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Loading manually-installed firmware on Ubuntu 22.04
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I'm trying to replace a small number of firmware binaries with newer versions that fix a bug affecting my hardware. I've followed a procedure that should load the new firmware, but it doesn't ...
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How can i solve Possible Missing firmware error
Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/vega10_cap.bin for module amdgpu
Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/sienna_cichlid_cap.bin for module amdgpu
Possible missing ...
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Enable UART communication (ttyS0 or serial0) on Pi4 Ubuntu Mate 20.04
I am using Raspberry Pi 4 (8G) version. It works well when communicating to Pixhawk via serial0 before. But several month ago, I changed the OS from Ubuntu 16 Ubiquity to Ubuntu Mate 20. Other ...
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Lenovo T440S wireless not enabled in ubuntu 20.04
recently I upgraded Ubuntu from version 18.xx to 20.xx, with the surprise that wireless and sound are not available.
Below is show the details:
ID
$ uname -a; dkms status
Linux ac-ThinkPad-T440s 5.4....
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Copying all firmware files from GitHub repository kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware to /lib/firmware
I copied the whole content of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git to the /lib/firmware folder of my system.
I do not face any issues and it fixed the missing ...
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What are firmware blobs (from linux-firmware) exactly?
According to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Linux_firmware,
Linux firmware is a package distributed alongside the Linux kernel
that contains firmware binary blobs necessary for partial or full
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Driver suggestion for AMD Ryzen 5 3550H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
Graphics:
Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/560]
bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:67ef
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [...
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Is it possible to fix the possible missing firmware (see picture below) after installing Kernel 5.4.0-48 to Kubuntu 18.04
I saw the previous questions on Possible missing firmware but in my case, I got few more than previously reported. See picture below.
I installed this kernel:
5.4.0-48-generic #52~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP ...
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Intel WiFi 6 AX200 not working on Ubuntu 16.04
According to Intel, Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz device is only guaranteed to work with the kernel version 5.1+. (For your information, it works on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS with kernel version 5.3.0-28.)
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Missing amdgpu firmware file named vega20_ta.bin | Kubuntu 19.04
Recently, after each upgrade I get these lines at the end of the process:
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.131ubuntu19) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.0.0-17-generic
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Is it generally safe to install the `linux-firmware` and `*-microcode` packages on older Ubuntu versions?
I'm an Ubuntu LTS user. In the past, I needed to manually install the linux-firmware package of a newer Ubuntu version, Cosmic, on my system, Xenial, for it to work correctly.
Now, I wonder: are the ...
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Missing firmware warnings during update
On my Dell Latitude 5491 with Ubuntu 18.04.2. LTS, (kernel 4.19), there seems to be a problem with the graphic card hardware.
Previously, I used to choose the option "install third party modules" ...
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How can I do an inbuilt compile of rtl8723be firmware into a custom linux kernel?
Issue
The kernel I built/compiled, has erros loading the firmware for both the bluetooth and wifi as all modules are inbuilt
I ran
bret@asus:~$ sudo dmesg
Wifi Error
[ 2.428254] rtl8723be: ...
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Enable the touchscreen of a Mediacom WinPad W700
This tablet runs Windows 10 by default, but I installed Lubuntu 18.04. I' m trying to use this question as a guide but my case is different.
An ELAN device is for a touchpad and every command don ' t ...
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How to load iwlwifi driver? [closed]
My Linux system can't detect my wireless driver, so I have to load it manually.
I know what my driver is and tried this method:
Installation of the firmware is simply:
% cp iwlwifi-7260-14.ucode /...
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Ubuntu 16.04.1 with kernel 4.12.10-041210-generic intel 8260 bluetooth not working
I'm on a Dell latitude E7270 with latest BIOS (sept 2017), running ubuntu 16.04.1.
I first upgraded the stock 16.04.1 kernel to the mainline 4.11.7-041107-generic without problem,
then I upgraded to ...
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No wifi after kernel upgrade to 4.10
I'm using ubuntu 16.04 on an ideapad, with a 7260 intel card. Wifi works fine on 4.6, but after going to 4.10 I started getting a "no suitable firmware found" error message and no wifi. I rolled back ...
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Possible missing firmware
Issue:
sudo update-initramfs -u
[sudo] password for abhishek:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-53-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_dmc_ver1.bin for ...
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Bluetooth Firmware bug
I have an Acer Aspire VN7-571G-56EF running 16.04, upgraded from 14.04.5 and have never been able to get the bluetooth to work. rfkill list all shows everything is fine:
rfkill list all
0: acer-...
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Getting 'possible missing firmware error messages' after kernel related updates
In Ubuntu 16.10 I am getting the following error messages when I do kernel related updates:
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing ...
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Startup finished in 39s (firmware) + 6s (loader) + 1min 1s (kernel) + 15s (userspace) on SSD
Can't believe myself but it's true. It became like this at one moment, may be after some apt-get upgrade, I did'n have time to resolve it before.
Laptop Asus N550JV with SSD and 16GB RAM installed, ...
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Display list of missing firmwares
How do I detect the missing firmwares. I can only see it when a new kernel is installed but seems rather silly to installed a kernel just to display this information.
Also, what is the official/most ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 does not recognize my built-in bluetooth adapter
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Acer Aspire E5-573-347G, and I have not had any problems until I needed to use bluetooth.
The Unity bluetooth menu does not allows me to use any options, as can be ...
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Bluetooth broadcom 43142 unstable connection and other bugs during work
I could successfully install drivers for this module thanks to this answer, but there are some issues.
I need bluetooth for my keyboard, which works just fine under Windows. But with linux ...
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How to recompile linux kernel and make an iso installation for ubuntu
I want to install Ubuntu server 14.04.3 on a my server which has an intel PCI-E 10 Gigabit* network card.
The installation wizard does not detect this network since the firmware is not available on ...
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Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:003e] (rev 32) QCA6174 - Problems after kernel/firmware update (4.2.0-18-generic/firmware_1.149.2)
I recently updated because of a missing wifi driver (Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:003e] - ath10k_pci) to 4.2.0-18-generic/firmware_1.149.2.
The Wifi is still not working (even with the driver).
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How to find the built-in bluetooth adapter in Toshiba satellite c55-896 laptop
I have been using Ubuntu for over a year, but recently I have encountered an old problem again.
When I First installed Ubuntu, it said 'No adapter found' in the Bluetooth section. I want to buy a ...
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Does firmware depend on OS and architecture?
I learned that firmware of a device runs in the device.
So does firmware of a device not depends on the computer architecture and the OS kernel? (I know that a driver of a device depends on arch and ...
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Problem installing PCTV triplestick 292e
I'm running Mythbuntu 14.04.
I've had two PCTV 290 usb tuners working just fine for a while in the same box. I had to replace one recently and ended up with a 292e. The 292e is supported in kernel 3....
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Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/radeon/VERDE_mc2.bin
I have this missing firmware after compiling and installing kernel 3.14.6 (mainline)
Could someone point me to where I can get it or how to make it get compiled?
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What does the following dmesg output means?
I am not sure what does this following means:-
[ 0.652039] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)
[ 0.652044] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
[ 0.652049] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)
[ ...
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Error message "E: unable to locate package firmware-b43-installer" [duplicate]
I am using an Acer Aspire 5002WLMi laptop and set up a dual boot with Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04. Wi-Fi is working well in Windows XP, but when I start Ubuntu I will get the below error.
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Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for module r8169 with 2.6.39 kernel
I've been getting an issue since upgrading to 2.6.39 in Natty from the Kernel-PPA repository.
When I do a sudo update-initramfs -u I get the following error message.
update-initramfs: Generating /...
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Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169 with 2.6.38 kernel
I notice when I do:
sudo update-initramfs -u
With the latest kernel release (2.6.38) I get the following warning messages:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-3-generic-pae
W: ...
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