RTL8723BE Linux driver no longer works for any 5.x kernel and the lwfinger Github repository that had the drivers doesn't exist anymore
By John Peck •
All in the title. I'm running Mint 20 Xfce with the older 4.15.109 kernel since that's the only one that supports my wifi adapter, this is my hardware setup -
System: Kernel: 4.15.0-109-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Notebook v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter> Mobo: HP model: 80C1 v: 96.31 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.11 date: 07/23/2015
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 35.5 Wh condition: 35.5/41.6 Wh (85%) model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 status: Full
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-5200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell rev: 4 L2 cache: 3072 KiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 17557 Speed: 897 MHz min/max: 500/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 898 2: 898 3: 898 4: 898
Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-109-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 4000 bus ID: 07:00.0 IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtl8723be v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 0d:00.0 IF: wlp13s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 159.29 GiB (34.2%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS545050A7E680 size: 465.76 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 453.26 GiB used: 129.10 GiB (28.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 ID-2: /home size: 453.26 GiB used: 129.10 GiB (28.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 ID-3: swap-1 size: 12.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 39.5 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 255 Uptime: 28m Memory: 11.64 GiB used: 2.25 GiB (19.3%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 clang: 10.0.0-4ubuntu1 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 This is lwconfig for my 4.15.109 kernel -
wlp13s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"mySSID" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 34:E8:94:66:C5:B6 Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=68/70 Signal level=-42 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:40391 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions....and this is what I get when I boot into 5.4.0.45 (the latest) -
wlp13s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off Power Management:onEverywhere I've searched see references to the lwfinger repository on Github, but the specific subproject for RTL8723BE throws a 404.
Is there a way to get my adapter to work with a 5.x kernel or am I stuck on 4.15.109 forever?
2 Reset to default
