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mankalla

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Registered: 2021-10-31

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[SOLVED] I cannot get iwlwifi to load

I recently installed Arch on my laptop, i have been using it on my main stationary pc for months now but as i do not have a wifi card in it i havent ran into this problem before. Ethernet is not a problem, it works just fine. But it seems my wifi card cant load the firmware. I have gone through contless threads on similar topics and tried their solutions but to no avail. Im using NetworkManager if thats relevant, below ive put the outputs of a couple commands i think might be useful. I have tried enabling dhcpcd manually and the dhcpcd@interface.service.

$ dmesg | grep firmware

[    0.103863] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
[    2.584972] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[    2.823400] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.831979] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-28.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.832010] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-27.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.832044] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-26.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.832062] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-25.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.832079] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-24.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.832104] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-23.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.832139] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-22.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.832142] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
[    2.832155] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
[    2.913642] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.3.11.e.bseq failed with error -2
[    2.913646] Bluetooth: hci0: failed to open Intel firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.3.11.e.bseq (-2)
[    2.913692] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-hw-37.8.bseq failed with error -2
[  936.995696] usb 2-8: device firmware changed
[  939.437211] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.3.11.e.bseq failed with error -2
[  939.437215] Bluetooth: hci0: failed to open Intel firmware file: intel/ibt-hw-37.8.10-fw-1.10.3.11.e.bseq (-2)
[  939.437298] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-hw-37.8.bseq failed with error -2

$ journalctl -xeu dhcpcd@eno1.service

░░ 
░░ A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 86 and the job result is failed.
-- Boot 7d00136e27dd4335b58e9543a0a9184e --
Oct 31 14:32:38 lucas systemd[1]: Starting dhcpcd on eno1...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [url]https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[/url]
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has begun execution.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 98.
Oct 31 14:32:38 lucas systemd[1]: dhcpcd@eno1.service: Can't open PID file /run/dhcpcd/eno1.pid (yet?) after start>
Oct 31 14:32:38 lucas systemd[1]: dhcpcd@eno1.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [url]https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[/url]
░░ 
░░ The unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'protocol'.
Oct 31 14:32:38 lucas systemd[1]: Failed to start dhcpcd on eno1.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [url]https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[/url]
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 98 and the job result is failed.
Oct 31 14:39:44 lucas systemd[1]: Starting dhcpcd on eno1...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [url]https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[/url]
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has begun execution.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 1576.
Oct 31 14:39:44 lucas systemd[1]: dhcpcd@eno1.service: Can't open PID file /run/dhcpcd/eno1.pid (yet?) after start>
Oct 31 14:39:44 lucas systemd[1]: dhcpcd@eno1.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [url]https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[/url]
░░ 
░░ The unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'protocol'.
Oct 31 14:39:44 lucas systemd[1]: Failed to start dhcpcd on eno1.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [url]https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel[/url]
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit dhcpcd@eno1.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 1576 and the job result is failed.

$ systemctl status dhcpcd

● dhcpcd.service - dhcpcd on all interfaces
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-10-31 14:32:37 UTC; 23s ago
    Process: 296 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dhcpcd -q -b (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 299 (dhcpcd)
      Tasks: 5 (limit: 18980)
     Memory: 2.3M
        CPU: 60ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/dhcpcd.service
             ├─299 "dhcpcd: [master] [ip4] [ip6]"
             ├─300 "dhcpcd: [privileged actioneer]"
             ├─301 "dhcpcd: [network proxy]"
             ├─302 "dhcpcd: [control proxy]"
             └─433 "dhcpcd: [BPF BOOTP] wwp0s20u8c2i12"

EDIT, SOLUTION: Something seems to have gone wrong with the original install of the linux-firmware package, had an extremely small update and it fixed things. Thanks Scimmia!

Last edited by mankalla (2021-10-31 14:13:38)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] I cannot get iwlwifi to load

First off, please use code tags for logs and things.

Ok, then, it looks like you might have missed installing linux-firmware.

mankalla

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Registered: 2021-10-31

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Re: [SOLVED] I cannot get iwlwifi to load

Hey, just fixed that. Thank you.

It seems the firmware is there.

$ ls /usr/lib/modules/5.14.14-arch1-1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi 
dvm  iwlwifi.ko.zst  mvm

This exact thing is why i am so confused.

EDIT: i installed the firmware via linux-firmware package.

Last edited by mankalla (2021-10-31 13:49:44)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] I cannot get iwlwifi to load

That's not firmware, that's the module. You missed the second line of my post.

mankalla

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Re: [SOLVED] I cannot get iwlwifi to load

Check my edit, i realized that might be the issue today and did just that. But it hasnt done anything for me. I have restarted multiple times between that and now.

Last edited by mankalla (2021-10-31 13:52:27)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] I cannot get iwlwifi to load

There's no way you would get the log provided with linux-firmware installed. It includes 3 of the files that the log says is missing.

mankalla

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Re: [SOLVED] I cannot get iwlwifi to load

I tried reinstalling it and it seems some files were missing from when i first installed it. There was just a minor sub megabyte update. Thank you.