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.
