Hi Milan, I upgraded my installation using the updated-iso image. This gives me the 5.4.49 kernel, and I updated the linux-firmware package as you suggested, although it appeared to be up-to-date already (20200619-1). Using the 5.4 kernel solves my WiFi driver problem, but now I have a new problem: The Nvidia video driver has compilation problems with the 5.4 kernel. The following error message occurs 308 times while running the Nvidia installer: "NV_BUILD_MODULE_INSTANCES" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Werror=undef] This same installer worked ok with the 4.19.48 kernel. Other people have encountered this same error with kernel 5.4, but nobody has posted a solution. The gcc compiler changed from 8.3.0 to 8.4.0 with this upgrade, so maybe that's the cause. In any event, my plan is to start by trying an older kernel, like 5.3. Are there any published instructions on how to do this? Maybe there is a previous updated-iso image with the 5.3 kernel? Best regards, Dave On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 02:42:13 AM CDT, Milan Buška <milan.buska@gmail.com> wrote: út 7. 7. 2020 v 5:34 odesílatel david mccooey <dmccooey@att.net> napsal:
Hi Milan,
I moved the computer to a new location to get around the firewall.
I was able to get all packages from core, opt, xorg, contrib, and compat-32.
The WiFi is not a roadblock now, but I would like to get it working eventually.
I see a package called "iw" under contrib, which may be helpful.
Regarding a ramdisk, I am not using one.
I ran modinfo on iwlwifi, iwldvm, and iwlmvm.
It shows information about each one, with no errors or warnings.
In the output for iwlwifi, there are 31 lines starting with "firmware:", all with the following format:
firmware: iwlwifi-*.ucode
where '*' is some identifier, like "100-5" or "600g2b-6".
The file for my particular device (iwlwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode) is not in this output.
This may be due to my kernel 4.19.48 < 5.1.
After I install iwlfifi, the following two lines are added to dmesg's output:
[ 78.703559] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux [ 78.703560] Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation
I think I need to update my kernel to 5.1+ to get this driver working, but it
after updating the kernel, be sure to update the linux-firmware package
seems odd that the 4.19.48 kernel gives no errors or warnings about it.
I don't know the answer to that (this is already a question for kernel developers ???)
Thank you for your suggestions.
Best regards, Dave
On Monday, July 6, 2020, 12:43:24 AM CDT, Milan Buška <milan.buska@gmail.com> wrote:
ne 5. 7. 2020 v 23:55 odesílatel david mccooey <dmccooey@att.net> napsal:
Hi Milan,
I have the following file on my system:
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode
I verified this is the same file (contents and name) as the file
contained within the tar file "iwlwifi-cc-46.3cfab8da.0.tgz" on Intel's site.
I noticed Intel's site says this driver is for kernels 5.1+.
I am using the default CRUX kernel, 4.19.48, so this looks like the cause of the problem.
Do you know if others have gotten this driver to work?
If I installed a 5.1+ kernel, would it cause other incompatibilities in my CRUX setup?
The M.2 PCIE driver is installed, because that's where my root file system is.
Attached is the kernel's config file (extracted from /proc/config.gz) and confirmed to
match /usr/src/linux-4.19.48/.config.
Also attached are the outputs from "lsmod" and "lspci -v".
Before I can answer the question about monolithic or modular kernel,
I am sorry. Wrong wording of the question. I was wondering if you're using a ramdisk (initramfs ...., initrd ....)
I need to know the terminology:
Is a kernel monolithic until the first module is installed?
Or does the distinction have something to do with how the kernel is originally built?
The modinfo command also says a lot about modules which you need and what firmware version.
After loading the modules, check the dmesg output. This also sometimes shows a lot of error and warning messages
Excuse me. I do not speak English well.
Best regards -- Remember, no question is too stupid and no problem too small -- We've all been beginners