I don't understand the problem here. The rtl8821cu is installed but I cannot modprobe it into place. Is there a problem with the install process or am I missing a step.
> pacman -Q | grep rtl rtl8188gu-dkms-git r12.9dec829-1 rtl8812au-dkms-git 5.13.6.r189.gd4638de-1 rtl8821cu-dkms-git 5.12.0.1853eacc28-1 rtl8xxxu-dkms-git r54.fbb6d1a-1 [stephen@carb:~] :> modprobe rtl8821cu modprobe: FATAL: Module rtl8821cu not found in directory /lib/modules/6.9.7-arch1-1 After eyoung100 comment
`Packages (1) rtl8821cu-dkms-git-5.12.0.1853eacc28-1 ` `Total Installed Size: 36.99 MiB `Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB ` ...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment. ==> Finished making: rtl8821cu-dkms-git 5.12.0.1853eacc28-1 (Mon Jul 8 12:33:34 2024) ==> Installing package rtl8821cu-dkms-git with pacman -U... ...
-> Running build hook: [filesystems] -> Running build hook: [fsck] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'cfg80211' ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img' -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful ==> Initcpio image generation successful [stephen@carb:~/external/rtl8821cu-dkms-git] :> uname -r 6.9.7-arch1-1 [stephen@carb:~/external/rtl8821cu-dkms-git] :> dkms status rtl8188gu/r12.9dec829, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed rtl8812au/5.13.6.r189.gd4638de, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed rtl8821cu/5.12.0.1853eacc28, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed rtl8821cu/5.12.0.1853eacc28, 6.9.7-arch1-1, x86_64: installed rtl8xxxu/r54.fbb6d1a, 6.6.36-1-lts, x86_64: installed rtl8xxxu/r54.fbb6d1a, 6.9.7-arch1-1, x86_64: installed 
uname -randdkms status.modprobewithdkms"Dynamic Kernel Mode Switch"es are turned "on" and/or "off". See Section 7.2.4 and lines 157 to 174 in the config file