Bug 438816

Summary: Plasma does not load with RTL8188fu drivers kernel 5.11.X
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: akshayjauhari
Component: PanelAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: jodr666, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.21.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description akshayjauhari 2021-06-17 16:50:21 UTC 
SUMMARY

Upgraded to Kubuntu 21.04 nad installed the RTL8188FU drivers with Kernel 5.11.XX

KDE-Plasma Desktop Fails to load after boot. Hangs on the Screen with just wallpaper and no icons and no Panel Taskbar.

When changed the Kernel to 5.8.X Plasma Desktop loads perfectly.

This happens only when the Wifi RTL8188fu drivers are installed and only on Kernel 5.11.X

Feels like Wifi Driver has some conflicts with Kernel 5.11.X
Comment 1 Tony 2021-06-17 19:35:38 UTC 
Module RTL8188FU seems to be an out of tree module, meaning is not included in the linux kernel.
Where did you get the package you install? PPA?
Or did you installed from source?

Either case you need to report this to one(s) mantaining the module.
Comment 2 Tony 2021-06-17 21:33:36 UTC 
(In reply to Tony from comment #1)
> Module RTL8188FU seems to be an out of tree module, meaning is not included
> in the linux kernel.
> Where did you get the package you install? PPA?
> Or did you installed from source?
> 
> Either case you need to report this to one(s) mantaining the module.

Correction it is included in the kernel, which means is an upstream problem, so i'll maker it as such.
Comment 3 akshayjauhari 2021-07-03 17:12:55 UTC 
(In reply to Tony from comment #1)
> Module RTL8188FU seems to be an out of tree module, meaning is not included
> in the linux kernel.
> Where did you get the package you install? PPA?
> Or did you installed from source?
> 
> Either case you need to report this to one(s) mantaining the module.

got the package from - https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu
and installed from ppa:kelebek333/kablosuz