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Missing firmware /rtl_nic/...for module r8169

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Missing firmware /rtl_nic/...for module r8169

#1 Post by casper :) »

Hi, I have gotten this for awhile usually only with updating the linux-image. I also get some error for nouveou but I have that blacklisted as of time since I installed nvidia-driver

Here is the error....

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I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168fp-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for module r8169
What exactly is rtl_nic? Im pretty new to debian so please bear with me.

Thanks! :)

edit: Someone said I need firmware-realtek, which I already had. I will keep scrounging google until we find a solution ^^

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Re: Missing firmware /rtl_nic/...for module r8169

#2 Post by 4D696B65 »

Those warnings are harmless if your computer is running ok. They refer to realtek wireless card firmware. Is your wireless working?

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Re: Missing firmware /rtl_nic/...for module r8169

#3 Post by casper :) »

No, actually my wireless is not, this is an error I get on boot...

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.833207] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode (-2)
[    9.833265] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
[    9.833327] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833349] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-28.ucode (-2)
[    9.833402] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-28.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833418] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-27.ucode (-2)
[    9.833470] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-27.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833486] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-26.ucode (-2)
[    9.833538] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-26.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833552] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-25.ucode (-2)
[    9.833605] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-25.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833620] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-24.ucode (-2)
[    9.833676] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-24.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833715] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-23.ucode (-2)
[    9.833810] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-23.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833841] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-22.ucode (-2)
[    9.833930] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-22.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.833936] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-7265D-22
[    9.834015] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-7265D-29
[    9.834062] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
I actually had to wait forever to actually install debian because of this. Ended up having to run ethernet all through my house. But yeah, if you can help with that too, that'd be great :)

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Re: Missing firmware /rtl_nic/...for module r8169

#4 Post by casper :) »

Im so sorry, I just googled it, debian wiki was more than helpful. The reason I never bothered with it was because during installation it asked for a few specific files to be loaded on a disk/drive and I couldn't find them all right. But I got that up and running no problem after I read this https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi

Thanks, and take care :)

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Re: Missing firmware /rtl_nic/...for module r8169

#5 Post by Segfault »

Actually this can be solved very easily in a "wrong way". Just download one of these ucode (newest is best) files and place it in /lib/firmware. Then reload the wireless module (UNIX way) or reboot (MS-DOS method).
The correct way is to install the deb package which provides this firmware.

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Re: Missing firmware /rtl_nic/...for module r8169

#6 Post by sunrat »

Segfault wrote: 2022-09-22 04:03 The correct way is to install the deb package which provides this firmware.
Which is firmware-iwlwifi if one can't read the wiki or search the forum for the many other posts about this same issue.
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