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One thing I should've mentioned in the first post is that booting from |
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the minimal install USB, wlan0 does show up, so the hardware works. |
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 05:59:37AM +0100, Ashley Dixon wrote |
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> It doesn't look like it's loading the firmware. Are there any obvious |
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> firmware-loading errors in dmesg ? |
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What is ASPM and what is error -2? BTW, on my first attempt, when I |
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accidentally tried a non-existant firmware path, the kernel compile died |
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early on. Here is what I get in dmesg with ucode 8.83.5.1-1 |
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[ 0.728996] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux |
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[ 0.728998] Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation |
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[ 0.729099] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control |
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[ 0.729298] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode failed with error -2 |
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[ 0.729311] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-5000-4.ucode failed with error -2 |
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[ 0.729322] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-5000-3.ucode failed with error -2 |
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[ 0.729334] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode failed with error -2 |
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[ 0.729346] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode failed with error -2 |
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[ 0.729351] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found! |
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[ 0.729354] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-5000-1 |
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[ 0.729359] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-5000-5 |
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[ 0.729362] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git |
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> That looks fine, although why are you using such an outdated version |
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> of the microcode ? For kernels 2.6.38+, you can use 8.83.5.1-1. |
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The way the items lined up on the webpage, I mis-interpreted it to |
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mean one driver for 5100AGN, one for 5300AGN, and one for 5350AGN. See |
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attachment. |
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> Perhaps it would be better to install it from |
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> the Gentoo-provided firmware package ? Amend |
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> /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware to include the |
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> appropriate entries (listing at [1]), and emerge `linux-firmware` |
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> with the `savedconfig` USE-flag. |
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> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ |
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I'll do that next if there's nothing obvious here. |
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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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