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?
