Re: [Bookworm] installer stops due to missing wifi firmware
On Tue 28 Mar 2023 at 12:57:28 (-0600), Ismael Farfán wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install Bookworm on a G513QY laptop with MT7921 wifi adapter.
>
> As soon as the installer (Net or DVD) tries to detect the HW, the installer
> stops blank.
>
> The last thing I see in dmesg is something like
> Detected ethernet HW, renamed to eth0 (succeed)
> then... :
> Failed to load mt7821 firmware (lots of this)
> hardware init failed
> [ loaded modules]
> [ stack trace ]
> <TASK>
> rfkill
> wiphy
> ieee802
>
>
> Any ideas or workaround for this?
>
> I also tried with the advanced installer from the DVD but it always wants
> to try detecting the network HW and stops there.
You need to post the full names of what you used to install with.
It's likely that your downloads aren't the firmware-inclusive
versions that you need. If so, you need to download one containing
the non-free firmware, which appears to be available:
* MediaTek MT7921 hdr firmware, version 20230117170855a
(mediatek/WIFI_MT7961_patch_mcu_1_2_hdr.bin)
* MediaTek MT7921 firmware, version 20230117170942
(mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin)
It's also /possible/ that the bookworm installer is still not
production-ready yet.
Cheers,
David.
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