Just realized I sent the below only to Rutherther when it really should have gone to the list.
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: RealTek Wifi+Bluetooth dongle Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:00:24 +0100 From: Daniel Hatton <[email protected]> To: Rutherther <[email protected]> On 19/10/2025 12:54, Rutherther wrote:
Could you look through dmesg for errors / send dmesg output?
Yep, see below. Hmph. This doesn't look hopeful.> [ 82.615498] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd > [ 82.752280] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=c820, bcdDevice= 2.00 > [ 82.752306] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> [ 82.752318] usb 1-3: Product: 802.11ac NIC > [ 82.752327] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Realtek > [ 82.752336] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 123456> [ 82.761320] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000c lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8821
> [ 82.762229] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1 > [ 82.762236] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: loading /*(DEBLOBBED)*/> [ 82.762238] hci1: Missing Free firmware (non-Free firmware loading is disabled) > [ 82.762277] Bluetooth: hci1: RTL: firmware file /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ not found > [ 82.866935] 1-3:1.2: Missing Free firmware (non-Free firmware loading is disabled) > [ 82.866974] rtw88_8821cu 1-3:1.2: Direct firmware load for /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ failed with error -2
> [ 82.866978] rtw88_8821cu 1-3:1.2: failed to request firmware > [ 82.872544] rtw88_8821cu 1-3:1.2: failed to load firmware > [ 82.872548] rtw88_8821cu 1-3:1.2: failed to setup chip efuse info > [ 82.872550] rtw88_8821cu 1-3:1.2: failed to setup chip information> [ 82.872584] rtw88_8821cu 1-3:1.2: probe with driver rtw88_8821cu failed with error -22
> [ 82.872615] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtw88_8821cu
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