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On 2020.07.14 12:23, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:05:52AM +0100, Michael wrote |
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> > |
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> > Is there a subdirectory 'iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11' in |
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> /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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> |
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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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> |
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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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What does dmesg say about loaded firmware in that case? |
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