Acer Revo rl70 no wifi with rtl8192de driver

    I just find an old htpc by Acer which has wifi issue.

    As far as I know it includes a wifi card by pci. Strange is that on the case it is mention ralink rt3090, but when I install Libreelec it finds rtl8192DE card.

    I do not know the history of the device, however with this driver I have no wifi. I have wired connection but no wifi. With another usb wifi it works, but not with internal.

    Can I do something about?

    dmesg :

    DLE


    Thank you.

    The kernel is detecting RTL8192DE hardware, but the in-kernel rtl8192de driver is crashing.

    You could try blacklisting the rtl8192de driver:

    Code
    echo "blacklist rtl8192de" >/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rtl8192de.conf

    and then rebooting to see if it detected any other WiFi hardware (eg. rtl3090).

    Failing that, try a 4.15.0 test build (with and without /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rtl8192de.conf) to see if there's any change in the rtl8192de driver behaviour.

    If all else fails, my advice would be to invest in a pair of Homeplug 500-AV devices, but if you really must use WiFi then buy a cheap (preferably non-Realtek based) USB WiFi dongle.

    Thank you, I will try that.

    LE:

    Blacklisting RTL8192DE does now show other driver/device: DMf

    Update to #0102x with blacklist, no other driver, no wifi connection in settings: DMj

    Same #0102x, but remove blacklist, no wifi connection: DMk

    Edited 2 times, last by livs (January 7, 2018 at 8:34 PM).