Questions tagged [firmware]
Firmware is a type of software that is required to operate a hardware product on the lowest level. Relevant examples include BIOS and firmware blobs for devices such as wireless cards.
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Ubuntu won't turn on the Wi-Fi [closed]
I have Kubuntu 18.04 installed on an old laptop, and what's happening is that the Wi-Fi won't turn on. I don't know if it happened after a power outage because I don't have a battery, and when the ...
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dell pro max 16 premium ma16250 touchpad stops working after installing new kernel
We have these new laptops from dell (max premium 16) and when we install the OS (jammy) on them WiFi/Bluetooth and camera is not working. A solution to fix WiFi/Bluetooth is to install a newer kernel ...
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Driver Ethernet and Wifi [closed]
Out of nowhere, my laptop is missing the Wi-Fi and Ethernet drivers. I tried USB tethering, but it didn't work. I installed some packages, but still no success. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Must do a firmware upgrade-how do I get the upgrade files
I have a two part question. -
How can I get the "missing" firmware files in order to update?
Running the fwupdmgr command, I get the following "no available firmware updates".
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How to resolve this firmware upgrade issue?
I keep getting this error, is there a fix or work around for it?
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Checks failed in security tab [closed]
I have a problem on Ubuntu desktop version. I'm experiencing an error message "checks failed" in security tab. Why is this happening and is there a way to fix this? I already updated the ...
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Wifi dead on Dell after recent 24.04 update
Last year I bought a Dell G15 5530. It came with Ubuntu 22 LTS.
I decided to change OS to Ubuntu 24, and it worked perfectly for a year until recently.
After an update I lost wifi access: after boot ...
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Lenovo firmware updates - should I trust/apply these? Thinkstation P340 Kubuntu/Windows10
I've always used Windows 10 on this machine, and did the BIOS updates only when Lenovo Vantage told me to. This week I've been playing with installing Linux (dual boot with Win10).
Today I installed ...
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Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi not working - firmware initialization fails with EIO error
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OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Hardware: Lenovo IdeaPad (Model: 81SY)
BIOS Version: BHCN41WW
WiFi Adapter: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 10)
Kernels Installed: 6.11.0-17-...
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Firmware updater not working
New to Linux here
The Firmware Updater tells a firmware update is available
When I click update to latest it asks me if I want to update to version 2.33.0, and I click yes.
It installs and prompts me ...
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Failed to install (update) UEFI firmware on Ubuntu 24.04 [duplicate]
If I click on the available my UEFI system resource Tablefirmware update from 1.13.0 to 1.14.2, the software gets downloaded but then a window saying Failed to install firmware! (Action was not ...
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Issue downloading Linux-Fimware: linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb [duplicate]
September 5, 2025: 2025-09-05T16:59:15:575866124Z
Attempted to update Linux-Firmware
File: linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb
I seem to be getting a message of: 500 Internal ...
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install linux_firmware update failed [duplicate]
here's the error message: "Package download failed:E: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware amd64 20250317.git1d4c88ee-0ubuntu1.6 is not (yet) available (500 ...
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Wi-Fi not working. iwlwifi firmware crashing on ubuntu 24.04.3 kernel 6.14.0-24-generic
Wi-Fi not working
The main error message from dmesg
[ 9.331463] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
[ 9.331465] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Collecting data: ini trigger 13 fired (...
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Ubuntu firmware upgrade:Blocked executable in the ESP
Running on a Dell XPS-9310 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and getting error when upgrading firmware.
I've tried to upgrade shim and grub and both seem up to date. Please advise.
briano@briano-XPS-13-9310:~$ sudo ...