topic Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux in Wireless

Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:16:06 GMT

My system is Ubuntu 22.04. I can see the BE200 with "lspci" which shows "Intel Corporation Device 272b (rev 1a)". How do I get the driver?

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

H_Mlysgeek — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 05:49:02 GMT

Hi MultipleMessagers

To obtain the driver for your Intel BE200 device on Ubuntu 22.04, you can follow these steps:

Identify the Driver: First, you need to determine which driver is compatible with your device. Since your device is identified as "Intel Corporation Device 272b (rev 1a)" with the lspci command, you'll likely need the appropriate Intel driver for this device.
Update Package Lists: Open a terminal and update your package lists to ensure you have the latest information about available packages. You can do this by running the following command:
sqlCopy code
sudo apt update
Install Driver Package: Once your package lists are updated, you can search for and install the appropriate driver package. Since Ubuntu often includes drivers in the kernel, you may not need to install anything separately. However, if a driver package is available, you can search for it using:

phpCopy code
apt search <driver-name>

Replace <driver-name> with the name of the driver you're looking for. For Intel devices, it's often part of the kernel. If there's a specific package available for your device, you can install it using:

goCopy code
sudo apt install <driver-package-name>
Replace <driver-package-name> with the name of the driver package you found.
Reboot Your System: After installing the driver package, it's a good idea to reboot your system to ensure the changes take effect.
Verify Installation: Once your system has restarted, you can verify that the driver is installed and functioning correctly. You can do this by checking the output of lsmod to see if the driver module is loaded, or by checking the device status with lspci -nnk.

If you encounter any issues during the installation process or if the driver doesn't work as expected, you can search for solutions online or consult the official Ubuntu documentation and support channels for assistance.

Regards,

Harry

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:19:29 GMT

Do you mind tell me what the <driver-name> should be? The device is BE200 and the OS is Ubuntu 22.04 Thanks!

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

5urg3 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:20:11 GMT

You don’t need a driver, you need the firmware…

The way WiFi adapters work on Linux, the “driver” is pretty much universal and works with a ton of different WiFi adapters and vendors, but it needs a specific firmware image to use for your adapter, and if it can’t find that, it won’t work.

Because the BE200 is so new, you’ll need to use the “proposed” updates and install or update the linux-firmware package.

Info can be found here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jammy/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2028065

There is also a bug that affects the BE200 specifically with some kernels, keep an eye out for that too

See this for more info:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/mantic/+source/linux/+bug/2058808

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:14:29 GMT

Ignore this comment

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:14:51 GMT

@5urg3 Thanks for the information. I am newbie on this. Please excuse me if the question is amateur.

I went to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/linux-firmware.git/tree/?h=for-upstream and copied the two files to my Ubuntu 22.02 machine under /lib/firmware

iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-83.ucode
iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0.pnvm

And then I reboot the computer and check if the wifi driver is loaded. But as shown below, it seems not loaded. I wonder if this is the correct way to install the firmware.

ubuntu@hardware-ubuntu:/usr/lib/firmware$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 1a
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:7fc00000-7fc03fff
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1d.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
       logical name: eno1

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

5urg3 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:31:51 GMT

Here just run these two commands

sudo apt install linux-oem-22.04d

sudo apt install linux-firmware/jammy-proposed

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:48:44 GMT

The first command "sudo apt install linux-oem-22.04d" run successfully. But the second command said the package was not found.

ubuntu@hardware-ubuntu:/boot$ sudo apt update Hit:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [119 kB] Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] Hit:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease Hit:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntuhandbook1/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease Fetched 229 kB in 1s (261 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done 76 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. ubuntu@hardware-ubuntu:/boot$ sudo apt install linux-firmware/jammy-proposed Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Package linux-firmware is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However, the following packages replace it: firmware-sof-signed E: Release 'jammy-proposed' for 'linux-firmware' was not found ubuntu@hardware-ubuntu:/boot$

And do I have to boot up with Linux 6.5 instead of Linux 6.2?

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

5urg3 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:15:12 GMT

You will have to enable the proposed repo first, and then re run that command

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

And yes, IIRC wifi 7 requires kernel 6.5

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:37:12 GMT

Thanks, @5urg3 . I finally installed the firmware and it can get the IP for the BE200. But there seems to be some issue.

So I went to the link that you gave: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/mantic/+source/linux/+bug/2058808

From the last comment in the link, it appears that the issue is fixed in "6.5.0-1020-oem in ppa2"

How do I install the kernel "6.5.0-1020-oem in ppa2"?

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:20:55 GMT

NVM. I figured that the following commands can install 1020-oem.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa2 sudo apt install linux-oem-22.04d

After the install, the WiFi works fine. It still has the following error in dmesg but it seems not affecting the function.

[ 124.267513] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: WRT: Invalid buffer destination

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

5urg3 — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:37:15 GMT

Congrats. I will tell you this is the last time I ever early adopt a wifi adapter. It’s been nothing but problems, lol.

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

MultipleMessagers — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:50:04 GMT

@5urg3 That is true. I hope it is my last time too.

For people who comes to this post through searching, here are the full steps to get BE200 working in Ubuntu:

Step 1. create a file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-jammy-proposed.list with the content:

# /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-jammy-proposed.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe

Step 2. issue the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa2 sudo apt update sudo apt install linux-oem-22.04d sudo apt install linux-firmware/jammy-proposed

Step 3. restart and boot into the kernal 1020-oem

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

bg77 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:11:28 GMT

This is the only forum I have been able to find online that comes close to providing the solution.

I am running Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 5 with an MCUzone Wi-Fi hat that boasts Intel BE200 compatibility

Ubuntu 24.04

Kernel 6.8.1010-raspi

Everything above works for me except "sudo apt install linux-oem-22.04d"

Response of:

"Unable to locate package linux-oem-22.04d"

"Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-oem-22.04d'"

Any assistance is greatly appreciated

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

5urg3 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:23:51 GMT

You won't need to install the 22.04d OEM kernel if you're running 24.04...

The instructions above were for a previous version of Ubuntu

You'll have to modify them for Noble (which is the version you're running)

It's possible Noble might have it already and you don't need to do anything?

https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/noble/main/proposed/linux-firmware

So just sudo apt install linux-firmware/noble-proposed

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

bg77 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:25:58 GMT

I am such an newbie with Ubuntu that I am not sure but I assumed I needed the firmware for the BE200 chip.

In Wi-Fi under settings the PCI Wi-Fi shows "intel Wi-Fi" but is unable to find any available networks.

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

5urg3 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:30:25 GMT

So you'll need to enable proposed updates and then sudo apt install linux-firmware/noble-proposed and that should grab the firmware for you...

Re: Help with BE200 driver for Linux

bg77 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:42:49 GMT

I enabled proposed updates and ran that command but received this error:

E: Release 'noble-proposed' for 'linux-firmware' was not found