> From: Dave M. via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sun Aug 12 20:37:03 CEST 2018 > To: <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dave M. <davemorgan353@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: i3stats depends on wireless_tools, causing "firmware load for regulatory.db failed" w/o wireless-regdb > > > > On 8/12/18 2:54 PM, Damjan Georgievski via arch-general wrote: > >> On 12 August 2018 at 01:48, David C. Rankin > >> <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Archdevs, > >>> > >>> There seems to be a funny depends (or missing depends) issue for > >>> *some* > >>> systems without wireless that have i3status installed. > >>> > >>> This appears to be because i3stats depends on wireless_tools, > >>> which during > >>> boot triggers an attempt > >> I don't see anything in the wireless_tools package that would trigger > >> on boot. > >> there are no udev rules or systemd services. > > > > Out of curiosity I checked my journalctl boot logs and this is what I > > see: > > > > kernel: cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db > > kernel: platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db > > failed with error -2 > > kernel: cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7' > > kernel: cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for > > regulatory database > > It's been generating these entries since July 20th for me. Install https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/any/wireless-regdb/ It's only for limiting wifi power, safely to ignore. Yours sincerely G. K.
