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  Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc. T t Hart <tijmen.thart@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 10:30 +0100
    Re: Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc. Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-14 13:00 +0100
      Re: Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc. Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-14 13:50 +0100
        Re: Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc. Albino B Neto <bino@bino.us> - 2015-12-14 16:50 +0100
          Re: Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc. Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-14 17:10 +0100
            Re: Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc. Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2015-12-14 17:50 +0100
              Re: Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 19:40 +0100

#161742 — Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc.

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Hi,

I hope I am in the right spot for Some serious help. As I am very new to
Linux in general.

I wanted to install Debian 8 via a netinst over wifi which, seems to be
supported by Ubuntu but not by Debian. Ok so be it with no wired connection
available in my house I will have to set up the rest over wifi. Now the
"fun" began. Remember I have no idea what I'm doing!

I should mention that I have no gui to work with, and as I'm a newbie it's
a little hard for me.

I have a wla-2000 usb adapter with some code that belongs to it that says:
0df6 005d

To began I tried ifconfig: which had just the lo thingy which I assumed was
just a local thingy.

Then I tried typing iwconfig OS informed me that that command did't exist.

Tried typing ifconfig wlan0 up
Error no such device wlan0
(There was no wlan1 either)

Ok so there must be something wrong with the driver.

Lsusb told me that I have the adapter that I have. (Mentioned above)

Next I have issued some commands to try and (of course) resolve the problem
using an existing driver in the system.

Modprobe -rv r8712u
Following by
Echo [shit I forgot this part] > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id

Which got me a permission denied message even though I was running under
root.
Then I tried this under a normal user which got me the same message.

I'm planning to issue the apt-get install gnome command
Then using startx en then I should be able to be good except I still need
to add the gui as the default way to boot.

E-mail me if you need more info I'll reply as soon is I can!

Hope to hear soon,

Tijmen

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On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 10:05 +0100, T t Hart wrote:
> I wanted to install Debian 8 via a netinst over wifi which, seems to
> be
> supported by Ubuntu but not by Debian. 
[...]
> I have a wla-2000 usb adapter with some code that belongs to it that
> says:
> 0df6 005d
> 
> To began I tried ifconfig: which had just the lo thingy which I
> assumed was
> just a local thingy.
> 
> Then I tried typing iwconfig OS informed me that that command did't
> exist.
> 
> Tried typing ifconfig wlan0 up
> Error no such device wlan0
> (There was no wlan1 either)
> 
> Ok so there must be something wrong with the driver.


Hi,

This card should be supported with the r8712u driver. But, you need the
firmware-realtek package from the non-free section. This is not
included with the official installation images.

You could download and provide the firmware during installation, or
instead use an unofficial image with firmware: 

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firm
ware/

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5

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On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 13:03 +0100, T t Hart wrote:
> Also if this is possible could help me with the commands I should
> issue as
> I have no GUI

These should help you out:
https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s04.html.en

Also, please reply back to the mailing list, you will get more, faster
and better help there!

> Hang on I have a cd-rom lying around with the official drivers for
> the
> device.
> 
> Do you a have any if there is a possibility i could use that?

Not if that is a Windows driver. Debian only needs the firmware file.

Probably just easier to use the images from http://cdimage.debian.org/c
dimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware


-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5

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2015-12-14 10:42 GMT-02:00 Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>:
> These should help you out:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s04.html.en

Or:

First you will add repo contrib and non-free:

$EDITOR /etc/apt/source.list

<...> main contrib non-free

You install command in bash:

# apt-cache search ^firmware

install your driver.

-- 
               Albino
        @b1n0anb

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On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 13:27 -0200, Albino B Neto wrote:
> Or:
> 
> First you will add repo contrib and non-free:
> 
> $EDITOR /etc/apt/source.list
> 
> <...> main contrib non-free
> 
> You install command in bash:
> 
> # apt-cache search ^firmware
> 
> install your driver.

Catch 22, he needs a working network to get the driver, he needs
working driver to get a network connection.

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5

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On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 05:05:32PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 13:27 -0200, Albino B Neto wrote:
> > Or:
> > 
> > First you will add repo contrib and non-free:
> > 
> > $EDITOR /etc/apt/source.list
> > 
> > <...> main contrib non-free
> > 
> > You install command in bash:
> > 
> > # apt-cache search ^firmware
> > 
> > install your driver.
> 
> Catch 22, he needs a working network to get the driver, he needs
> working driver to get a network connection.

Downloading it on another machine, copying it to a USB stick,
mounting the USB stick and installing the firmware by hand will
work.

-dsr-

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#161771

On Monday 14 December 2015 16:41:33 Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 05:05:32PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 13:27 -0200, Albino B Neto wrote:
> > > Or:
> > >
> > > First you will add repo contrib and non-free:
> > >
> > > $EDITOR /etc/apt/source.list
> > >
> > > <...> main contrib non-free
> > >
> > > You install command in bash:
> > >
> > > # apt-cache search ^firmware
> > >
> > > install your driver.
> >
> > Catch 22, he needs a working network to get the driver, he needs
> > working driver to get a network connection.
>
> Downloading it on another machine, copying it to a USB stick,
> mounting the USB stick and installing the firmware by hand will
> work.
>
> -dsr-

So, more easily, will Sven's advice of using:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware

Or then one can temporarily install an old network card that has free drivers.

Lisi

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