Installed a USB WiFi device dmesg reported: rtl819xU:request firmware fail!
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-firmware (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
In dmesg output I saw:
[ 9162.144804] usb 1-2: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/
[ 9162.158346] rtl819xU:request firmware fail!
[ 9162.158348]
As a work around I added a symlink:
RTL8192SU -> RTL8192SE
I reinserted the device and it works. dmesg reports:
[ 9233.422145] rtl819xU: --->FirmwareDow
[ 9233.422148]
[ 9233.422154] usb 1-2: firmware: requesting RTL8192SU/
[ 9233.429389] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.429391]
[ 9233.429452] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.429453]
[ 9233.429505] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.431154] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.431156]
[ 9233.431159] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.431160]
[ 9233.431197] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.432523] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.432525]
[ 9233.435519] rtl819xU:IMEM Ready after CPU has refilled.
[ 9233.435521]
[ 9233.435523] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.435524]
[ 9233.435527] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.435528]
[ 9233.435531] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.435533]
[ 9233.435538] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.435647] rtl819xU:DMEM code download success, CPUStatus(0x3f)
[ 9233.435648]
[ 9233.437084] rtl819xU:Polling Load Firmware ready, CPUStatus(ff)
[ 9233.437085]
[ 9233.438020] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.438021]
[ 9233.438144] rtl819xU:
[ 9233.438146]
[ 9233.438148] rtl819xU:Firmware Download Success!!
[ 9233.438149]
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xee240000 irq 17'
Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981'
Components : 'HDA:11d41981,
Controls : 20
Simple ctrls : 11
Card29.Amixer.info:
Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'
Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 79HT50WW-1.07'
Components : ''
Controls : 2
Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.
Simple mixer control 'Console',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 14
Mono: Playback 14 [100%] [on]
Date: Mon Jun 14 11:55:12 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: LENOVO 195144U
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageV
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: r8192s_usb
Title: [STAGING]
dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 79ETE6WW (2.26 )
dmi.board.name: 195144U
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 195144U
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
affects: | linux (Ubuntu) → linux-firmware (Ubuntu) |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) → nobody |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
There appears to be a different version of the firmware at:
http:// svn.debian. org/wsvn/ kernel/ dists/trunk/ firmware- nonfree/ realtek/ RTL8192SU/ rtl8192sfw. bin
However, we worked to get a redistributable license for the SE firmware, and I'd prefer not to have to go through that whole process again when the SE firmware works for the SU cards as well. For now, I'll just symlink SU to SE and if anything breaks we can look into contacting Ralink about firmware versions.