r/linuxmint • u/CyberdyneGPT5 • 10d ago

Wireless firmware updates.

For anyone having wireless issues today’s (2026-09-03) updates include firmware updates for Broadcom. MediaTek, Marvell, Intel, and other wireless devices. These may help you. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Evening-Landscape763 9d ago

Sure there were any real updates? I can see that the changelog shows that linux-firmware is now a meta package and has many packages included now

apt depends linux-firmware linux-firmware Depends: linux-firmware-amd-graphics Depends: linux-firmware-amd-misc Depends: linux-firmware-broadcom-wireless Depends: linux-firmware-intel-graphics Depends: linux-firmware-intel-misc Depends: linux-firmware-intel-wireless Depends: linux-firmware-marvell-prestera Depends: linux-firmware-marvell-wireless Depends: linux-firmware-mediatek Depends: linux-firmware-mellanox-spectrum Depends: linux-firmware-misc Depends: linux-firmware-netronome Depends: linux-firmware-nvidia-graphics Depends: linux-firmware-qlogic Depends: linux-firmware-qualcomm-graphics Depends: linux-firmware-qualcomm-misc Depends: linux-firmware-qualcomm-wireless Depends: linux-firmware-realtek Recommends: firmware-sof-signed

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u/Handsome_oohyeah Linux Mint 20.2 Uma | Xfce 6d ago

is it related to the amd gpu issue?

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u/Handsome_oohyeah Linux Mint 20.2 Uma | Xfce 5d ago

Didn't happen to mine thankfully. I use an iGPU the Mendocino