Sheldon Sims Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) My WiFi drops every few seconds in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, so I have been using an ethernet cable to get around it. ? Edited May 17, 2021 by Sheldon Sims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 28 minutes ago, Sheldon Sims said: My WiFi drops every few seconds in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, so I have been using an ethernet cable to get around it. ? Yes, there is a known driver problem in Ubuntu for the Realtek chipset. It's very annoying. I keep checking for updates, but Linux support at the moment is flaky for this Realtek sadly. The disabling WIFI power-management helps, but it's not a cure. It's not the Realtek board/chipset because it works perfectly (and fast) under Windows 10, and it's now reliable under AtariOS too, but still not as fast as it is in Windows 10, for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 5/17/2021 at 6:49 PM, justclaws said: Yes, there is a known driver problem in Ubuntu for the Realtek chipset. It's very annoying. I keep checking for updates, but Linux support at the moment is flaky for this Realtek sadly. The disabling WIFI power-management helps, but it's not a cure. It's not the Realtek board/chipset because it works perfectly (and fast) under Windows 10, and it's now reliable under AtariOS too, but still not as fast as it is in Windows 10, for sure. Do you know what chipset it is or where I can get more info? I had been using ethernet until I moved my VCS to the living room this weekend. After enabling Wifi under Ubuntu (20.04), it started writing tons of errors to syslog and eventually ran out of space on /. I had to use a recovery flash drive to fix the issue. Obviously I can't leave wifi enabled if this is going to happen, so looking for fixes/workarounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Do you know which realtek chipset is being used here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 6:42 PM, zzip said: Do you know what chipset it is or where I can get more info? I had been using ethernet until I moved my VCS to the living room this weekend. After enabling Wifi under Ubuntu (20.04), it started writing tons of errors to syslog and eventually ran out of space on /. I had to use a recovery flash drive to fix the issue. Obviously I can't leave wifi enabled if this is going to happen, so looking for fixes/workarounds. NOTE - this is not a problem in AtariOS, where early WIFI driver issues were also long since resolved, and WIFI is now wire-speed, but AtariOS is based on Apertis (Debian). Yes, basically you need to turn-off the WIFI power-saving. This page describes it, but it's been described several places (and of course, it's not only on Atari VCS). It's a while since I was using WIFI, but I think it's still valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, justclaws said: Yes, basically you need to turn-off the WIFI power-saving. This page describes it, but it's been described several places (and of course, it's not only on Atari VCS). It's a while since I was using WIFI, but I think it's still valid. Nice. I'll give it a try, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiATIon Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 10/12/2021 at 6:42 PM, zzip said: Do you know what chipset it is or where I can get more info? I had been using ethernet until I moved my VCS to the living room this weekend. After enabling Wifi under Ubuntu (20.04), it started writing tons of errors to syslog and eventually ran out of space on /. I had to use a recovery flash drive to fix the issue. Obviously I can't leave wifi enabled if this is going to happen, so looking for fixes/workarounds. The Wifi card is : Realtek 8822CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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