The recent update to Ubuntu 22.04.1 desktop disabled my wifi dongle which uses RTL 8812 BU. I restored a full backup so I am back up and running now (without the update). Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem apart from not loading the update?
dkms status
rtl88x2bu/5.3.1: added
rtl88x2bu/5.6.1: added
rtl88x2bu/git, 5.15.0-58-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl88x2bu/git, 5.15.0-60-generic, x86_64: installed
This is the state before the update.
I will reload the update and report the revised status - this may take a while.
The update is to 22.04.2 LTS.
The DKMS Status after the update is:
dkms status
rtl88x2bu/5.3.1: added
rtl88x2bu/5.6.1: added
rtl88x2bu/git, 5.15.0-58-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl88x2bu/git, 5.15.0-60-generic, x86_64: installed
(i.e. Unaltered).
I tried Answer 1 but this is what I got:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
dkms is already the newest version (2.8.7-2ubuntu2.1).
git is already the newest version (1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.8).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 7 not to upgrade.
fatal: destination path 'RTL8812BU' already exists and is not an empty directory.
Error! The module/version combo: rtl88x2bu-5.3.1 is not located in the DKMS tree.
Deleting module rtl88x2bu-5.6.1 completely from the DKMS tree.
Error! The module/version combo: rtl88x2bu-git is not located in the DKMS tree.
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.6.1/source -> /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-5.6.1
Error! Could not find module source directory.
Directory: /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-5.13.1 does not exist.