[Bug 1065506] [NEW] rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin firmware missing from oneiric backport to 10.04

[tonyw]

Public bug reported:

In order to get a new usb Wifi dongle working, I installed the linux-
image-generic-lts-backport-oneiric package on an existing Ubuntu lucid
10.4 system.

lsusb had reported the device as "13d3:3310 IMC Networks", which uses a
r8712u chip. Supported from 2.6.37 kernels.

Once the new kernel loaded, the device was correctly identified and
[   87.824770] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
appeared in /var/log/messages

However, the device never became ready. There appeared to be no file

/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin present on the system.

Downloading the firmware from http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git;a=tree;f=rtlwifi
and installing as /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin fixes the problem.

Looks like there is a missing firmware dependency in the backport and
possibly other packages using the same kernel.

** Affects: linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Package changed: dovecot (Ubuntu) => linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric
(Ubuntu)

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to dovecot in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065506

Title:
  rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin firmware missing from oneiric backport to 10.04

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric/+bug/1065506/+subscriptions