Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless connections . . .

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless connections . . .
Date	2023-03-03 23:30 +0100
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On Fri 03 Mar 2023 at 21:45:27 (+0000), Albretch Mueller wrote:
>  since it was included in the Linux kernel anyway I (apparently
> wrongly) thought I didn't have to install any packages. After
> downloading and installing the required firmware:
> 
> $ sudo dpkg --install firmware-atheros_20210315-3_all.deb
> Selecting previously unselected package firmware-atheros.
> (Reading database ... 233435 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack firmware-atheros_20210315-3_all.deb ...
> Unpacking firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
> Setting up firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
> $
> 
>  I see:
> 
> $ sudo dmesg | grep firmware
> [    1.357329] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load
> i915/icl_dmc_ver1_09.bin (-2)
> [    1.357334] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
> for information about missing firmware
> [    1.357338] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for
> i915/icl_dmc_ver1_09.bin failed with error -2
> [    1.357341] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Failed to load DMC firmware
> i915/icl_dmc_ver1_09.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
> [    1.357342] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] DMC firmware homepage:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/i915
> [   44.920667] platform regulatory.0: firmware: direct-loading
> firmware regulatory.db
> [   44.920819] platform regulatory.0: firmware: direct-loading
> firmware regulatory.db.p7s
> [   48.091722] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin (-2)
> [   48.091761] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin (-2)
> [   48.091783] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-6.bin (-2)
> [   48.091804] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin (-2)
> [   48.091825] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-4.bin (-2)
> [   48.091844] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-3.bin (-2)
> [   48.091865] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-2.bin (-2)
> [   48.091870] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Failed to find firmware-N.bin
> (N between 2 and 6) from ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0: -2
> [   48.091874] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware files (-2)
> [   88.181411] r8169 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw (-2)
> [   88.181497] r8169 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for
> rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw failed with error -2
> [   88.181513] r8169 0000:01:00.0: Unable to load firmware
> rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw (-2)
> $
> 
>  but I am not sure if those dmesgs relating to the kind of card I have
> (QCA9377) were from the initial start of DL (I am running a long
> process I should not stop to test that), but I am sure you will easily
> make sense of it.
> 
>  Why would the installation of that firmware fail and how do I fix or
> troubleshoot that more in depth?

Try removing the atheros module with:

  # rmmod ath10k_pci

(check its name in /proc/modules), and then reload it with

  # modprobe ath10k_pci

and check dmesg again.

Cheers,
David.

Thread

how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-03 16:50 +0100
  Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-03-03 17:10 +0100
    Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-03 18:10 +0100
      Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-03-03 18:20 +0100
      Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-03-03 18:30 +0100
        Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-03 22:50 +0100
          Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-03-03 23:20 +0100
            Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 09:10 +0100
          Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-03 23:30 +0100
            Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 01:10 +0100
              Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-04 18:20 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-05 03:50 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-05 21:40 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-05 22:00 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-08 00:40 +0100
          Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 00:40 +0100
            Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 01:00 +0100
  Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-03-03 23:50 +0100
    Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-03-04 00:20 +0100
      Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 07:10 +0100
        Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-04 18:20 +0100
          Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 19:00 +0100
            Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-03-05 18:30 +0100
              Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless connections . . . Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2023-03-05 20:30 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-03-05 21:10 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-03-05 21:20 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-05 21:40 +0100
                Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless connections . . . Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2023-03-06 21:20 +0100
      Re: how to activate my wireless card? nmtui only shows wireless  connections . . . <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-03-04 07:40 +0100

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