> I have a PC that uses a Wi-Fi adapter TP-Link 725N which uses the rtl8812au
> driver. This is not an included driver on the installation to work out of
> the box. The way to install it in previous versions (kernel 5.+) was to
> router 4G connection from my smartphone to the bluetooth receiver, perform
> an “apt update”, “apt install dkms”, “git clone 'the rtl8812au driver’” and
> “dkms_install” the driver in my machine, wich took a very long time because
> of the poor bluetooth connection. In Debian 12 this method fails because
> after dkms_install there is an error regarding the Kernel 6.+: “Error! Your
> kernel headers for kernel … 6.1.0 cannot be found”.
>
> It is very difficult to overcome this problem when I don’t have internet
> connnection and from what I’ve read, this is a widely used driver for
> several adapters from TP-Link.
Here's what I think I'd do:
- boot with the old 5.+ kernel
- install the 6.1.0 kernel headers
- install dkms and the driver
- reboot using the new kernel
Stefan
