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

Michael E. Adams 655377 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Oct 5 21:35:34 UTC 2010


** Tags added: apport-collected

** Description changed:

  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.
+ 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.
+ --- 
+ Architecture: i386
+ Dependencies:
+  
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
+ EcryptfsInUse: Yes
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
+ NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
+ Package: linux-firmware 1.38
+ PackageArchitecture: all
+ ProcEnviron:
+  LANG=en_US.utf8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
+ Tags: maverick
+ Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
+ UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Ubuntu 10.10 Beta: WIFI firmware not loading Sony Vaio VPCF136FM
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