Re: Missing rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw
Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2012-07-29 11:25 +0200, Gary wrote:
>
> > While I was installing I got an error message about some missing
> > firmware. Sadly, this happens to be the firmware for my WLAN card. I
> > had to skip the setup of the network because of this.
> >
> > So the first step is getting the firmware for the WLAN card.
>
> I'm not sure this is really the problem; rtl8105e-1.fw is requested by
> the r8169 ethernet driver and not by any wireless driver. So it could
> simply be the case that your WLAN card is not supported by the Squeeze
> kernel. What does "lspci -vk" print?
*blink* That's *really* embarrassing! I could have sworn... :(
Results of lspci (abbreviated) are:
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5209 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at 90300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-01-00-4c-e0-00
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at 90104000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at 90100000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
Kernel driver in use: r8169
07:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 5390
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1636
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at 90200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/32 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-00-a2-3e-45-19-d8-60
The last one is my wireless adaptor. An Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adaptor.
So maybe my wired adaptor will work? I can try that in a bit.
Still confused why the wireless doesn't work.
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