I get this message when trying,

stephend@stephend-desktop:~/Downloads/rtl8188eu$ sudo modprobe 8188eu.ko
[sudo] password for stephend:
modprobe: FATAL: Module 8188eu.ko not found.
stephend@stephend-desktop:~/Downloads/rtl8188eu$

Now I'm assuming I need to move the driver but do a move the entire folder
or just the script itself to the usr/lib folder?

On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Jerry Snitselaar <dev@snitselaar.org>
wrote:

>
> Stephen M @ 2017-04-08 15:56 GMT:
>
> > The driver is rtl8188eu for a TL-WN725N wifi adapter
> >
>
>  Ah, that has been sitting in drivers/staging for a long time.
>
>  Does your modprobe work now?
>
>  An example on Fedora 25 with a test module:
>
>  ~/mymod> sudo modprobe mymod
>  modprobe: FATAL: Module mymod not found in directory
> /lib/modules/4.10.5-200.fc25.x86_64
>  ~/mymod> make
>  make -C /lib/modules/4.10.5-200.fc25.x86_64/build M=/home/jsnitsel/mymod
> modules
>  make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/4.10.5-200.fc25.x86_64'
>    CC [M]  /home/jsnitsel/mymod/mymod.o
>    Building modules, stage 2.
>    MODPOST 1 modules
>    CC      /home/jsnitsel/mymod/mymod.mod.o
>    LD [M]  /home/jsnitsel/mymod/mymod.ko
>  make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/4.10.5-200.fc25.x86_64'
>  xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=512KiB mymod.ko
>  ~/mymod> ls
>  Makefile  modules.order  Module.symvers  mymod.c  mymod.ko.xz
> mymod.mod.c  mymod.mod.o  mymod.o
>  ~/mymod> sudo cp mymod.ko.xz /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/
>  ~/mymod> sudo depmod -a
>  ~/mymod> sudo modprobe mymod
>  ~/mymod> lsmod | grep mymod
>  mymod                  16384  0
>  ~/mymod> dmesg | tail -1
>  [344910.989060] loading mymod
>
>
> > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <dev@snitselaar.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Stephen M @ 2017-04-08 00:55 GMT:
> >>
> >> > Hi everyone,
> >> >
> >> > This seems really dumb but I have a wifi adapter from TP-Link on a
> Ubuntu
> >> > 14.04 machine that disconnects after reboot or a system update.  I
> keep
> >> > typing insmod to get it to turn back on.  I know I need to do modprobe
> >> but
> >> > it can't find the file.
> >> >
> >> > I downloaded the driver from their site, unzipped it in my download
> >> folder
> >> > though I think I need to move it.  Any help would be grateful.
> >>
> >> modprobe can't load it because it knows nothing about the driver.
> >>
> >> Try:
> >>
> >> sudo cp *downloaded-module* /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/
> >> sudo depmod -a
> >>
> >> You will still run into the issue each time a new kernel is installed,
> >> and since the driver isn't tied to the kernel you are running there can
> >> be incompatibilities that cause issues. if you do run into issues with
> >> it, you can blacklist it on the kernel parameters line when booting.
> >> 'module_blacklist=module_name' should work.
> >>
> >> What driver is it using?
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