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Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

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First post2024-05-01 19:50 +0200
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  Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com> - 2024-05-01 19:50 +0200
    Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-05-01 19:50 +0200
      Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com> - 2024-05-03 08:40 +0200
        Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2024-05-09 23:00 +0200
          Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-05-13 06:40 +0200
      Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2024-05-04 06:50 +0200
      Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-04 08:30 +0200
        Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-04 10:10 +0200
    Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com> - 2024-05-01 20:00 +0200
      Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Sirius <sirius@trudheim.com> - 2024-05-02 07:30 +0200
        Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-03 05:10 +0200
          Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315 Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-04 10:20 +0200

#269134 — Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

FromPaul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com>
Date2024-05-01 19:50 +0200
SubjectInstalling testing on Acer Aspire 315
Message-ID<IzmfD-ajWe-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
Hello,

I have many installs over many years (only a few per year)..

I tried a Testing net install pn my new Acer Aspire 315 and it didn't 
find an Ethernet driver.  (wireless?).

I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading 
(jigdo) now.

I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,

Paul

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#269135

FromNicolas George <george@nsup.org>
Date2024-05-01 19:50 +0200
Message-ID<IzmfD-ajWe-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269134
Paul Scott (12024-05-01):
> I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading
> (jigdo) now.

Waste of time. The drivers are either in the kernel image or in
individual packages, you can install them on top of what you have.

> I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,

Check the PCI ids of your Ethernet controller. Download the kernel image
you are considering, check if any of its modules matches these ids.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George

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#269171

FromSirius <sirius@trudheim.com>
Date2024-05-03 08:40 +0200
Message-ID<IzUKl-aJX9-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269135
In days of yore (Thu, 02 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth: 
> 
> On 5/1/2024 10:44 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
> > Paul Scott (12024-05-01):
> > > I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading
> > > (jigdo) now.
> > Waste of time. The drivers are either in the kernel image or in
> > individual packages, you can install them on top of what you have.
> > 
> > > I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,
> > Check the PCI ids of your Ethernet controller. Download the kernel image
> > you are considering, check if any of its modules matches these ids. n
> 
> I may need to do that.  Thank you,
> 
> In the mean time, an install seemed to be working but gave an failure
> error which said it would be in the log and visible on virtual terminal 4,
> I didn't know how to get to a virtual in the installer.  Various
> combinations with F4 didn't seem to work.
> 
> Google didn't seem to help. Can someone tell me how to get to a virtual
> terminal in the installer?

Control-Alt-F4 should get you to vc4. It might be enough with Alt-F4 if it
is text-mode installation, but if you are doing a GUI install (Wayland or
X running) you need the Control-Alt combo.

-- 
Kind regards,

/S

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#269239

FromCharles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>
Date2024-05-09 23:00 +0200
Message-ID<ICj1T-ceJj-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269171
On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700
Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com> wrote:

> The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way
> I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the
> image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How else can
> I save the log during install?

Installation logs are saved during installation to the target's
/var/log/installer/. You can save them to a USB stick after
installation is complete, or reboot and find them.

-- 
Does anybody read signatures any more?

https://charlescurley.com
https://charlescurley.com/blog/

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#269269

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2024-05-13 06:40 +0200
Message-ID<IDvDH-cZve-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269239
On Sun 12 May 2024 at 21:10:16 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote:
> On 5/9/2024 1:59 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote:
> > 
> > > The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way
> > > I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the
> > > image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How else can
> > > I save the log during install?
> > Installation logs are saved during installation to the target's
> > /var/log/installer/. You can save them to a USB stick after
> > installation is complete, or reboot and find them.
> 
> Is this possible if the base installation failed?  If so, how?

Depends on how it failed. The last three entries in the main menu
are:

  Save debug logs
  Execute a shell
  Abort the installation

You can use the first one and follow its instructions. You can use
the second, and type suitable mount/cp/umount commands to achieve
the same thing.

During the installation, if you get a shell, then

  # more /var/log/syslog

will allow you to pick over the logs, rather like less does, with
the disadvantage that you can't go backwards. If you overshoot the
lines of interest, you have to run the more command again.

Cheers,
David.

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#269186

FromDavid <bouncingcats@gmail.com>
Date2024-05-04 06:50 +0200
Message-ID<IAfvr-aXcm-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269135
On Fri, 3 May 2024 at 06:27, Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com> wrote:
> On 5/1/2024 10:44 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
> > Paul Scott (12024-05-01):

>>>I have many installs over many years (only a few per year)..

[...]

>>> I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,

[...]

> In the mean time, an install seemed to be working but gave an failure
> error which said it would be in the log and visible on virtual terminal
> 4, I didn't know how to get to a virtual in the installer.  Various
> combinations with F4 didn't seem to work.

> Google didn't seem to help.

Hi, there is an official Debian Installation Guide containing a lot
of useful information.

> Can someone tell me how to get to a virtual terminal in the installer?

Due to the amount of detail in the Installation Guide, it can be hard to find
specific answers, so it's advisable to read the whole thing.

Your specific question is covered in a couple of places:

https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch06s01.en.html
(section 6.1 paragraph 10)

https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch06s03.en.html#di-miscellaneous
(section 6.3.9.2)

Also, this is a bad time to try to install the 'Testing' distribution.
It is currently undergoing major transition and might well contain
many broken/incompatible packages. See:

https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/64bit-time
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel@lists.debian.org/msg380111.html
and ongoing messages in that thread and mailing list

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#269187

FromMax Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Date2024-05-04 08:30 +0200
Message-ID<IAh4d-aYhT-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269135
On 03/05/2024 13:27, Paul Scott wrote:
> In the mean time, an install seemed to be working but gave an failure 
> error which said it would be in the log and visible on virtual terminal 
> 4, I didn't know how to get to a virtual in the installer.  Various 
> combinations with F4 didn't seem to work.

It may happen that F4 is not F4 unless you press and hold Fn first. It 
is default on some laptops and may be changed in firmware setup.

Obviously vt with log is not available on the stage of grub boot menu.

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#269189

FromMax Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Date2024-05-04 10:10 +0200
Message-ID<IAiCZ-aZiz-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269187
On 04/05/2024 13:52, Paul Scott wrote:
> On 5/3/2024 11:25 PM, Max Nikulin wrote:
>>
>> It may happen that F4 is not F4 unless you press and hold Fn first. It 
>> is default on some laptops and may be changed in firmware setup.
> Inst all docs say Left Alt F4 but no combination of other keys with F4 
> worked.

On my laptop F4 worked as increase screen brightness 
(XF86MonBrightnessUp) out of the box. I have not tried it with Alt. That 
is why [Fn+Alt+F4] was necessary to get the action described for [Alt+F4].

Have you tried [Alt+F1] ([Fn+Alt+F1]), F2, and other F-digit keys 
instead of F4?

>> Obviously vt with log is not available on the stage of grub boot menu.
> 
> I don't understand that for this install case,

Due to lack of details, I am unsure at which installation stage you 
faced issues. That is why I decided to rule out the case that you stuck 
when grub boot menu appeared.

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#269136

FromSirius <sirius@trudheim.com>
Date2024-05-01 20:00 +0200
Message-ID<Izmpj-ajZx-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269134
In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth: 
> Hello,
> 
> I have many installs over many years (only a few per year)..
> 
> I tried a Testing net install pn my new Acer Aspire 315 and it didn't find
> an Ethernet driver.  (wireless?).
> 
> I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading
> (jigdo) now.
> 
> I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,

I have an Aspire A715-41G and the wireless is an Intel AX200. I am
currently using iwd and iwctl to manage it, but NetworkManager picked it
up off the bat and allowed it to be configured - even during installation.

You will want to use 'lspci' to figure out if the card is seen at all and
you should get a line like:

04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)

Once you know what make/model the wifi is, you can start looking for the
right driver if it is not auto-detected.

-- 
Kind regards,

/S

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#269145

FromSirius <sirius@trudheim.com>
Date2024-05-02 07:30 +0200
Message-ID<Izxb4-asiy-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269136
In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth: 
> 
> On 5/1/2024 10:57 AM, Sirius wrote:
> > I have an Aspire A715-41G and the wireless is an Intel AX200. I am
> > currently using iwd and iwctl to manage it, but NetworkManager picked it
> > up off the bat and allowed it to be configured - even during installation.
> > 
> > You will want to use 'lspci' to figure out if the card is seen at all and
> > you should get a line like:
> > 
> > 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)
> > 
> > Once you know what make/model the wifi is, you can start looking for the
> > right driver if it is not auto-detected.
> 
> How did you install Debian?

I have a USB stick with Ventoy on it, and a collection of ISOs that I can
pick through depending on what I am doing. The Debian ISO is the 12.5 DVD
version.

It was surprising to me just how much the installer detected and got
right, because it asked me about wifi network and key and then off it
went.

If your wifi is also the AX200 (maybe a different revision), it *should*
work. There is a lot to be said about Intel, but their drivers do get
pushed upstream and make it into the distribution kernels. iwd is also an
Intel thing and quite nice to use when digging into it.

-- 
Kind regards,

/S

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#269164

FromMax Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Date2024-05-03 05:10 +0200
Message-ID<IzRt7-aHQ1-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269145
On 02/05/2024 12:19, Sirius wrote:
> If your wifi is also the AX200 (maybe a different revision), it *should*
> work.

lspci -nn

may help with more precise identification.

It requires firmware-iwlwifi from non-free-firmware, so check that 
install image contains firmware.

I would avoid installing testing for several weeks. Maybe a huge change 
with 64 bit time_t has not settled yet.

My experience with

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 
[8086:2723] (rev 1a)

is far from being positive. Firmware crashes are not infrequent. Not all 
applications handle lost packets and disabling/enabling network adapter 
gracefully. It might depend on the WiFi router (and others around).

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#269190

FromMax Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Date2024-05-04 10:20 +0200
Message-ID<IAiMF-aZm4-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#269164
On 03/05/2024 12:16, Paul Scott wrote:
> I don't have linux on the machine for which I want the information.  I 
> now have the driver name from Windows/Settings.

Booting a live image may help to evaluate if hardware is supported and 
to get lspci output.

Even when windows is booted, it should be possible to find 
VendorID-ProductID pairs in device properties and search on 
https://linux-hardware.org/ and other sources.

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