Issues connecting Peppermint Wifi password

[Rohit]

Hi Peppermint Team

Recently I have installed PeppermintOS-Devuan on my desktop

inxi -Fxxxrz

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-18-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 
  tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: Peppermint OS 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: INTEL model: H61 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends 
  v: 4.6.5 date: 05/05/2019 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3470T bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
  rev: 9 L2 cache: 3 MiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23147 
  Speed: 1855 MHz min/max: 1600/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1855 2: 1685 3: 1761 
  4: 1653 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610] driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:104a class ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz s-dpi: 96 
  OpenGL: renderer: NV98 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1c20 class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-18-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel 
  port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136 class ID: 0200 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek 802.11n type: USB driver: rtl8188fu bus ID: 2-1.2:3 
  chip ID: 0bda:f179 class ID: 0000 serial: <filter> 
  IF: wlx00e0202f78d2 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 988.79 GiB used: 56.62 GiB (5.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000VM002-1ET162 size: 931.51 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5900 rpm serial: <filter> rev: SC11 temp: 32 C scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 57.28 GiB 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 457.28 GiB used: 5.55 GiB (1.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nouveau temp: 57.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1753 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  1: deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main contrib non-free
  2: deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main contrib non-free
  3: deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free
  4: deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free
  5: deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates main contrib non-free
  6: deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates main contrib non-free
  7: deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports main contrib non-free
  8: deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/multimedia.list 
  1: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org bullseye main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 175 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.73 GiB used: 717.6 MiB (9.1%) 
  Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 2 default: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.01

I have dual boot system of Linux mint and that's report is this.

$ sudo inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-50-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04
jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: INTEL model: H61 serial: N/A BIOS: American Megatrends
    v: 4.6.5 date: 05/05/2019
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-3470T bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1596 high: 1597 min/max: 1600/3600 cores: 1: 1596
    2: 1597 3: 1597 4: 1597 bogomips: 23149
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610] driver: nouveau v: kernel
    bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: nouveau resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: NV98 v: 3.3 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-50-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
    v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter type: USB
    driver: rtl8188fu bus-ID: 2-1.2:3
  IF: wlx00e0202f78d2 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 988.79 GiB used: 51 GiB (5.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000VM002-1ET162 size: 931.51 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 57.28 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 457.47 GiB used: 51 GiB (11.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nouveau temp: 56.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 230 Uptime: 8m Memory: 7.72 GiB used: 3.02 GiB (39.1%)
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 Packages: 2065 Shell:
Sudo
  v: 1.9.9 inxi: 3.3.13

I try to connect to my wifi network but the password doesn't accept. It
keeps looping on the network manager as connecting but never accepts the
password. This is the driver I used https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu

Kindly help.
Regards,
Rohith K"

Addendum by Admins
Correct inxi format for legibility

12:00 15 Oct 2022
Re-correct format with additional info supplied by OP

[Anonymous]

MMMM Weird.

I will assume as you supplied a Linuxmint install with your inxi printout, that you are able to obtain a wifi connection to your dongle..?

Which method did you use to install this driver, plus I'm not familiar with these configuration instructions.

A web search, I can only find success for Arch based OS, examples:

https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/rtl8188ftv-802-11n-realtek-wifi-dongle-is-not-working/8961

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=268551

Linuxmint: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=295485

[Rohit]

Thank you Cavy. I just realized it. I had two reports of my dual boot, so in hurry I posted the Linuxmint's system report. I just updated at the top my peppermint OS system info. Actually I have used PeppermintOS 10 before and this new Devuan version I was trying to make it work, somehow it wasn't connecting to the network and I think the team changed their older forum page, so was bit confusing..

[Anonymous]

We have closed the old forum, due to it being Ubuntu centric, as we have successfully migrated to Debian and recently added the Devuan base to those who prefer a non-systemd OS.

Alert: No Swap data was found.

You need to create a swap file: https://sourceforge.net/p/peppermintos/pepwiki/Swap%20File/ as you did not include a swap partition during your install.

Back to the original question, which method did you utilise to install the driver..?

View my picture of my Dell laptop with Devuan installed, see the wifi icon that looks like an upside pyramid, when you left click on it, you will see a drop down menu with the various connections available in your locale, as you can see I have neighbours.

Note the default Ethernet icon looks like a cube with distinct bottom bracket to mimic the Ethernet cable plug-in.

The only time I have seen a broadband password go into a loop or the password pop-up disappear is when I have clicked on the wrong address and entered my password.

[Rohit]

This is the driver I used https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu the steps to install is given in this link. I have done the same for each time I wanted to install this driver. Just that on Peppermint this time it wasn't accepting the wifi password. You can see in the picture. https://ibb.co/mv54d9N

[Anonymous]

Are you able to connect an Ethernet cable to your machine while in the PMOS install..?

It would be prudent to update and upgrade your Devuan, to eliminate any possible conflicts, then reinstall the driver.

[Rohit]

I already updated and upgraded the OS right after install using ethernet cable, but still wifipassword didn't work. That's why I posted the issue here.

[KsWoodsMan]

After updating PeppermintOS, did you try to re-install the driver for your WiFi card, while still booted to Peppermint ?

[Rohit]

Thank you. It's working now. I did reinstall and it worked fine. Thank you
for helping KsWoodsMan
Regards,
Rohit

On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 8:44 AM KsWoodsMan kswoodsman@users.sourceforge.net
wrote:

After updating PeppermintOS, did you try to re-install the driver for your
WiFi card, while still booted to Peppermint ?

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[KsWoodsMan]

You are welcome,

Thank Cavy as well.
He's the one that spent the time with you.
He was also the one to suggest doing the updates , by ethernet , then reinstalling the driver.