RTL8821CE 802.11ac does not work Debian 11
by ceantuco from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5ND66)
Hello,
I downloaded and installed Debian 11 on a HP250 G7 laptop. The RTL8821CE 802.11ac wifi card is not working.
I enabled non-free and contrib and installed the following:
Code:apt -y install firmware-realtek"
apt -y install firmware-linux"rebooted; however, I had no luck. I googled my issues and followed some of the recommendations but the wifi card is still not working.
Code:Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin (-2)
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin failed with error -2
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to request firmware
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to load firmware
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip efuse info
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip information
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -22Please assist.
Thank you


I downloaded and installed Debian 11 on a HP250 G7 laptop. The RTL8821CE 802.11ac wifi card is not working.
I enabled non-free and contrib and installed the following:
Code:apt -y install firmware-realtek"
apt -y install firmware-linux"rebooted; however, I had no luck. I googled my issues and followed some of the recommendations but the wifi card is still not working.
Code:Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin (-2)
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin failed with error -2
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to request firmware
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to load firmware
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip efuse info
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip information
Aug 16 11:46:27 hpnix kernel: rtw_8821ce: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -22Please assist.
Thank you