Turn off WiFi power save and USB autosuspend for Realtek dongles

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01A97KUggSE3rBL8veDM5Mr4
2026-10-16 15:58:43 +00:00
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@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ provision_install_wifi_helper() {
        log_warning "Couldn't set up the kiosk WiFi screen's permission - Ctrl+Alt+Super+W won't be able to connect"
    fi
    rm -f "$tmp"
+    # Flaky cheap dongles (RTL8188CUS...) need WiFi power saving off.
+    provision_install_file "etc/udev/rules.d/70-kiosk-wifi-power.rules" /etc/udev/rules.d/70-kiosk-wifi-power.rules
+    sudo udevadm control --reload-rules 2>/dev/null || true
 }

 provision_configure_firewall() {