[Bug 655377] [NEW] Ubuntu 10.10 Beta: WIFI firmware not loading Sony Vaio VPCF136FM

[Michael E. Adams]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-firmware

I am totally confused by the volume of reports I have read about this
particular WIFI firmware problem. So I am reporting my problem here.

I have using 10.10 beta on my new Sony Vaio VPCF136FM configured as
follows:

Processor: i7-740QM / 1.73 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M GPU
WIFI: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 AGN
Display: 16.4" / 1600 x 900
Memory: 6 GB

The driver is being loaded, I can make un-encrypted connections to my
wireless router. I am not able to make encrypted WIFI connections to my
wireless router because the driver firmware is not loading (I get a
boot-up error message stating that no suitable firmware was found).
However, the firmware module is present in /lib/firmware (although the
execute file permission is set - not good - I removed it). I poked
around the kernel configuration file and see what appear to be firmware
flags informing the kernel of other firmware versions, but not one for
the firmware for this card (firmware is also available from Intel in
iwlwifi-6050-ucode-9.201.4.1.tgz).

I don't know how to append an apport-collect to this until a bug report
number is issued. I have read in other reports that there seemed to be
an interaction between an NVIDIA driver and the loading of WIFI
firmware. I have already reported a bug against 10.10 beta for NVIDIA
driver problems on my system (bug confirmed). Please see bug report
#655078. This bug report already provided a complete apport-collect
report for my system. Maybe there is an interaction that can be
determined in my system reports.

** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Ubuntu 10.10 Beta: WIFI firmware not loading Sony Vaio VPCF136FM
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