Compiling rt prempt kernel breaks kernel module rtl8192eu SOLVED!

BeagleBrainz wrote:

Ok no probs.

Go to this link
github.com/clnhub/rtl8192eu-linux

Clone the repo as you would for linuxcnc eg

git clone https://github.com/clnhub/rtl8192eu-linux.git

And follow the instructions, except for the bit about installing the headers.

Hopefully this should get you sorted.

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One tip when recompiling a kernel, for furture reference, if you run

make deb-pkg

instead of anything else,
it will build deb packages that you can install using your preferred method: eg dpkg or gdebi
The ones you will want with this method are linux-image-xxxx.deb & linux-headers-xxxx.deb
You can also keep them for the future.

Thank you, that did the trick.

Cool

Yeah it takes forever to build the kernel that way and uses up a lot of disk space, but after the build you can basically delete the source directory.
Just keeps the debs and your good to go.
With the dkms if you do build and install a new kernel it should rebuild the kernel module to suit, no need to interfere.