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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Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 isn't working
Bluetooth is on but can't find or be found by any other devices.
Output of sudo service bluetooth status:
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth....
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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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Ubuntu boots to black screen with cursor after upgrade (from 18.04 to 20.04)
it says firmware load failed then boots to a black screen, if you do Ctrl alt F4 it opens a non gui terminal.
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Missing firmware for amdgpu
After sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, I saw the following output in my terminal:
Setting up linux-modules-extra-4.18.0-16-generic (4.18.0-16.17) ...
Setting up linux-image-generic (4.18.0.16.17) ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 cannot recognize Intel Wireless-AC 9260
I just install Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday, and it seems like Ubuntu cannot detect wifi adapter. The card is working on Windows, so it should not be a problem. I also have the same firmware as the one ...
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WiFi not working after upgrading to 22.04
I upgraded to version 22.04 some days ago, and from that day I have been fighting with the WiFi, but could not make it work. The fact is the card is present, but it is not recognized by the system. ...
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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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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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Getting Killer Wireless-AC 1535 working for installing Ubuntu 16.04
My wireless device is 168c:003e:1a56:1353 rev 32.
The installer contains a 4.4.0-21-lowlatency kernel, and I see firmware files in /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0
There is a board.bin and firmware-...
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Intel wireless not working at all
To start off I am very new to Ubuntu so when explaining do not use shortcuts please because I will not understand. So I installed Ubuntu 15.10 on my Hp Envy and the wireless card is not working. I ...
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How to update the computer bios firmware without using Windows
I have a Dell Inspiron 3647 desktop with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
How can I check the bios firmware version from inside Ubuntu and update it (if necessary) without using MS Windows?
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DMAR firmware bug. Broken BIOS?
I am seeing below error message on my laptop screen upon loading Ubuntu but I am able to login without problem. What do you think could be wrong?
DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can ...
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Intel Corporation Wireless-N 7260 card dies randomly
On Ubuntu 14.04 32bit, after some up-time my wireless card stops working. Sometimes it helps to stop WiFi in the nm-applett (at the top right corner) and restart it to get a new connection to my WiFi, ...
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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 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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S1300I scanner issues under Ubuntu 16.04 using Sane
In theory this scanner does work under Linux and Ubuntu. I've found this document that I tried to follow.
http://luuklangens.nl/blog/howto-fujitsu-scansnap-s1300-s300-ubuntu-linux
I install sane, ...
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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 can I activate wifi on BCM4364 using brcmfac driver & firmware?
I am running Ubuntu on a Mac Mini 8,1.
"No WiFi Adapter Found"
I started on 20.04 and only upgraded to get the latest Linux firmware in the hope of getting the wifi working. I also updated ...
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Bluetooth Broadcom BCM20702 does not load firmware (driver issue) - 14.04
I am able to establish a connection between a Bluetooth ear-piece and the Bluetooth controller in the PC. The problem is that the O/S does not provide an option to send audio output to the Bluetooth ...
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Why can't I upgrade firmware on my Thinkpad after upgrade from 20.04 to 20.10?
I upgraded my Thinkpad laptop from Ubuntu 20.04 to 20.10. All went well. However, there's now firmware updates available but when I try to apply them I get an error saying:
Unable to update "...
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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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Ubuntu 22.04: Firmware Bug no firmware reserved region can cover this RMM
I get these errors on booting.
Are these errors serious? How can I fix them?
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Issues with iwlwifi drivers on fresh 20.04 install
I recently got a Thinkpad P14s, since I saw it was Ubuntu Certified hardware. Install of 20.04 went fine, but I do not seem to have a wifi option in network settings. Following some other posts I have ...
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Verisons of iwlwifi and firmware for my wireless card?
lshw -C network gives info about my wireless card, driver, and firmware:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
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How to install a firmware update from an .exe file?
I can only get the update which I need since it fixes issues I've already run into as an .exe file. How do I install it from Ubuntu? My notebook is a HP Probook 440 G5.
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How to update Samsung SSD firmware from Ubuntu?
I followed https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi.static/Firmware_Update_Utility_UserManual.pdf and downloaded unetbootin and the .iso for my Samsung 960 EVO 250gb. I burnt it with ...
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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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Intel AX201 detected as AC9462. WIFI connectivity problems
After a fresh ubuntu 20.04 install I'm seeing lower than usual wifi speeds. My laptop is an Acer A515-54g equipped with a WIFI 6 Intel AX201 card, but the system reports it as a AC9462 and seems to ...
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Firmware missing for Broadcom 802.11b/g Adapter? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you get the Broadcom BCM4306 wireless card working?
I have a HP Pavilion zx5280us laptop (it says HP Pavilion zx5000 on the physical laptop but it's really an HP ...
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Upgrading iwlwifi 7260 firmware on Lenovo T540p
Because of a really unstable Wifi connection, I think upgrading the firmware of my Intel(R) Wireless N 7260 from 7260-10 to 7260-14 could possibly fix the problem.
I stumbled upon this post, where ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Install Firmare released for ath10k_pci
Follow up to Ubuntu 14.04 Wireless not working: no network interface. Atheros [168c:003e] device
The devs have released the firmware (as noted in the bug report)
Now, I have the firmware installed ...
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How can I upgrade my device firmware from the command line?
I rarely use the Ubuntu Software application, but when I opened it today I saw that it has a notification saying that my fingerprint scanner firmware can be updated.
However, the apt upgrade and snap ...
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Firmware update for iPod Touch (iPhone)?
I need to update firmware of my iPod Touch (iPhone) in Ubuntu and as I have jailbroken iPod Touch I need iTunes to install apps, but unfortunately haven't found any ways to do that in Ubuntu yet. I ...
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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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Can two different firmware files have same md5 sum?
Can two different binary files have the same md5 sum? One binary firmware file have different version number and marked as revised, small bug fixed. But both files have same md5 sum, I would assume ...
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Bluetooth won't connect to device (firmware patch file not found)
I bought an Bluetooth adapter that says it is Linux compatible. The Bluetooth rune shows in the tool bar I open the Bluetooth devices window via the rune and it shows the device I wish to connect to. ...
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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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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 to install missing firmware for an Creative Labs Audigy2 soundcard?
I have an E-MU 1616m PCI Soundcard and recently made the switch from Windows to Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty). From a fresh install, everything works good except for a small error when I boot up that says it ...
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Killer WiFi 6 AX1650 in Ubuntu Doesn't work at Gigabit
I installed ubuntu 20 on my xps13 9300. Even though wifi works I noticed the file copy speed to my NAS is capping out around 7MBps.
I installed killer drivers as described in https://support....
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BCM4306, b43 legacy driver installed, but "firmware missing" error
I have the following wireless hardware on a Compaq evo N600c laptop running lubuntu latest.
ciaran@compaq:~$ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 ...
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Behringer ASIO audio card in Ubuntu
I am owner of Behringer UMC202 audio card and i want to get it working with my Ubuntu 14.04 PC. There is no official support for this card on Mac or Linux (probably).
If i connect device to my PC (...
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Wifi doesn't work on Ubuntu 14.04 anymore!
I've been struggling with my wifi for a week now. Since we changed router and provider(O2 box 6431), the connection doesn't work on Ubuntu anymore, yet it does work on windows (and also on ubuntu with ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 linux-firmware install error (mkinitramfs failure)
A while back I installed updates via the GUI updater, and got an error, something similar to linux-firmware post-install script failure. Honestly, I was just happy that the box still booted normally ...
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missing firmware navi10_mes.bin for module amdg
I try run below command on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
sudo update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r)
I get:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-43-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/...
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Firmware problem: iwlwifi not working
since yesterday I'm facing the problem that I can't use W-LAN or Bluetooth with my Laptop device. I was running several commands from other threads (see below), but none was helping. At the end I ...
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How to solve linux-firmware package upgrade problem?
If I do an apt-get upgrade I get the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-...
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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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[Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR
Unfortunately, after a full battery discharge, my laptop (Asus Zenbook running with Kubuntu) had a major problem. At startup, the two following messages appear:
[Firmware Bug] No firmware reserved ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 intel wireless ac 9260 "This device is not working" under additional drivers, but wifi is working
I just did a fresh 18.04 install. Now my wifi isn't recognized for some reason, but I'm using wifi right now. I'm not sure what this means here's a screenshot of it.
I tried some possible solutions ...
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