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differences in the entry: vendor
Realtek-Semiconductor-Co.-Ltd.
differences in the entry: model name
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
AzureWave RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
AzureWave AW-NB159H
RTL8723BE
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
10ec:b723
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: interface
mini-PCI-E
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
parabola , trisquel_7_0 , trisquel_8_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
5.5.10-gnu
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
rtl8723be
differences in the entry: Description
It should work with any more current kernel and free modules (Tested with Trisquel and linux-libre):
pre-requisite: get a current GCC/G++ version, the system-shipped one is likely too old (I've used GCC 9.2 as the kernel was built with GCC 9.3)
steps to install:
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# common pre-requisites
sudo apt install built-essentials git
# in any case you need the headers matching your kernel,
# I highly suggest to use linux libre as follows
sudo apt linux-libre linux-libre-headers
# WiFi
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git -b extended
cd rtlwifi_new
make CC=gcc-9 CXX=g++9 && sudo make CC=gcc-9 CXX=g++9 install
cd ..
# Bluetooth
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt.git -b kernel
cd rtl8723au_bt
make CC=gcc-9 CXX=g++9 && sudo make CC=gcc-9 CXX=g++9 install
# common bluetooth packages
sudo apt bluetooth bluez bluez-tools blueman
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[del]Previous description about Trisquel:
Worked on Parabola/Linux-libre, module was loaded without the firmware blob and it just worked. In the module source the path to firmware binary can be dummy. It only takes a bit longer to connect/search. Needs adaptation in source.
Previous description about Trisquel:
Non-free firmware is required, see https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x[/del]
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