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* The less drastic option is mentioned first.
* The option reported to be very dangerous got a bold warning.
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### Unknown Symbol Errors
Some users reported problems due to `Unknown symbol in module`. This can be
caused by old deployments of the driver still being present in the systems
directories. One solution reported was to forcefully remove all old driver
modules:
Some users reported problems due to `Unknown symbol in module`. A likely cause
of this is that the cfg80211 module is not present in the Kernel. You can fix
this by running it:
sudo modprobe cfg80211
Another reported cause was that old deployments of the driver were still
present in the system directories. One reported solution was to forcibly remove
all old driver modules. **This is a drastic measure. It may prevent you from
using other external WiFi adapters.** See [this
issue](https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu/issues/249) for more information.
If you want to proceed anyways, you can run the following commands:
sudo dkms remove rtl88x2bu/5.8.7.4 --all
find /lib/modules -name cfg80211.ko -ls
sudo rm -f /lib/modules/*/updates/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
This can also be caused by cfg80211 module not being present in the kernel.
You can remedy this by running:
sudo modprobe cfg80211
### Linux 5.18+ and RTW88 Driver
Starting from Linux 5.18, some distributions have added experimental RTW88 USB