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Re: WiFi works during install, not after



On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 09:45:41AM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 23 Oct 2016 at 17:09:06 -0400, Carl Fink wrote:

> > Interestingly, the rtl8723au module is NOT loaded, and "modprobe rtl8723au"
> > fails with a message about the module not being found, even though it's
> > right there if I "locate rtl8723au", in the drivers/staging directory. Maybe
> > the staging area isn't used by default? I confess I don't remember how to
> > change the path that is searched for loadable modules.
> > 
> > Any insights would be most gratefully received.
> 
> Firmware and module names are not necessarily the same. Look at the
> output of 'lsmod'.

Notice what I quoted above? I did look at lsmod.
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