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prunskunas

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Registered: 2025-02-12

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Does Daedalus include driver for MediaTek MT7612U chipset?

I have an HP laptop that suddenly stopped offering Wi-Fi. I bought an Alfa AWUS036ACM which uses a MediaTek MT7612U chipset. It works fine with Windows 10. I'm tired of Microsoft games, so I'm gonna install Linux on it. I tried Debian 12.9, which recognized the Alfa adapter during installation. I'd like to rid my life of systemd. I tried upgrading to Devuan from Debian, but that was an ugly experience, ending with a system that wouldn't boot. I will start fresh with Devuan. Does Daedalus include the driver for the MediaTek MT7612U chipset or do I need to first download it from Debian and have it on a USB flash drive?

Last edited by prunskunas (2025-02-12 16:35:22)

rolfie

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Registered: 2017-11-25

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Re: Does Daedalus include driver for MediaTek MT7612U chipset?

If Debian does Devuan should also do. Devuan is Debian - systemd packages + replacements. Kernel and drivers are the same.

prunskunas

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Re: Does Daedalus include driver for MediaTek MT7612U chipset?

@rolfie

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, that's what I would have assumed, but I try not to assume. I will install now.

GNUser

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Registered: 2017-03-16

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Re: Does Daedalus include driver for MediaTek MT7612U chipset?

Hi prunskunas. The Alfa AWUS036ACM is a nice wifi usb adapter, one of the best. For it to work on Devuan or any Linux distro, you need both driver and firmware.

On Devuan you don't have to worry about the driver. The driver you need is mt76x2u (part of the mt76 family of drivers), which is free software and present on Devuan out of the box (in the /usr/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2 directory).

You do need to obtain the proprietary firmware. The mt7612u chipset needs two firmware files: mt7662u.bin and mt7662u_rom_patch.bin. An easy way to get the latest version of these files is to go here...

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … e/mediatek

...then click on the filename you need, then click on "plain" to download the two files to your system. Copy the two files into /lib/firmware/mediatek/ (you need to create this directory). Reboot, plugin your device, and enjoy.

P.S. All firmware for linux is kept here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … e.git/tree It's a good url to bookmark.

Last edited by GNUser (2025-02-12 17:31:51)