On 2020.07.14 12:23, Walter Dnes wrote:
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.
What does dmesg say about loaded firmware in that case?
