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I cant make my wifi connection to work in xubuntu 14.04. It cant even detect my wifi adapter.

More info:

  • Laptop: Gigabyte P34G v5(skylake)
  • Wifi: Killer Wireless
  • OS: Xubuntu
  • Kernel: 4.5

Any help would be great.

lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A2:

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:003e] (rev 32)
    Subsystem: Bigfoot Networks, Inc. Device [1a56:1535]
    Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci

dmesg | grep ath after installing the firmware:

[    1.906421] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    1.908195] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[    2.153143] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:04:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[    2.155968] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2
[    2.155972] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2
[    2.158712] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 1a56:1535
[    2.158714] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0 testmode 0
[    2.159174] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 features wowlan,ignore-otp,no-4addr-pad crc32 75dee6c5
[    2.221246] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2
[    2.221482] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a
[    3.268382] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi cmac uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core videodev hid_generic media usbhid btusb btrtl snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep mxm_wmi sparse_keymap joydev snd_pcm intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal rfcomm intel_powerclamp bnep snd_seq_midi coretemp snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi kvm_intel snd_seq i915 kvm ath10k_pci irqbypass ath10k_core crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ath ghash_clmulni_intel drm_kms_helper snd_seq_device mac80211 drm aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper snd_timer cryptd snd rtsx_pci_ms input_leds i2c_algo_bit serio_raw soundcore memstick fb_sys_fops cfg80211 syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt mei_me mei shpchp hci_uart btbcm btqca btintel bluetooth i2c_hid wmi video pinctrl_sunrisepoint pinctrl_intel hid intel_lpss_acpi acpi_als intel_lpss kfifo_buf industrialio acpi_pad mac_hid nls_iso8859_1 parport_pc ppdev lp parport uas usb_storage rtsx_pci_sdmmc psmouse ahci r8169 rtsx_pci libahci mii fjes
[    3.268401]  [<ffffffff81080e72>] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0
[    3.268402]  [<ffffffff81080f0c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x5c/0x80
[    4.340813] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: htt-ver 3.26 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[    7.340669] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
[    7.408216] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6c
[    7.408218] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[    7.408220] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[    7.408220] ath: Regpair used: 0x6c
David Foerster
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Caal Saal VI
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2 Answers2

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You lack the needed firmware file to enable your card and driver to work properly. Please download this file on another computer and transfer it to the Ubuntu computer on a USB key or similar: http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.157_all.deb

Drag and drop it to the desktop of the Ubuntu computer. Install it from the terminal with:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb

Reboot. Your wireless should be working. If not, please show us:

dmesg | grep ath

It appears that the firmware you installed is ineffective. Please try:

sudo rm /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/* 2> /dev/null
sudo wget -O /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board.bin https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/blob/master/QCA6174/hw3.0/board.bin?raw=true
sudo wget -O /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/blob/master/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin?raw=true
sudo wget -O /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/blob/master/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin_WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1?raw=true

Reboot. Your wireless should be working. If not, please show us:

dmesg | grep ath

Reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1520343

Please try:

cd /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/
mv board.bin  board.bin.bak

Reboot and show us:

dmesg | grep ath

Let's try a further step:

cd /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/
mv board-2.bin  board.bin

Reboot and let us see:

dmesg | grep ath
chili555
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I end up using file from killer website itself:

http://www.killernetworking.com/support/knowledge-base/17-linux/20-killer-wireless-ac-in-linux-ubuntu-debian

And follow "Steps to install ath10k Driver:"

Reboot.

My wifi works now.

Thank you for all help.

Caal Saal VI
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