How to install the driver for the Realtek RTL8188FTV WiFi Adapter in mx linux!

[chandra1961]

I am exhausted from trying to install the driver for the Realtek RTL8188FTV WiFi Adapter on another laptop, where I successfully installed MX Linux, but could not install the driver. So, I was trying to help by developing a snapshot after installing the driver with the WiFi Adapter in this laptop. Can someone please help me install a driver for the Realtek RTL8188FTV WiFi Adapter?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[CharlesV]

Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )

[Stevo]

Also, where are you getting this driver? And the adapter should be plugged in when the QSI is created.

[chandra1961]

It is a realtek driver working properly in windows. I tried from git hub. Yes, I plugged it in my mx linux 23.6 laptop. Can you please guide me?

[chandra1961]

Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )

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Please check the Quick System Info below, but I don't know how to add MX Menu and Copy for Forum[CODE]

[CODE]Snapshot created on: 20250614_2236
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto May 15  2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80R5 v: Lenovo Yoga 500-14ISK serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Yoga 500-14ISK serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: Lenovo Yoga 500-14ISK v: SDK0J40679 WIN serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: LENOVO v: D3CN39WW date: 06/26/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0 Wh (0.0%) condition: 27.2/45.0 Wh (60.4%) volts: 8.7 min: 11.1
    model: SMP L14M3P21 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-6200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake gen: core 6 level: v3
    note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x4E (78) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 500 min/max: 400/2800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 500 2: 500 3: 500 4: 500 bogomips: 19200
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9
    process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1916 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free:
    series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1299 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Bison Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 5986:0670
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1477x831 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 391x220mm (15.39x8.66") s-diag: 449mm (17.66")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x04a4 built: 2015 res: 1477x831 hz: 60 dpi: 121 gamma: 1.2
    size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: Unknown
    lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
    status: off tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3166 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 1-8:6
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 79.43 GiB (8.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10SPCX-24HWST1 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A02 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 105.47 GiB size: 103.25 GiB (97.90%) used: 19.95 GiB (19.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 6.4 MiB (1.3%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 93.46 GiB size: 91.43 GiB (97.83%) used: 31.23 GiB (34.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda9 maj-min: 8:9
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.08 GiB used: 6.3 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda8
    maj-min: 8:8
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C pch: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1972 libs: 1019 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
Info:
  Processes: 215 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 443 Memory: 3.62 GiB used: 2.54 GiB (70.1%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[CharlesV]

You got it, those were instructions on how to post your QSI.

So, this shows that your WiFi is up... are you trying to add a secondary WiFi Adapter?

[chandra1961]

Also, where are you getting this driver? And the adapter should be plugged in when the QSI is created.

QSI report after the adapter is plugged in:

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Snapshot created on: 20250614_2236
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto May 15  2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80R5 v: Lenovo Yoga 500-14ISK serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Yoga 500-14ISK serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: Lenovo Yoga 500-14ISK v: SDK0J40679 WIN serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: LENOVO v: D3CN39WW date: 06/26/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0 Wh (0.0%) condition: 27.2/45.0 Wh (60.4%) volts: 8.7 min: 11.1
    model: SMP L14M3P21 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-6200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake gen: core 6 level: v3
    note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x4E (78) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1577 high: 2300 min/max: 400/2800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 2300 2: 2110 3: 400 4: 1501 bogomips: 19200
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9
    process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1916 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free:
    series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1299 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Bison Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 5986:0670
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1477x831 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 391x220mm (15.39x8.66") s-diag: 449mm (17.66")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x04a4 built: 2015 res: 1477x831 hz: 60 dpi: 121 gamma: 1.2
    size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: Unknown
    lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
    status: off tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3166 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: rtl8188fu
    bus-ID: 1-2:7 chip-ID: 0bda:f179 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlan1 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 1-8:6
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 79.42 GiB (8.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10SPCX-24HWST1 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A02 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 105.47 GiB size: 103.25 GiB (97.90%) used: 19.95 GiB (19.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 6.4 MiB (1.3%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 93.46 GiB size: 91.43 GiB (97.83%) used: 31.23 GiB (34.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda9 maj-min: 8:9
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.08 GiB used: 8.3 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda8
    maj-min: 8:8
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C pch: 45.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1972 libs: 1019 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
Info:
  Processes: 211 Uptime: 53m wakeups: 443 Memory: 3.62 GiB used: 2.21 GiB (61.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[chandra1961]

You got it, those were instructions on how to post your QSI.

So, this shows that your WiFi is up... are you trying to add a secondary WiFi Adapter?

I am exhausted from trying to install the driver for the Realtek RTL8188FTV WiFi Adapter on another laptop, where I successfully installed MX Linux, but could not install the driver. So, I was trying to help by developing a snapshot after installing the driver with the WiFi Adapter in this laptop. Can someone please help me install a driver for the Realtek RTL8188FTV WiFi Adapter?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[Eadwine Rose]

Why did you mark this solved when it isn't solved? Removing solved marker. Note that the check mark is not a thank you or a like button.

[chandra1961]

Why did you mark this solved when it isn't solved? Removing solved marker. Note that the check mark is not a thank you or a like button.

I have not marked anything consciously. I don't know all these forums things. Can you please help me to solve.