[SOLVED] Arch Installation on HP Laptop 15-da0xxx

anon027 · 06-10-2019, 12:38 PM

I'm reluctant to install Arch on the basis that I don't know how to connect to the wifi. I have no idea how to download and install the wifi drivers so that i can use the internet on arch. Does anyone know how to download the necessary drivers? My wifi adapter is Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter.

snowday · 06-10-2019, 01:06 PM

Welcome to the forums!

Have you ever used Linux before? Most Linux distributions or "distros" should detect your wireless automatically. For example give Linux Mint a try, I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

Arch is a more advanced distro and assumes you are willing to read the instructions and enter the appropriate commands in the Terminal. Here are the specific instructions for troubleshooting Realtek wifi: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...ration#Realtek

And here are the more general instructions for installing Arch. I assume you are already following these instructions, but I'll post the link just in case: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

colorpurple21859 · 06-10-2019, 01:28 PM

Download the source code from here:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new
then use make or dkms to build driver and install
I have the same adaptor on my laptop. There are several howtos on the net but most of them are ubuntu based

anon027 · 06-10-2019, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

then use make or dkms to build driver and install

Thanks for the advice! But how do I build and install that driver? Which files do I choose?

colorpurple21859 · 06-10-2019, 03:00 PM

The link readme tells you how to do it. If you click the clone or download button it will download the zip file with all the need files in it. Then you will need to unzip the file and follow the instructions. The instructions tells what programs you need to have installed. The git clone command in the instructions will also download all the needed files.

If your question is how is this done without an internet connection. you will have to download all the needed files from another system and transfer them over or use your ethernet port to download the files.

teckk · 06-10-2019, 03:12 PM

I suggest that you make a package for pacman. So the package manager can keep track of it.

See if this PKGBUILD works.

Code:

# Maintainer: Felipe Morales <hel.sheep@gmail.com>

_pkgbase=rtl8723de
pkgname=rtl8723de-dkms
pkgver=1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="RTL8723 wireless + bluetooth modules (DKMS)"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="https://github.com/smlinux/rtl8723de"
license=('GPL2')
depends=('dkms')
source=("${url}/archive/4.11-up.zip")
md5sums=('812c453a8cdb851519ce5cda8f58c962')


package() {
    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}"/"${_pkgbase}"-4.11-up/dkms.conf "${pkgdir}"/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf
    cp -r "${srcdir}"/"${_pkgbase}"-4.11-up/* "${pkgdir}"/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/
}

Then install it with

Code:

pacman -U

teckk · 06-10-2019, 03:26 PM

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtlwifi_new-dkms/

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240517

WideOpenSkies · 06-10-2019, 06:33 PM

Make sure to have an Ethernet connection.

ondoho · 06-12-2019, 06:17 AM

isn't post #2 the correct answer here?

pernia, have you considered that Archlinux is a too complicated distro for you?
why not Ubuntu (one of its many flavors) or Linux Mint?

colorpurple21859 · 06-12-2019, 07:10 AM

Quote:

isn't post #2 the correct answer here?

yes in it takes reading and research to install Arch, more so if your trying to install it with a non-working wireless adaptor. and no the rtl8723de driver has to be built, it is not included in the kernels at this time and isn't mentioned in the links provided.

snowday · 06-12-2019, 08:23 AM

I should have been a bit more verbose in my post #2, apologies.

My thought process was, even if your heart is set on Arch, you could test-drive Mint in "live" mode. If your wifi is working in Mint then you can use the terminal command 'lsmod' to figure out which kernel module is being used. You can then use that information to help set up the wifi in Arch.

colorpurple21859 · 06-12-2019, 09:26 AM

After reading the ops post again I have to agree with ondoho that arch maybe too complicated at this time. I decide to gave it a go installing arch with the same wireless card and my choices was to either use an ethernet connection or use archlinux-bootstrap from one of my other systems.
@ teckk, I'll let you know if the pkgbuild works when I'm able to get to.

calvinmeadows · 06-12-2019, 11:35 AM

if insist on using "arch" give manjaro a try. its a "friendlier" arch-based distribution.

ondoho · 06-12-2019, 10:48 PM

^ I suspect they already did that.
Anybody who went through the ArchLinux installation process wouldn't ask questions like that without at least providing more troubleshooting information.

I have nothing against Manjaro or other Arch derivates in general, but I wish people would stop calling it Arch.
Saying "I installed Arch" generates a picture of a capable Linux user in my mind that simply does not apply to someone who installed Manjaro.

@snowpine: don't apologize, you were verbose enough.
It's just that subsequent comments have drowned out your advice.

Shadow_7 · 06-15-2019, 05:02 PM

I have that rtl8723de chipset on my other laptop. There was a driver not yet merged with rtlwifi_new for it. But it's been about a year since I was fiddling with it. I mostly use the other hp laptop with the rtl8723be chipset that does work with rtlwifi_new. The de driver was still part of the experimental version of rtlwifi_new at that time.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...rd-4175645181/

https://subinsb.com/install-realtek-...-driver-linux/

If you install from the git sources with just $(sudo make) && $(sudo make install), then everytime the kernel updates, you'll have to "re-install" the driver. Same with other proprietary drivers like nVidia's video driver.

$ lspci -nnk | grep -i network
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:d723]

I never actually used the wifi on it (for any duration anyway). Lots of ethernet dongles and switches in my setup. I did try it a year+ ago and it worked, but dropped every 30-ish minutes or so IIRC. Requiring a reboot, or other fancy footwork to stop the network manager so you could unload and reload the driver/module. To annoying for me so I went with the dongle lifestyle.