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On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:05:52AM +0100, Michael wrote |
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> Is there a subdirectory 'iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11' in /lib/firmware/ ? |
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Yes. It was created when I untarred the tarball from kernel.org |
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[thimk][root][~] ll /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11 |
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total 364 |
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drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 2008 . |
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drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 15 09:45 .. |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2114 Jun 4 2008 LICENSE.iwlwifi-5000-ucode |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5099 Jun 4 2008 README.iwlwifi-5000-ucode |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345008 Jun 2 2008 iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode |
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> Does dmesg reveal anything untoward in the kernel failing to find |
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> or load this firmware? |
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See my message to Ashley for error listing. |
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> Also, make sure the wireless NIC is enabled in the BIOS and powered |
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> up by toggling the appropriate Fn key combo, e.g. Fn+F5 or whatever |
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> it is on your laptop. |
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I should have mentioned that wlan0 shows up fine booting from the |
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minimal install usb stick. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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