Hi Noel, On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM Noel <ncniles@xxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS on a Dell Precision 5490 with an Intel AX211 wireless card: > > PCI ID: 8086:272b (rev 1a) > Subsystem: 8086:40f0 > > The device works fine under the standard Ubuntu kernel (6.8.0-60-generic), but fails to initialize under the FIPS kernel (5.15.0-141-fips). Under the FIPS kernel, no wireless interfaces appear (`iwconfig` shows none), and the `iwlwifi` driver does not load. > > From what I can tell, either the `iwlwifi` module or the required firmware (e.g., iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-73.ucode) is blocked or not loaded in FIPS mode. The firmware is present in `/lib/firmware`, and works when using the generic 6.8 kernel. Secure Boot is disabled. This sounds like a distro packaging or configuration issue, not an upstream issue. Have you filed a bug with Ubuntu for this? Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
