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#1 2022-10-10 02:51:02

pcalvert
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[SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

I recently purchased a "TP-Link WiFi 6 AX3000 PCIe WiFi Card (Archer TX3000E)" from Amazon and installed it in my desktop computer. My current OS is Beowulf-based Refracta. I installed firmware-iwlwifi from Beowulf (Buster) backports, but the card does not appear to be working.

Here is some (hopefully) relevant information:

$ uname -a
Linux refracta 5.10.0-0.deb10.16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.127-2~bpo10+1 (2022-07-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lspci -knn |grep -i -A5 network
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2725] (rev 1a)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0020]
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi
$ ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
$ dmesg |grep iwlwifi
[   15.257720] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode
[   15.257752] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
[   15.257820] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 93.8.63.28
[   15.259105] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded firmware version 59.601f3a66.0 ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[   15.259172] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
[   17.521002] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420
[   17.703923] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0.pnvm
[   17.703950] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded PNVM version 0x324cd670
[   17.953703] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Timeout waiting for PNVM load!
[   17.953751] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
[   17.953785] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwl_trans_send_cmd bad state = 0
[   17.965793] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
[   17.977709] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: retry init count 0
[   17.978211] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420
[   18.401722] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Timeout waiting for PNVM load!
[   18.401768] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
[   18.401802] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwl_trans_send_cmd bad state = 0
[   18.413819] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
[   18.425759] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: retry init count 1
[   18.426235] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420
[   18.849710] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Timeout waiting for PNVM load!
[   18.849792] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
[   18.849854] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwl_trans_send_cmd bad state = 0
[   18.862103] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
[   18.874390] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: retry init count 2
# grep -i fail kern.log
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [    0.531173] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC failed (AE_NOT_FOUND); disabling ASPM
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   11.848003] platform regulatory.0: firmware: failed to load regulatory.db (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   11.848129] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   11.848139] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012137] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012190] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012228] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012275] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012297] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012344] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012365] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012410] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012432] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012477] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012498] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012561] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012582] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012676] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012700] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012780] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012799] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012878] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012899] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012977] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.012998] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013077] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013098] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013177] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013198] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013276] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013304] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013389] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013412] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013490] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013510] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013589] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013609] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013688] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013744] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013823] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013844] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013922] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.013943] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.014030] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.014053] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode (-2)
Oct  8 21:59:29 refracta kernel: [   13.014147] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode failed with error -2
Oct  8 21:59:43 refracta kernel: [   74.316064] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [    0.530090] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC failed (AE_NOT_FOUND); disabling ASPM
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   11.490114] platform regulatory.0: firmware: failed to load regulatory.db (-2)
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   11.490224] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   11.490231] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   14.150194] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   16.809751] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   16.821800] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   17.261819] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   17.273814] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   17.709819] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  8 22:05:24 refracta kernel: [   17.721843] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  8 22:05:37 refracta kernel: [   39.785007] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [    0.528058] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC failed (AE_NOT_FOUND); disabling ASPM
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   12.211680] platform regulatory.0: firmware: failed to load regulatory.db (-2)
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   12.211782] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   12.211791] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   14.805559] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   17.457229] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   17.469243] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   17.905242] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   17.917262] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   18.353220] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:07:32 refracta kernel: [   18.365234] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:07:46 refracta kernel: [   40.665598] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [    0.531163] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC failed (AE_NOT_FOUND); disabling ASPM
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   42.062592] platform regulatory.0: firmware: failed to load regulatory.db (-2)
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   42.062713] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   42.062722] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   44.950297] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   47.621714] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   47.634009] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   48.069733] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   48.081711] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   48.521752] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:15:53 refracta kernel: [   48.533731] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 13:16:07 refracta kernel: [   70.568770] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [    0.528841] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC failed (AE_NOT_FOUND); disabling ASPM
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   12.646318] platform regulatory.0: firmware: failed to load regulatory.db (-2)
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   12.646430] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   12.646437] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   15.259172] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   17.953751] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   17.965793] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   18.401768] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   18.413819] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   18.849792] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Oct  9 15:31:02 refracta kernel: [   18.862103] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Oct  9 15:31:15 refracta kernel: [   40.319270] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel

Any thoughts or ideas on what the problem is or might be?


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#2 2022-10-10 09:54:55

Marjorie
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Re: [SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

Which iwlwifi and kernel versions are you using? This is quite a new wifi card compared to beowulf. You may need a backported kernel as well or even an upgrade to Chimaera.

I have a working AX200 card (earlier than yours, which is AX210) on  Chimaera. My ifwlwifi is version 20210315-3.

This is from my dmesg:

dmesg |grep iwlwifi
[    5.797902] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-cc-a0-66.ucode (-2)
[    5.797969] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-cc-a0-66.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.797979] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-cc-a0-65.ucode (-2)
[    5.798003] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-cc-a0-65.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.798010] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-cc-a0-64.ucode (-2)
[    5.798034] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-cc-a0-64.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.798041] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-cc-a0-63.ucode (-2)
[    5.798064] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-cc-a0-63.ucode failed with error -2
[    5.801899] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-cc-a0-62.ucode
[    5.801904] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
[    5.801910] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 89.3.35.37
[    5.802068] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: loaded firmware version 62.49eeb572.0 cc-a0-62.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    5.802081] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
[    5.870642] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, REV=0x340
[    6.000186] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Detected RF HR B3, rfid=0x10a100
[    6.065031] iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: base HW address: dc:21:48:57:1b:5b
[12516.990241] (NULL device *): firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-cc-a0-62.ucode

I note that I finally get my slightly older card running on iwlwifi-cc-a0-62.ucode, which is a higher number than any your system tries to load: iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode down to iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode.

Last edited by Marjorie (2022-10-10 09:55:35)

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#3 2022-10-10 16:48:23

Marjorie
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Re: [SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

Having checked your AX210 is a wi-fi 6E card, while my AX200 is only wi-fi 6.

The AX210 is only supported by linux kernels >= 5.10, i.e. the standard Chimaera kernel.

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use … rs/iwlwifi

Nevertheless, even though you say its Beowulf based Linux refracta 5.10.0-0.deb10.16-amd64 is presumably a 5:10 kernel.

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#4 2022-10-10 18:30:10

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Re: [SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

Hi Marjorie,

Thank you for your replies. I tried this workaround (hack) and had partial success:

https://notes.prkr.ca/2021/10/Intel-AX2 … Mint-20-2/

I found that here:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2092127

After renaming the PNVM file and rebooting, there was no change. However, I then decided to run update-initramfs and reboot again. After doing so, I could see two local network devices -- the router and a wireless printer. Unfortunately, attempting to connect to the router was unsuccessful.

I will probably not spend much more time on this since I've been planning to install Chimaera. I would already be running it except for the fact that something urgent recently got in the way.


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#5 2022-10-10 22:57:17

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Re: [SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

I get this error as well, but the system functions fine.

firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)

aparently only required for debugging, not config.

glenn@GamesBox ~ $ lsmod | grep iwlwifi

iwlwifi               360448  1 iwlmvm
cfg80211             1089536  3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
glenn@GamesBox ~ $ 

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#6 2022-10-11 06:43:59

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Re: [SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

The AX210 needs kernel >5.10 and the firmware to match but it has had a lot of problems, or at least a lot of threads about it over at the Arch forums. Try searching there for more details. I didn't bother with those threads myself 'cos I don't have that hardware.


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#7 2022-10-12 20:41:14

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Re: [SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

Thank you everyone for your replies. Hopefully, installing Chimaera will solve this problem. If not, I am willing to go as far as installing Daedalus or Ceres.


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#8 2022-10-23 17:27:27

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Re: [SOLVED] TP-Link AX3000 (Archer TX3000E) PCIe WiFi card not working on Refracta

I did a test installation of Chimaera-based Refracta on an external laptop HDD. I couldn't get the Wi-Fi card working, so I then tried a test installation of Refracta based on Daedalus. After enabling Wi-Fi using connman, I was able to see and connect to the router. However, internet access was still not working. I then had the idea to disable the onboard LAN (wired Ethernet adapter) in the BIOS, and after I did that I had working wireless internet.

Based on my experience with Daedalus, I decided to try Chimaera again. This time, after installing the firmware packages, I installed linux-image-amd64 and linux-headers-amd64 from Chimaera backports. I then rebooted, disabled the onboard LAN again, and when the system came back up I had working wireless internet. Yay!


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