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Asked by Anton Chudiakov

Every time I install Ubuntu update my wifi adapter stops to function.
After every update, I have to recompile the module from this source https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.

My wifi adapter is:
0a:00.0 Netwrk controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

Is it possible to fix Ubuntu update ?
Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

This is not a bug, but normal behavior.

If you decide to start compiling drivers from source, you need to recompile the driver against every new Linux KERNEL update.

The compiled driver only works for a specific Linux kernel version.

So you either stop compiling drivers from source, or you stick to a specific kernel version to avoid having to recompile from source.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

If you make a DKMS file for the code, it will recompile the kernel driver every time you get a new kernel. If the system is not made aware of the requirement then it won't happen.

This is normal

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Anton Chudiakov (anton-chudiakov) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.