Public bug reported:
The RTL8192EE PCIe wireless adapter (pci@0000:27:00.0) fails to
initialize on Ubuntu 26.04 because the firmware file
rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin.zst is missing from linux-firmware-realtek.
Debian stable includes a symlink from rtl8192eefw.bin.zst to
rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst, as the RTL8192EU firmware is compatible
with the RTL8192EE hardware.
Fix: add the symlink to the linux-firmware-realtek package:
ln -s rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst rtl8192eefw.bin.zst
(under /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/)
Affected hardware: Realtek RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Driver: rtl8192ee
Kernel: 7.0.0-15-generic (Ubuntu 26.04)
Workaround confirmed working:
sudo apt install linux-firmware-realtek
sudo ln -s /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst \
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin.zst
** Affects: linux-firmware-realtek (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
linux-firmware-realtek: missing symlink rtl8192eefw.bin.zst ->
rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst (RTL8192EE WiFi broken)
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