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  • I followed this advice, and it might have worked, but I am not sure. Bumps: - changed to _ in rtl8192c-common.ko and rtl_pci.ko did not exist. The internet turned on and off when I did this and is working. Modinfo still reports the old driver. I'll try restarting to see if that changes anything. Should the changes you suggested be persistent across reboots? Commented Nov 18, 2017 at 22:33
  • Same thing happened after a reboot. I'm assuming that this means that modinfo is not the correct way to tell what driver is being used in this case? Commented Nov 18, 2017 at 22:46
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    @ZachBoyd and modinfo /lib/modules/4.13.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko it will show you the required info about the new kernel module. Commented Nov 18, 2017 at 22:48
  • That gives the new driver, as expected. When I do modinfo rtl8192ce, if gives the old one. Commented Nov 18, 2017 at 22:56
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    I agree. Eventually I decided to make the old driver a sym link to the new one and put your answer in a startup script, which fixed most of the issues. Modinfo is still not working but this is not a big deal. Thanks for your help! Commented Nov 19, 2017 at 21:13