I am also affected by this bug, but I'm missing at least two firmware files, not just one. I'm missing rtl8168fp-3.fw and rtl8125a-3.fw, I had to download those two files manually
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890641 Title: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169 Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169 after running sudo apt upgrade in ubuntu 18.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.38 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 6 22:38:31 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-16 (417 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) VarLogDistupgradeAptlog: Log time: 2020-03-08 22:54:00.439353 Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Done To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1890641/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
