<div dir="ltr"><div>The driver is rtl8188eu for a TL-WN725N wifi adapter <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dev@snitselaar.org" target="_blank">dev@snitselaar.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Stephen M @ 2017-04-08 00:55 GMT:<br>
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> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> This seems really dumb but I have a wifi adapter from TP-Link on a Ubuntu<br>
> 14.04 machine that disconnects after reboot or a system update. I keep<br>
> typing insmod to get it to turn back on. I know I need to do modprobe but<br>
> it can't find the file.<br>
><br>
> I downloaded the driver from their site, unzipped it in my download folder<br>
> though I think I need to move it. Any help would be grateful.<br>
<br>
</span>modprobe can't load it because it knows nothing about the driver.<br>
<br>
Try:<br>
<br>
sudo cp *downloaded-module* /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/<br>
sudo depmod -a<br>
<br>
You will still run into the issue each time a new kernel is installed,<br>
and since the driver isn't tied to the kernel you are running there can<br>
be incompatibilities that cause issues. if you do run into issues with<br>
it, you can blacklist it on the kernel parameters line when booting.<br>
'module_blacklist=module_name' should work.<br>
<br>
What driver is it using?<br>
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