Driver does nothing Ubuntu 19.04

[tjsso]

I have updated from Ubuntu 18.04 (where this worked beautifully!) to Ubuntu 19.10 via a complete wipe of the machine about a week ago. This was the first thing I attempted to install on the machine on Ubuntu 19.10.

I can clone and run ./install.sh fine, output looks good. However despite "lsusb" displaying the adapter as "TP-LINK 802.11ac NIC" my Wi-Fi settings say there is no adapter and I cannot turn Wi-Fi ON or connect to any networks.

Any help would be appreciated, kernel version is 5.3.0-29-generic.

[lishine]

Same for me! @tjsso did you solve it?

[tjsso]

Unfortunately not, although I won't deny I havent even attempted to use my Linux machine for the last month due to the fact it isn't connected to internet. I shall boot it up this week and see if there's any change or anything new I notice.

[lishine]

I gonna buy router, set it as a client/repeater and connect with Ethernet to the PC. 'Problem solved'

[Red-Eyed]

@lishine , In your case: problem is not solved, problem is avoided. Problem itself is that TP-LINK doesn't support new kernels at all.

[lishine]

Thanks for letting know. TP-Link was my best bet as supported in Linux. And it gone. Wifi adaptor is problematic with Linux. So I will just connect the Router. It is strange that not one company supply a driver. I thought Linux has already great hardware support.

[Red-Eyed]

linux itself does not support hardware. It supports open standards. TP-LINK made hardware which requires driver. They made driver for linux (this repository is a fork of TP-LINK with my fixes to new kernels).

But as you can see TP-LINK does not support new linux kernels. So, not linux, but TP-LINK does not support their software.

But anyway thanks TP-LINK for open source driver they shared for linux users :).

[lishine]

Ye, this is what I meant.