Gypsophila . Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 RTL8852BE is the official recommended Wifi module for Orange Pie 5 PLUS, but it is not available in Armbian 24.5.1 Linux Vendor Kernel 6.1 without a driver module. Hope the official driver will be added to the 6.1 kernel. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Tried with modprobe rtw89? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsophila . Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 Unfortunately, "sudo modprobe rtw89" didn't work. It returned this with error: "modprobe: FATAL: Module rtw89 not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.43-vendor-rk35xx" I think it may be lost 8852BE kernel module? In directory /lib/modules/6.1.43-vendor-rk35xx/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89, I find "rtw89_8852c.ko", "rtw89_8852ae.ko", "rtw89_8852ce.ko", just without "rtw89_8852be.ko". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Odd. It is enabled in config:https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/aa2d4696cac76148d01977f63cc831e492c0f7a2/config/kernel/linux-rk35xx-legacy.config#L2945 Have you installed armbian-firmware-full? Maybe just the firmware is missing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsophila . Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 I have armbian-firmware-full installed. By the way, the config you mentioned in github is linux-rk35xx-legacy(kernel 5.10), not the linux-rk35xx-vendor(kernel 6.1) used in Armbian 24.5.1 Stable. This topic has also mentioned about the lost rtl8852be driver: No WiFi on latest image - Orange Pi 5 Plus - Armbian Community Forums Spoiler Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony3 Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Then compile it by yourself? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GicaContra Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Hello everyone! I have an orange pi 5 plus with the official WiFi module and I have installed thr armbian-firmware-full, but I still can't find the wifi module driver: user@orangepi5-plus:~$ ls /usr/lib/modules/6.1.43-vendor-rk35xx/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89 rtw89_8852ae.ko rtw89_8852ce.ko rtw89_core.ko rtw89_8852a.ko rtw89_8852c.ko rtw89_pci.ko user@orangepi5-plus:~$ ls /usr/lib/firmware/rtw89/ rtw8851b_fw.bin rtw8852b_fw-1.bin rtw8852c_fw.bin rtw8852a_fw.bin rtw8852b_fw.bin rtw8922a_fw.bin user@orangepi5-plus:~$ I thought it was supposed to be added to the vendor kernel: https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/192 My kernel version: user@orangepi5-plus:~$ uname -r 6.1.43-vendor-rk35xx Am I missing something here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Gypsophila . Posted July 12 Author Solution Share Posted July 12 Quote I thought it was supposed to be added to the vendor kernel: https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/192 I think It's also wired after that PR the 8852BE driver is still not added into the OS build. Now I have compile the the DKMS driver by myself, you can simply install it through APT. Download here sudo apt install -f ./rtw8852be-dkms_1.0.0_all.deb Rember to turn off system auto-suspend: sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target Good luck! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GicaContra Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) @Gypsophila . I tried with your file, but while the driver is loaded just fine and the WiFi card seems to be running, when scanning for WiFi networks, no networks are found. I know it should be working as I've tried with the edge kernel and it was working properly. Any ideas? Edited July 12 by GicaContra 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsophila . Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 @GicaContra I also noticed this problem: first boot can turn on the wifi but can not connect to AP. After install the DKMS driver ,try to reboot twice then it should be worked fine. Edge kernel is 6.10, the 8852be driver is included in the mainline kernel about 6.2, so it should work, but edge kernel will lost many hardware supports on the board, it's not recommended. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GicaContra Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 @Gypsophila . That did the trick. Thank you very much! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolet75 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) Success! The repository is at https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw8852be and has detailed instructions to compile and install. I followed the instructions and have WiFi working again on kernel 6.1.43-vendor-rk35xx The only difficulty was to find the correct headers package: linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx My OPi5Plus has the additional WiFi PCIe card, which was visible with the previous vendor kernel version, 5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx or package linux-headers-legacy-rk35xx. Though managing both cards used to be buggy, I only see one card now. Not perfect but enough for my current needs. Edited July 12 by bolet75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efe Çetin Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 It won't be requiring any external packages soon -> https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6947/files 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolet75 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 On 7/14/2024 at 4:56 PM, Efe Çetin said: It won't be requiring any external packages soon -> https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6947/files Great news! Any hope to have both on-board and pci-e cards recognised as they used to be in 5.10.160-legacy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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