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I have just purchased the Lenovo Slim7i from Costco (https://www.costco.com/lenovo-ideapad-slim-7i-14%22-touchscreen-intel-evo-platform-laptop----intel-core-ultra-7-processor-155h---oled-wuxga-1920-x-1200---windows-11.product.4000253185.html). Everything works fine in Windows but when I am running Ubuntu 20.04.06 LTS with dual boot, wifi, bluetooth, touchpad, external display doesn't work. I am struggling since like last 1 week trying to figure this out. Tried all solutions from CoPilot, Gemini still couldn't get the wifi running.
I have tried installation from all sources, both automatically and manually, still I can't find the right files.
$ dmesg | grep iwlwifi
[ 1.900457] Loading modules backported from iwlwifi
[ 1.900460] iwlwifi-stack-public:master:9858:4c7cba27
[ 1.966666] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 1.989545] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-73.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.989613] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.989679] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-71.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.989693] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-70.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.989753] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.989768] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.989784] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.989956] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loading /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode failed with error -22
[ 1.989958] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode failed with error -22
[ 1.990166] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loading /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode failed with error -22
[ 1.990167] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode failed with error -22
[ 1.990179] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loading /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode failed with error -22
[ 1.990180] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode failed with error -22
[ 1.990200] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990263] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990328] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990393] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990407] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990418] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990430] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990441] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990452] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990463] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990474] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990485] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990497] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990507] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990520] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990531] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990543] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990555] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990566] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990579] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990590] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990601] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990613] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990624] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990635] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode failed with error -2
[ 1.990636] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: no suitable firmware found!
[ 1.990654] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-39
[ 1.990670] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-ma-a0-gf-a0-73
[ 1.990685] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
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Hello Angshuman,
Thank you for posting in our communities.
Let me further check the issue in our case; I'll get back to you once I have an update.
Best regards,
Carmona A.
Intel Customer Support Technician
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Hello Angshuman,
I have checked your laptop specifications, and it seems that the issue occurs because your laptop is only compatible with Windows.
Please try to contact Lenovo to verify if Ubuntu is fully compatible with your computer.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Best regards,
Carmona A.
Intel Customer Support Technician
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Hello Angshuman,
I hope you are doing well.
Since I have not heard back from you, I will now be closing our case.
If, in case you are just busy and still needed assistance, please submit a new question on our community: https://community.intel.com/, as this thread will no longer be monitored.
And also, since based on your post or on the logs that you have provided, it shows "no suitable firmware found!" Please check the link below; it is a Linux driver link just in case it might help: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/wireless.html.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Carmona A.
Intel Customer Support Technician

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