I now remember that you wrote that some weeks ago. The logs say that "direct
firmware load failed with error -2":
$ grep rtl /var/log/kern.log | cut -d [ -f 2-
(... previous boots: same messsages ...)
11.705433] rtl8188ee: rtl8188ee: Power Save off (module option)
11.705437] rtl8188ee: rtl8188ee: FW Power Save off (module option)
11.705443] rtl8188ee: Requesting firmware
11.735403] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
11.735616] rtlwifi: rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
11.742946] rtl8188ee 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error
-2
11.742950] rtlwifi: Firmware not available
12.193543] rtl8188ee 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0
885]: [1523964027.8407] rfkill0: found WiFi radio killswitch (at
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0)
(driver rtl8188ee)
Is -2 the return code for ENOENT ("No such file or directory")?