[Mageia-dev] Missing firmware ( was: HEADSUP: glibc-2.14.1 landing...)

[Thomas Backlund]

22.10.2011 20:53, Dick Gevers skrev:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:28:13 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote about Re:
> [Mageia-dev] Missing firmware ( was: HEADSUP: glibc-2.14.1 landing...):
>
>> 22.10.2011 20:15, Dick Gevers skrev:
>>>
>>> It is a Realtek Semiconductor device 8176
>>>
>>> lspcidrake -v |grep rtl
>>>
>>> rtl8192ce: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|Device 8176 [NETWORK_OTHER]
>>> (vendor:10ec device:8176 subv:10ec subd:9196) (rev: 01)
>>>
>>> lsmod shows it's there, but configuring it is a headache till now, so I
>>> tried to build drivers anew I found at Realtek for Linux....
>
>> That one should be supported.
>> Can you check dmesg for any output ?
>
> Not looking so good:
>
> dmesg |grep rtl
>
> rtl8192ce 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 18 (level, low) ->  IRQ 18
> rtl8192ce 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> rtl8192ce:rtl92c_init_sw_vars():<0-0>  Failed to request firmware!
> rtlwifi:rtl_pci_probe():<0-0>  Can't init_sw_vars.
> rtl8192ce 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
> rtl8192ce 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 18 (level, low) ->  IRQ 18
> rtl8192ce 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> rtl8192ce:rtl92c_init_sw_vars():<0-0>  Failed to request firmware!
> rtlwifi:rtl_pci_probe():<0-0>  Can't init_sw_vars.
> rtl8192ce 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
>
> I appreciate your help !
>

do you have kernel-firmware-extra installed ?

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Thomas