New Acer V3-372 laptop with Xenial Kubuntu. Non-working wifi. Hit google, find this ticket. Installed the Kvalo master firmware bundle and wifi worked right away.
Suggest inclusion of kvalo master bundle in Xenial. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1436940 Title: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6164 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0041] is not supported Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Vivid: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Wily: Confirmed Bug description: This card remains unsupported out-of-the-box by the ath10k_pci kernel module. At this point, it looks like kvalo's ath10k-firmware repo just needs to be pulled in. Speaking of which, that repo contains a folder for the QCA6174, but not for the QCA6164. The firmware in the QCA6174 folder works for the QCA6164; I still find it strange. I'm not sure how well the actual QCA6174 [168c:003e] firmware works. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW TO GET THIS CARD TO WORK: As of February 26, 2016, this has become very simple. I'm unsure of what version kernel you need to be using - it's either at least 4.0 or at least 4.2. I'm currently using 4.4.3. If the kernel you have isn't working, try that one. 1) Get the latest firmware from https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k- firmware/archive/master.zip 2) Unzip this file, and copy the ath10k folder's contents to /lib/firmware/ath10k. 3) Reboot your computer. Run "lshw -C network" to see if your card is recognized. If you created a "/lib/modprobe.d/ath10k.conf" file earlier to disable otp, you can remove it. I did, and the card still works fine. Last updated February 28, 2016 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1436940/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
