On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:05:52AM +0100, Michael wrote > > Is there a subdirectory 'iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11' in /lib/firmware/ ?
Yes. It was created when I untarred the tarball from kernel.org [thimk][root][~] ll /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11 total 364 drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 2008 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 15 09:45 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2114 Jun 4 2008 LICENSE.iwlwifi-5000-ucode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5099 Jun 4 2008 README.iwlwifi-5000-ucode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345008 Jun 2 2008 iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode > Does dmesg reveal anything untoward in the kernel failing to find > or load this firmware? See my message to Ashley for error listing. > Also, make sure the wireless NIC is enabled in the BIOS and powered > up by toggling the appropriate Fn key combo, e.g. Fn+F5 or whatever > it is on your laptop. I should have mentioned that wlan0 shows up fine booting from the minimal install usb stick. -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
