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kmleon

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Registered: 2021-04-21

Posts: 17

Help getting MediaTek 7961 working? Debian 11 Bullseye Kernel 5.10.92

Greetings,
I just picked up an Asus Strix g513qy Advantage Edition and I am trying to get Q4OS TDE fully functional.
I had issues with the video during setup that had to be addressed by dropping the default refresh rate from 300 Hz to 60 hz (and after install) otherwise screen would flicker and blank out.
Now I have a working basic install, but no Wifi unfortunately.
The Ethernet is working, so I ran a long ethernet cable down the hall while trying to get this working.
From what I'm seeing, it is unlikely I will be able to get the MediaTek 7916 wifi card working with the latest 5.10 kernel of the fresh install for Q4OS4.7.

https://www.linux.org/threads/solved-wi … ard.37699/

https://libredd.it/r/linuxhardware/comm … confidence

https://asus-linux.org/blog/updates-2021-09-12/

https://medium.com/@pjbgf/installing-ub … 487ecea862

Is there a way to get this working without my having to completely replace the default kernel? I don't want this to be an update pain later if there is anyway I can keep it with the Q4OS setup.

If it has to be updated, do you have updated instructions? I tried these: https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=22212 but it just shows the system as already up to date. Where is a repo that would have a new or 5.12 or 5.14+ kernel compatible with this setup?

Appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks kindly!

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,301

Re: Help getting MediaTek 7961 working? Debian 11 Bullseye Kernel 5.10.92

The kernel can be updated by using

sudo qinst-kernel-bpo

BUT before it will work you have to edit the script /usr/bin/qinst-kernel-bpo

Third line down it checks for the release - at the moment it says

if [ "$A_QAPTDISTR" != "buster" ] ; then

You need to change that to

if [ "$A_QAPTDISTR" != "bullseye" ] ; then

This can be done by

sudo nano /usr/bin/qinst-kernel-bpo

edit the line
Ctrl-W to save
Ctrl-X to exit

Run the command as above and that will update you to the latest backport kernel which will stay in step with updates as they arrive. Whether it will fix the wifi issue is another matter. Reading the links you have helpfully provided it does look like a bit of a pain.

kmleon

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Registered: 2021-04-21

Posts: 17

Re: Help getting MediaTek 7961 working? Debian 11 Bullseye Kernel 5.10.92

Running that now. Will report back on the results. Thanks kindly!

kmleon

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Registered: 2021-04-21

Posts: 17

Re: Help getting MediaTek 7961 working? Debian 11 Bullseye Kernel 5.10.92

W00T! That was easy! All I had to do was run that kernel update, and on reboot the wifi "just works"! Thank you very much. And I hope this helps out others struggling with this particular card.