From: kant@have.it   
      
   On 1/1/19 1:52 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > I see in my Leap machines:   
   >   
   > /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin   
   >   
   > at least the file does exist. It comes in   
   > kernel-firmware-20170530-23.1.noarch rpm (or   
   > kernel-firmware-20180525-lp150.2.3.1.noarch in Leap 15.0)   
   >   
      
   If I followed what you said correctly.  The Leap 15.0 install/boot produced   
   this:   
   dmesg | grep rtl | less   
      
   [    9.711947] rtl8821ae 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)   
   [    9.723876] rtl8821ae: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw.bin   
   [    9.723878] rtl8821ae: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw_wowlan.bin   
   [    9.734091] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'   
   [    9.734277] rtlwifi: rtlwifi: wireless switch is on   
   [    9.981853] rtl8821ae 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for   
   rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw.bin failed with error -2   
   [   10.121891] rtl8821ae 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for   
   rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw_wowlan.bin failed with error -2   
   [   10.158808] rtlwifi: Loading alternative firmware rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin   
   [   10.158816] rtlwifi: Loading alternative firmware rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin   
   [   15.651686] rtl8821ae: Polling FW ready fail!! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00070706 .   
      
   And the network doesn't come up.  But then I can be pretty dense at times.   
      
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