Wrong acx111 PCI default firmware for DWL-G520+

For those who doesn't wan't to always load dynamicly tha acx module (until the big is fixed), overwrite the default driver link :
cd /lib/firmware/<kernelversion>/acx/default;
sudo ln -sf ../1.2.0.30/tiacx111c16 tiacx111c16;

Probably related to other acx firmware bugs (e.g. Bug #44588 , Bug #30766)

Punting to linux-source-2.6.15 where other acx firmware bugs live. Probably a dup of Bug #30766

Johqn:

Do NOT confirm your own bugs.

I got problems as well concerning this WLAN card.

To get it to work properly I have to move the firmware form another folder to the "default"-Folder in /lib/firmware/acx/

So it is not detected out-of-the-box. Quite a problems while installing - one cannot download updates when installing.

This is definitely a problem, and I had to fix it again with this morning's kernel upgrade. There's a mention of it here which is how I solved it: http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Firmware
It should be fixed before any more kernel upgrades.

It's linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 that sets the wrong symlinks.

Yeah... I got 2.6.15.23-i386/2.6.15.25-i386/2.6.15.25-k7 and everywhere the same problems. Whish it'd be fixed sometimes in the future :(

If it's not workign for you, then someone has provided me the wrong lspci information with which to force the correct version in the driver.

Please note, again, you do not need to be messing with symlinks, and the correct way to fix this is adding this line to a file, like:

echo acx firmware_ver=X.X.X.X > /etc/modprobe.d/acx

Where X.X.X.X is the version directory name in /lib/firmware/$(uname-r)/acx) that you need.

If the default -25 kernel doesn't work for you, then read /lib/firmware/$(uname -r)/acx/readme.txt and reply with the info it tells of. That file was placed there just to avoid all of this extra work.

Hi,

My wi-fi connection works.
I use Ubuntu 6.06.
Linux 2.6.15-25-386.
Wi-fi PCI card D-Link DWL-G520+, H/W Ver. A3, F/W Ver. 1.0.11.

How to do.
The firmware tiacx111c16 in directories 1.2.0.30 and 1.2.1.34 work. But not the one in 2.3.1.31.

cd /lib/firmware/2.6.15-23-386/acx/default
rm tiacx111c16

ln -s ../1.2.0.30/tiacx111c16 tiacx111c16
    or
ln -s ../1.2.1.34/tiacx111c16 tiacx111c16

Nota : Seems working from channel 1 (2412 MHz) to channel 13 (2472 MHz). Didn't test with channel 14 (2484 MHz).

I attached file from lspci -vv, lspci -vvn, lsusb.

Hi there!

thanks, but it works like a charm after a mere line:

sudo
cp /lib/firmware/$(uname -r)/acx/1.2.1.34/* /lib/firmware/$(uname -r)/acx/default

Well.. one has to repeat that after every kernel patch.

Using 2.6.15-26-k7 now. No problems :)

best regards

Simon

Am Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2006 08:44 schrieb lcn:
> Hi,
>
> My wi-fi connection works.
> I use Ubuntu 6.06.
> Linux 2.6.15-25-386.
> Wi-fi PCI card D-Link DWL-G520+, H/W Ver. A3, F/W Ver. 1.0.11.
>
> How to do.
> The firmware tiacx111c16 in directories 1.2.0.30 and 1.2.1.34 work. But not
> the one in 2.3.1.31.
>
> cd /lib/firmware/2.6.15-23-386/acx/default
> rm tiacx111c16
>
> ln -s ../1.2.0.30/tiacx111c16 tiacx111c16
> or
> ln -s ../1.2.1.34/tiacx111c16 tiacx111c16
>
> Nota : Seems working from channel 1 (2412 MHz) to channel 13 (2472 MHz).
> Didn't test with channel 14 (2484 MHz).
>
> I attached file from lspci -vv, lspci -vvn, lsusb.

> I attached file from lspci -vv, lspci -vvn, lsusb.

Please attach using the web interface. Attaching to email does not work.

Also, please read the readme.txt everyone. I've said this in every bug
report about acx firmware (including this one). I've explained how to
properly work around this on your systems (using the modprobe.d/ option
file) and how to report the bug properly to me so that I can make the
use of the proper version hardcoded into the driver.

Follow these steps, and we will fix things. Ignore these steps, and
you'll be stumbling around making odd (possibly breaking) changes to
your system, manually, forever.

This bug appears to be fixed in Ubuntu 6.10 release.

For me it is fixed (Kubuntu 6.10).

Am Mittwoch, 1. November 2006 13:51 schrieb colpompidou:
> This bug appears to be fixed in Ubuntu 6.10 release.

This issue is known and fixed for this release.