That was my personal experience and conclusion after being in this thread for *years* and being an Ubuntu user for even more years. So save yourself some time - that's my message.
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 4:22 PM hexvolt <hexv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I feel like I have to share my experience with this WiFi adapter and > ubuntu. I'm in this thread for a few years. In the beginning, I tried > everything, all permutations of kernel versions and driver versions and > sometimes it worked a little better than not working at all, sometimes it > was working but dead slow, but in any way after the next software update, > you would have to start this journey again. Bluetooth never worked > properly. Almost always, nothing was stable. It was like I was spending > days trying to hack the system and make basic vital things work, despite > the fact I spent quite some money on my Ubuntu-based laptop. > > Then I gave up and, after googling a lot, I bought another WiFi module > Intel 7620. WiFi was finally stable. Bluetooth never was stable either > though, so I didn't use it and by that time I was just happy to have a > stable WiFi. But after each software update, I held my breath and rechecked > if it still works properly and not lagging at 1MBpS speed. As to Bluetooth > - you can still forget about it. > > This is my advice: if you need everything to work properly and stable, and > you need the same Unix eco-system for work\programming (or just because you > like it), my advice - just buy Mac next time you will be upgrading your > hardware. Unfortunately, that's the only way to have Unix-based user > machine (not talking about servers) with working hardware and peripherals. > Ubuntu's driver's system has a major flaw in design because of its hard > dependency on kernel versions. That's why this will *always* happen - > broken drivers, unstable devices etc etc with every update. And that's why > hardware manufacturers don't produce linux drivers much - it's just too > expensive to maintain and redevelop them for each combination of kernel\OS > versions you have. > > TLDR: Unfortunately, this is the endless problem you will ALWAYS have in > linux, not just with this WiFi module. No matter how hard the community or > manufacturers commit to Linux's driver's base. If you want a proper > Unix-based system with stable hardware and peripherals, buy Mac and ditch > Ubuntu. Unless you are getting fun digging into kernels and hacking the OS > on a regular basis. > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 1:15 PM Jean <jber...@free.fr> wrote: > >> Hello, the kuba-moo / benjarobin driver+patches worked fine until today >> when I migrated from Debian Stretch to Debian Buster. I could get wifi >> working, but not bluetooth, because the 'bpatch' try to uninstall the >> current linux-image and replace it by 5 others packages, which could >> break my system. Something appears to be changed in the way of using >> kernel source, but I don't know enough to understand how to manage it. >> Does anyone use mt7630e with Debian Buster and can help me ? Thanks a >> lot. >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220146 >> >> Title: >> Ralink Mediatek 14c3:7630 wi-fi card isn't supported out of the box >> >> Status in HWE Next: >> Fix Released >> Status in HWE Next trusty series: >> Won't Fix >> Status in Linux: >> Unknown >> Status in vivid: >> New >> Status in linux package in Ubuntu: >> Triaged >> Status in linux-lts-xenial package in Ubuntu: >> Confirmed >> Status in linux package in Fedora: >> New >> >> Bug description: >> This device is appearing in some OEM machines, but driver is not yet >> available in mainline. >> >> The driver seems to be present in machines with pre-installed OS, but >> isn't available on the download-and-install versions! >> >> The driver that upstream is working on can be found at >> https://github.com/lwfinger/mt7630. >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1220146/+subscriptions >> > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220146 Title: Ralink Mediatek 14c3:7630 wi-fi card isn't supported out of the box Status in HWE Next: Fix Released Status in HWE Next trusty series: Won't Fix Status in Linux: Unknown Status in vivid: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in linux-lts-xenial package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Fedora: New Bug description: This device is appearing in some OEM machines, but driver is not yet available in mainline. The driver seems to be present in machines with pre-installed OS, but isn't available on the download-and-install versions! The driver that upstream is working on can be found at https://github.com/lwfinger/mt7630. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1220146/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
