WiFi driver rtl8821ce missing!(solved)

[mr_gs]

[*]Recently I installed fossapup into my HP laptop. But I can't connect WiFi because there is no driver for it. I found from internet that my WiFi card needs driver rtl8821ce. Is it possible to build/compile the driver from source?.

[rockedge]

Hello @mr_gs Welcome to the kennels

This driver might already be built! To check it might be worth going to https://psearch.puppylinux.com
and do a search for rtl8821ce and see.

Otherwise it is not difficult to build one. It involves loading the devx SFS file which has all of the developer tools included.

Download the kernel source SFS for the current kernel you are using and load it.

Then it is ready to build the driver

[bigpup]

Here is a pet package of the driver:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/te ... x86_64.pet

Install the pet package.
Reboot, making sure to update the save, so the driver now stays installed and gets loaded.

See if the network wizard, you are using, now sees the WIFI hardware.

If not, what happens?

Do you know how to install using a pet package?

[mr_gs]

I have installed the above pet package. But still it isn't working

[bigpup]

What network wizard are you trying to use?

What happens when you use it?

Our spy drone, is not able to see over your shoulder, so we can see what is happening.

[mr_gs]

I commonly use Barry's Simple Network System
And after this problem I tried frisbee.
None of them shows wlan.

There is Windows 11 installed in the main ssd. It can connect to WiFi.

[ozsouth]

@mr_gs - I've made an updated driver - need to uninstall previous driver, then install new one.
See: viewtopic.php?p=35232#p35232

[mr_gs]

@ozsouth that works. Thank you.