On Mon 14 Oct 2024 at 07:09:22 (-0400), Lee wrote: > I have a Lenovo G3 laptop running Debian 12 with wi-fi that works for > minutes at a time. > > I've tried a lot of suggested changes to /etc/modprobe.d but none have > fix my wi-fi problem. > One post I saw said their laptop worked when they tried Ubuntu Live. Same > here! > > My laptop is set to do a UEFI boot [?? I really don't know the proper terms]. > Is there a "proper" place to get firmware from or should I just get it off the > Ubuntu USB stick? > And once I get the firmware, what do I have to do to get Debian to use > that instead of > the most probably broken firmware it's using now? > > For comparision, log messages for the wireless card when running > Ubuntu list the firmware > as version 9.9.15 > > ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i 8822ce > [ 20.205438] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) > [ 20.239352] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: WOW Firmware version 9.9.4, > H2C version 15 > [ 20.243721] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 9.9.15, H2C version > 15 > [ 20.297759] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0 > > and the log messages when running Debian and wireless is mostly > unusable show the > firmware as 9.9.14 > > ----- Debian > [ 4.206179] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) > [ 4.208338] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading > firmware rtw88/rtw8822c_wow_fw.bin > [ 4.208346] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 9.9.4, H2C version 15 > [ 4.208366] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading > firmware rtw88/rtw8822c_fw.bin > [ 4.208368] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 9.9.14, H2C version > 15 > [ 4.326996] rtw_8822ce 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0 > > I don't know if there's some other difference, but it'd be nice to see > if just upgrading to > Firmware version 9.9.15 fixes my wifi. But how to do that?
Try stealing the firmware file from the ubuntu installation and placing it in Debian's /lib/firmware/rtw88/ yourself. Cheers, David.
