Firmware Failed To Load Iwldebugyoyobin Exclusive - Iwlwifi

sudo dnf reinstall linux-firmware

On some Linux forums, users post:

iwlwifi: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin iwlwifi: failed to acquire exclusive device ownership iwlwifi firmware failed to load iwldebugyoyobin exclusive

Then a less experienced user might write in a bug report:

“I get ‘iwlwifi firmware failed to load iwldebugyoyobin exclusive’ — what is that?” sudo dnf reinstall linux-firmware On some Linux forums,

From there, the garbled message spreads via copy-paste.


Intel’s iwlwifi driver needs a firmware binary (e.g., iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode) from /lib/firmware. Common failure reasons: iwlwifi: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo

The last point is where iwldebug comes in.

# Ubuntu: install older kernel via Mainline tool
# Arch: downgrade using `downgrade` package