Re: Installer freeze on Gigabyte X870E Aorus Master, ath12k wifi related
On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 01:48:16PM +0300, Ivan Yosifov wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I tried installing with the Trixie RC2 installer on a system with Gigabyte
>X870E Aorus Master motherboard and the installer freezes at the "detecting
>network hardware" step. I can't type anything, but also can't change VT or
>reboot with sysrq, so it's probably a kernel panic. Happens both with the RC2
>dvd image and the weekly dvd image.
>
>I also tried the weekly netinst image, that doesn't freeze but shows an error
>about missing firmware ath12k/WCN7850/hw2.0/firmware-2.bin and wifi doesn't
>work. I guess the firmware is present in the dvd image but somehow makes the
>system crash. Isn't the firmware supposed to be included in the netinst image
>also?
Yes, it is. The d-i and firmware bits of the netinst and DVD should be
~identical.
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