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Re: RTL8852 driver for Debian 11

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: RTL8852 driver for Debian 11
Date 2023-11-25 18:10 +0100
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On Sat 25 Nov 2023 at 12:21:28 (+0000), Richard Smith wrote:
> Testing access to the message.
> 
> I find the issue with Debian weird, as I was able to use this same computer (Lenovo IdeaPad I7, with a Realtek b52 controller) with Ubuntu, Kali, and Tails, without an issue!

In ubuntu, cat /proc/modules would tell you the modules loaded,
and   dmesg | grep firmware   would tell you the firmware required.

> I hear that Debian is awesome when it comes to stability - but after spending over 8 hours trying to install it to my laptop, I'm beginning to question what constitutes as "awesome" in some people's eyes...
> 
> I'm trying to learn about how to compile a driver (if I can find one for Debian 12) - if anyone can assist, that would be great!

Is this an X-Y problem, and you don't really want to compile one,
but just find it.

Cheers,
David.

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Re: RTL8852 driver for Debian 11 Richard Smith <richard.a.smith@protonmail.com> - 2023-11-25 13:30 +0100
  Re: RTL8852 driver for Debian 11 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-11-25 17:40 +0100
  Re: RTL8852 driver for Debian 11 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-11-25 18:10 +0100
  Re: RTL8852 driver for Debian 11 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-11-26 00:20 +0100

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