From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 02/01/2019 00.41, Sidney_Kotic wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Compare with what you posted from Ubuntu:   
      
   > [   10.119684] rtl8821ae 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)   
   > [   10.132198] rtl8821ae: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw.bin   
   > [   10.132201] rtl8821ae: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw_wowlan.bin   
   > [   10.170523] rtl8821ae 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for   
   rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw_wowlan.bin failed with error -2   
   > [   10.170616] rtl8821ae 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for   
   rtlwifi/rtl8812aefw.bin failed with error -2   
   > [   10.272644] rtlwifi: Loading alternative firmware rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin   
   > [   10.272650] rtlwifi: Loading alternative firmware rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin   
   > [   10.312415] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'   
   > [   10.312740] rtlwifi: rtlwifi: wireless switch is on   
   > [   10.361653] rtl8821ae 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: renamed from wlan0   
   > [   20.703442] rtl8821ae: Polling FW ready fail!! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00070706 .   
   > [   22.175911] rtl8821ae: Polling FW ready fail!! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00070706 .   
      
   It is almost the same. Both fail at "polling".   
      
   I think you should compare more lines and find out when Ubuntu succeeds,   
   what is different. Don't filter the output with grep, just in case we   
   miss something important.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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