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Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources - default and a local mirror.
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Jeff

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On 2025-09-08 08:47, Jeff Layman wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different sources-a - default and a local mirror.

Seems the servers were heavily stressed for a time. Now it seems OK again.

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On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 07:47:43 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources - default and a local mirror.

I have not yet managed to download
linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17. It downloads but
so extremely slowly that I will not be able to download it in one
session.

Regardless of what I set for repository mirrors, it appears to be
downloading from secure.ubuntu.com.
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On 9/8/25 2:47 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources - default and a local mirror.

I have a copy of Feren OS I boot into now and then, and that one is hung on that one item.
But not my Linux Mint (yet).
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Alan K.
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On 2025-09-08, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources - default and a local mirror.

The internet is going slowly at times and in places. Been that way for a
good week now.

Do the old ping google.com and it is usually good. Normal service resumes
in a wee/short/longer than usual.
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On Mon, 9/8/2025 6:19 PM, Gordon wrote:

On 2025-09-08, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? >> linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources - default and a local mirror.

The internet is going slowly at times and in places. Been that way for a
good week now.

Do the old ping google.com and it is usually good. Normal service resumes
in a wee/short/longer than usual.

There were some fiber cables cut recently in one
part of the world, and traffic in the vicinity of
that vandalism will be affected.

"The latency issues began at 05:45 UTC on 06 September 2025."

"disrupted internet services across multiple regions
including India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the UAE."

*******

Whereas this is more likely to be the confluence of LM222 being
released and Ubuntu also releasing one of their interim releases.
Both OSes are likely demanding a refresh of a huge firmware
file as part of installation.

The firmware, as I understand it, can include something related
to MOK for UEFI, and that is why it is coming from a server
with "secure" in the name.

There has got to be a better way to deliver this stuff.
Not all of the component files in the blob, need to be
handled that way.

Paul
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 07:47:43 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection".

Dumbed-down Microsoft-style error messages help no-one.

Try getting the actual URL of the file, and fetch it from the command
line using a tool like wget. Then you can see a bit more detail about
what goes wrong.
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:08:45 +1200, Ralph Fox wrote:

On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 07:47:43 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? >> linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources - default and a local mirror.

I have not yet managed to download
linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17. It downloads but
so extremely slowly that I will not be able to download it in one
session.

Regardless of what I set for repository mirrors, it appears to be downloading from secure.ubuntu.com.

Update. Downloaded quite speedily today. This time from my chosen mirror.



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On 08/09/2025 07:47, Jeff Layman wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware update? linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources - default and a local mirror.

Thanks for all the replies. It downloaded a couple of hours ago, rather slowly, whereas it hadn't worked at all on Saturday and Sunday, and also
early yesterday morning.
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Jeff
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Jeff Layman wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware
update?
linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different sources-a - default and a local mirror.

why would you not use the software updater?
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Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: Linux obeys you, Windows fights with you

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Felix wrote:

Jeff Layman wrote:

Anyone else having a problem trying to download the latest firmware
update?
linux-firmware 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17

This times out with an error message to "Check your internet
connection". It fails with two different laptops using two different
sources-a - default and a local mirror.

why would you not use the software updater?

sorry, for some strange reason I thought you were downloading from a link
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Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: Linux obeys you, Windows argues with you

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