hi,

I tested it with RTL8188GU/RTL8192FU and it did works.

But I'm a little confused that why it can work without an ap firmware?

ap firmware in the vendor driver are not needed for rtl8xxxu?

Thanks again for making this driver, you saved the rtl8188gu users like me!

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