2nd wireless adapter not configurable

[quarinteen]

I am having an issue with a USB RTL8812AU dongle. The laptop has built in wireless and I am trying to install the usb dongle. The system sees it as "Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter" but it wont list it in the network manager or see it when I do an ifconfig. Anyone have a suggestion on where to get some information on troubleshooting?

[Mister_X]

You need to install the package for it: apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms

Before you do that, make sure your system is up to date: "apt update && apt dist-upgrade" then reboot.

[quarinteen]

You need to install the package for it: apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms

Before you do that, make sure your system is up to date: "apt update && apt dist-upgrade" then reboot.

That did not fix the issue. Any other suggestions? I dont see anything in dmesg or the messages file.

[quarinteen]

That did not fix the issue. Any other suggestions? I dont see anything in dmesg or the messages file.

I downloaded to realtek drivers from https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au and when I try to install it I get the error

Your kernel headers for kernel 4.18.0-kali2-amd64 cannot be found at
/lib/modules/4.18.0-kali2-amd64/build or /lib/modules/4.18.0-kali2-amd64/source.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 4.18.0-kali2-amd64 cannot be found at
/lib/modules/4.18.0-kali2-amd64/build or /lib/modules/4.18.0-kali2-amd64/source.


When I search for my headers I get 4.19.0

root@kali:~# apt-cache search linux-image
linux-headers-4.19.0-kali3-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.19.0-kali3-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-kali3-cloud-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.19.0-kali3-cloud-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-kali3-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.19.0-kali3-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-amd64 - Linux 4.19 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-cloud-amd64 - Linux 4.19 for x86-64 cloud
linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-cloud-amd64
linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.19 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.19.0-kali3-rt-amd64
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-image-cloud-amd64 - Linux for x86-64 cloud (meta-package)
linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux cloud-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-image-rt-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-image-4.18.0-kali2-amd64 - Linux 4.18 for 64-bit PCs

Why is dpkg looking for 4.18?

[quarinteen]

It appears I chose the wrong adapter. Seems there is a ton of problems with the rtl8814AU chip set. I cant find a suitable resolution for me though. It it screaming about kernal headers 4.18.0 and I am using 4.19.0. Dos anyone know if there is a package for 4.19.0?

[quarinteen]

Its looking for /lib/modules/4.18.0-kali2-amd64/source and /lib/modules/4.18.0-kali2-amd64/build. /lib/modules/4.18.0-kali2-amd64/ exists but the only folder in it is kernel. How do I get the other directories and files?

[Mister_X]

That driver is the exact same I pointed at when mentioning the package.

Installation didn't work because the kernel you have is old. Current is 4.19. Make sure to update as I mentioned already.