Recently reinstalled Debian due to some issues. Previous install had Cinnamon default, which I later changed to XFCE via command line install. Then I had to do a full reinstall of Debian, I decided to choose the XFCE install image because i preferred it over Cinnamon. Both installs were on Debian 12.
While everything else works great, for some reason the Wi-Fi speed is noticeably slower, on Cinnamon I had consistent 10mb/s downloading steam games and various packages, now on XFCE i barely get 1-2mb/s. I think i chose the live install image option both times, so the only difference would be in desktop environments.
Running shows:
Looking around online, it seems like this card has a lot of issues on linux, so i might just get it replaced. I've tried: turning off power management (which made a small improvement), installing drivers from the rtw88 github repo by lwfinger, which didn't seem to have any effect. I also looked in /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/ for a configuration file, but there seemed to be none.
So, is there some kind of config setting present in the Cinnamon install, which is for some reason missing in the XFCE image? Is it just a problem with this specific Wi-Fi card?
While everything else works great, for some reason the Wi-Fi speed is noticeably slower, on Cinnamon I had consistent 10mb/s downloading steam games and various packages, now on XFCE i barely get 1-2mb/s. I think i chose the live install image option both times, so the only difference would be in desktop environments.
Running
Code:
lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net && iwconfigCode:
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:c821]DeviceName: WLANSubsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [103c:884d]Kernel driver in use: rtw_8821ceKernel modules: rtw88_8821ce, rtw_8821ce02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)DeviceName: Hanksville Gbe Lan ConnectionSubsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [103c:8905]Kernel driver in use: r8169Kernel modules: r8169lo no wireless extensions.eno1 no wireless extensions.wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"*******************" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: CC:32:E5:7B:96:05 Bit Rate=135 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=59/70 Signal level=-51 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:3 Missed beacon:0So, is there some kind of config setting present in the Cinnamon install, which is for some reason missing in the XFCE image? Is it just a problem with this specific Wi-Fi card?
Statistics: Posted by ThanCrc — 2025-01-22 16:08 — Replies 0 — Views 34