Questions tagged [firmware]
Firmware is a type of software that is required to operate a hardware product on the lowest level. Relevant examples include BIOS and firmware blobs for devices such as wireless cards.
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Ath10k and QCA6174 causing PCIe errors, firmware crashes, and connection drops?
I recently (re)installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my Razer Blade Pro (2017). My wireless card is performing extremely poorly, and frequently dropping connection. Inspecting dmesg for Atheros messages yields ...
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Wifi keeps getting disconnected in ubuntu 18.04LTS
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my new Dell XPS 13 9370. Everything seems to be working except for wi-fi. It keeps getting disconnected. Quick search gave me the following link:
No Wifi in Qualcom ...
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Ubuntu gets stuck in loading screen
Whenever I try to boot Ubuntu I get a firmare bug that says the ACPI region does not cover the entire command / response buffer. Thats followed by soft system lockup for 22 seconds on cpu 2 followed ...
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Is there a way to get a newer version of the linux-firmware project than the package in Ubuntu 18.04?
On Ubuntu 18.04, Ryzen 2500u laptop X360, 32gb RAM.
Multiple times a day my laptop crashes with errors in the journal that I've pasted at the end of this message [1] indicating an issue with amdgpu.
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iwlwifi Wifi Microcode SW error detected (Ubuntu 18.04 x64)
I can connect to my home wifi network. However, internet browsing speed is just very slow.
Interesting fact is, I can connect to the same network from my Windows machine and I don't see any problems ...
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Update firmware bug ubuntu LIVE
Upon booting from a CD or USB with an Ubuntu iso to reinstall everything, an error appears
[Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x52 (or later)
I ...
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ath10k firmware issues
It looks like many people have firmware issues with Qualcomm Atheros devices on Ubuntu. I'm one of them. It used to work, then the power reset on my router, and now it doesn't. The output of the ...
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Update of /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-8000C-34.ucode by simple copy is not working [closed]
I have troubles on some wifi networks and the users with the same wifi adapter (Intel 8260), different OS (Fedora), higher version of firmware don't have the problem.
So I try to rename firmware from ...
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TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata: please update microcode to version: 0xb2 (or later)
I just got this error after a restart. I just don't know how to deal with it, been searching for solutions, but nothing seems to work. I'm using Kubuntu 17.10
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How to make 802.11ad wireless work using wil6210 driver
I have a laptop with 802.11ad hardware (Wilocity wil6200 802.11ad wireless network adapter). I have also installed Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTS version on it. It has driver wil6210 designed to manage the ...
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Wi-Fi not working in Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS on Lenovo V310-15IKB
sudo lshw -C network
Output is:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek ...
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How to permanently disable attempts to install Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs updates? [duplicate]
I do not want to install Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs updates even by accident (I am more than willing to take the security risk). How to disable it being offered in Software Update and ...
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How can I uninstall my Bluetooth driver 16.04? I installed it using hex2hcd method
I installed my Bluetooth driver with the best answer to this question Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 isn't working but after I installed my Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 firmware using hex2hcd method to ...
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Do I need to update my BIOS?
I'm wanting to try Ubuntu on my PC. (Windows is getting on my nerves)
Burnt Live Disk - check
Insert into Drive - check
Restart pc - check
Click try Ubuntu without installing - check
Then I get this....
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Some bluetooth devices not found
I just installed Ubuntu 16.04, so far I've only had this problem.
Bluetooth is working; in fact, my BT headphones are connected and working properly.
My BT mouse is not found, I just get "searching ...
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WiFi stopped working and won't unblock - possibly after linux-firmware package update
I can't connect to WiFi from my notebook. It was working fine for a long time until recently.
There have been updates to linux-firmware.
I didn't notice it right away because I usually have my ...
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Constantly getting "mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged" after updating Lenovo BIOS [duplicate]
Culprit is a Lenovo Thinkpad E540 (20C600) machine.
To solve firmware related vulnerabilities, I installed when available the 2.26 BIOS version from Lenovo and corresponding kernel patches from ...
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wifi works from live DVD but firmware does not load from fully updated kubuntu xenial
Hi: This is an old HP 6710b laptop on which wifi worked until a multi-package upgrade via a slightly flaky wifi link on 2017 June 5. It has a fully updated kubuntu xenial installation.
On another "...
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No grub menu after firmware update
I just allowed my system to restart and install a firmware update on a Dell XPS 15 (9560) which went smooth and was successful.
Upon reboot however it shows the following message then boots to (...
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How do I configure FUJI XEROX DocuCentre-IV C2275 properly? (Test Page printout failed)
Ubuntu 16.04 successfully found the 'FUJI XEROX DocuCentre-IV C2275' network printer and successfully initiated a Test Page printout. However, the printout was gibberish and was more than a dozen ...
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How to open this update firmware window in kubuntu?
In order to update some firmware in my kubuntu 17.10 installation I need to open this window from ubuntu 14.04, however I cannot seem to find it in system settings. If it does not exist, is there an ...
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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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[Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata - what should I do about this?
I saw several bugs and error messages when I was looking by chance into the tool called "logs".
Being a newbie in Ubuntu I have no idea how to deal with these bugs, where to report them or how to fix ...
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Firmware Bug in Linux Ubuntu 17.10 running on VirtualBox
I recently installed the latest version of Ubuntu (version 17.10 Artful Aardvark) on Mac OSx (High Sierra version 10.13.1).
Everything went fine and Ubuntu works perfectly except for the video that ...
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Dual boot Dell XPS 13 fails to boot into Ubuntu after firmware update
A year ago, I bought a Dell XPS with Windows 10 installed in the factory. When it arrived, I added new partitions to the internal hard disk — boot, home and swap — and installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to ...
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Missing AMD GPU firmware issue on Ubuntu 17.10
While running sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade, I get the following error while upgrade process is processing triggers at the end. How to fix it?
I am on Ubuntu 17.10 default ...
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"Possible missing firmware" message while fixing Plymouth splash screen
So, after installing Ubuntu, I was having problems with the Plymouth splash screen- it was not showing up during booting, nor when I shut my PC down. Sometimes it did show, but very rarely and only ...
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Dell firmware updates and newer Ubuntu versions
I am running 16.04 on my Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition. The laptop came with Ubuntu pre-installed and that's exactly the reason I bought it.
One awesome feature is the Dell firmware updates showing ...
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WARNING: missing /lib/modules/4.4.0-59-generic - during apt-get upgrade - how to fix? [duplicate]
followed by:
Ensure all necessary drivers are built into the linux image!
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-59-generic: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not ...
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Wifi problem, could not fetch firmware file, Ubuntu 14.04 with Qualcomm Atheros Device (rev 31)
I went through countless tutorials and similar questions in an attempt to solve this issue, but I still am unable to get wifi working, so I decided to post a new question.
I dual booted my Windows ...
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Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS this afternoon. Previously I mainly used Linux Mint. I've tried other Ubuntu/Debian variants and Manjaro, including Ubuntu itself. Ubuntu was my first intro into Linux, ...
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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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Update Gigabyte Motherboard BIOS with Ubuntu
I have a Gigabyte GA-J1900N-D3V, running a small server computer. I exclusively use Ubuntu 16.04 on it.
Recently, I bought a Mini-PCIe expansion board to add additional storage - the motherboard has ...
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Hauppauge WinTV Ministick doesn't work on 16.04.3
My Hauppauge WinTV Ministick doesn't work on 16.04.3.
As the linux-firmware-nonfree isn't supported anymore, I installed the driver myself in /lib/firmware.
I found the file sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02....
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Installing linux-firmware from 17.10 on 17.04
I am having trouble getting firmware to load on on a Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (dell xps 13).
It looks like the most recent firmware updates have not made it into 17....
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T530 unable to boot Linux after latest Windows 10 update, no external devices
Description: My older T530 runs Ubuntu, Ubuntu LTS, Fedora and Windows 10 Pro. I recently booted into Windows for once in a while again to check some things. It installed one of the update batches ...
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No WiFi / Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Missing Drivers/ Firmware] Ubuntu 16.04.2
First an foremost: I am a absolute Linux beginner, so have mercy if my problem seems easy to you.
My Brother gave me his old T420, so I decided to learn Linux and install Ubuntu on it. Unfortunately I ...
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How can I install a Hauppauge WinTV HVR1110 card in Ubuntu 16.04?
I have a (slightly old now, but still working) Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1110 analogue/digital tuner card. I haven't used it for years, but I remember back in about Ubuntu 10.04 it worked fine in Linux. I ...
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How do I change which firmware is used for my wireless card
I'm trying to update the firmware for my wireless card, an Intel 8260 with the iwlwifi driver. /lib/firmware/ has the following files, among others:
iwlwifi-8000C-16.ucode (version 16.242414.0)
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How do you update your SSD firmware when Samsung doesn't provide a Linux tool? [duplicate]
They have windows and mac one, but no Linux:
http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools.html
How to update the m2 SSD firmware?
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How do you install a .sfw firmware file?
I'm trying to update firmware for a USB lidar. The firmware link (http://scanse.io/downloads) downloads a .sfw file, but I have no idea what to do with it.
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Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 - Slower in Ubuntu than in Windows
I have had two different machines now using the same WiFi chip, the Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174. When I used it via 802.11n (2.4 GHz) connection, it tended to entirely lose its connection from time to ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 Gnome on high end computer (NVMe)?
I'm about to build a heck of a PC and was thinking of dual booting with Windows, but, i just might "single boot" it only with Ubuntu (17.04 Gnome that i'm currently dual booting with Win10, as we ...
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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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Keyboard randomly presses or releases modifier keys
Everytime I install a linux OS on my laptop, I have the same problem with my ctrl, shift and alt keys.
Sometimes it works well, and sometimes pressing shift and a letter give something like:
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Unable to format/partition secondary SSD in ThinkPad X240
My ThinkPad came with a 500GB HDD and a 24GB SSD (intended for speedup of the preinstalled Windows 8). For the record, the SSD in question is a Toshiba THNSNX024GMNT. I've had Ubuntu installed on the ...
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Installing Ubuntu on Ryzen - AMD-VI: IOAPIC[17] not in IVRS table
I thought I would have the best chance of installing Ubuntu on my new Ryzen 1700 by using the Zesty release in order to get the very latest kernel. Unfortunately, I get the following error when trying ...
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Is the firmware of intel skylake, GuC 6.1 correctly installed?
the output of
sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_guc_load_statu
is:
GuC firmware status:
path: (null)
fetch: NONE
load: NONE
version wanted: 6.1
version found: 0.0
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Getting ath10k error on fresh boot of Ubuntu (Qualcomm Atheros wireless)
Trying to step up dual boot on my Windows machine. I'm getting an error about firmware. I've chased a bunch of leads with no real solution.
From REF
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
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WiFi DELL XPS 13 9360 keeps disconnecting with QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
I have a dual boot (in insecure mode) DELL XPS 13 9360 with windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04. I loose my internet connection over WiFi in Ubuntu. It says I still have a WiFi connection, but when I try to ...
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