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

[Dick Gevers]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:00:37 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote about Re:
[Mageia-dev] Missing firmware ( was: HEADSUP: glibc-2.14.1 landing...):

>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 ?

Oops, no, I wasn't aware I needed it. Getting it now !

Thanks again !

Best regards,
=Dick Gevers=