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Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

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On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 17:03:41 -0500, Celejar wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:24:40 +0000
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 14:50:29 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 +0000
> > > Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Simplified query:
> > > > > 
> > > > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet
> > > > > connection,
> > > > > 
> > > > > how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits
> > > > > available on a USB drive)?
> > > > 
> > > > Firmware (free or non-free) goes in /lib/firmware.
> > > 
> > > Just to clarify, that's if he's manually installing the firmware files.
> > > If he has the appropriate .deb (e.g., firmware-iwlwifi), then it's just
> > > a matter of dpkg -i firmware_package.
> > 
> > The advice is spot-on, whether or not files are put there by the user or
> > a .deb. That is where the kernel looks.
> 
> Of course, but an ordinary user doesn't have to know anything about
> that, if he's installing from Debian packages. The whole point (well,
> one of the points) of a package management system is that it abstracts
> away some of the technical implementation details from the end user.

Correct.
 
> > Incidentally, can you find a firmware-iwlwifi* suitable for the OP?
> 
> No idea. But the first thing I'd try is installing firmware-iwlwifi,
> and seeing if that's enough to get the card working. Intel's own
> website seems to imply that the 8265 chipset requires only
> iwlwifi-8265-22.ucode (present in the Debian package) to work:
> 
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html

I'll let the OP explain what the issue is, if he feels so inclined.

-- 
Brian.

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Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-02-22 01:20 +0100
  Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS  installation deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-02-22 01:30 +0100
    Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless,  post OS installation deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-02-22 20:00 +0100
      Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel  wireless, post OS installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-02-22 20:20 +0100
        Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel  wireless, post OS installation Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-02-22 21:00 +0100
          Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel  wireless, post OS installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-02-22 21:30 +0100
            Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel  wireless, post OS installation Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-02-22 23:10 +0100
              Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel  wireless, post OS installation Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-02-22 23:30 +0100
          [Solved] Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel  wireless, post OS installation deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-02-23 16:10 +0100
      Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel  wireless, post OS installation Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-02-22 20:50 +0100

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