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Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install

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On Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 12:09 PM David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
wrote:

> On Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 22:25:42 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:52:31 -0500 David Wright wrote:
> >
> > > ... [W]e haven't yet been shown any direct evidence of
> > > which module drives the 8723, nor of what firmware it uses.
> > > (These can easily be determined from dmesg when the installed
> > > system is running.)
> >
> > Also, more detail from /var/log/syslog while d-i is running, and
> > from /var/log/installer/ after installation is complete.
>
> Yes, that was my very next sentence, which you snipped: "This should
> allow a more focussed report from the installation logs (of which
> we've seen nothing IIRC)."
>
> But it appears that I might need to point out that it's very easy and
> quick to re-collect a failing installation log at any time if the
> "original" ones were lost/overwritten or whatever:
>
>  1. Boot with the appropriate installation medium.
>
>  2. Proceed with expert installation in the original manner,
>     as far as the "Detect Network Hardware", which of course fails.
>
>  3. After the failure, and back at the Main Menu, select
>     "Save debug logs".
>
>  4. Insert a USB stick, switch to VC2, mount the stick and create
>     a directory on it.
>
>  5. Back at VC1, complete the directory name at the prompt and
>     save the logs. (ls on VC2 if you want to check them.)
>
>  6. Select "Abort the installation". All that should have taken
>     about five or ten minutes so far.
>
>  7. Read/edit/post excerpts from the logs at leisure. (That's when
>     it helps to know what strings you're looking for.)
>

Since the actual logs from the Install are small, I proceeded, up to # 6.
And then, tarred the resulting directory, and sent it to the Bug Report.

That's what's lacking from the bug report.
>

Hopefully, this will help.

>
> The OP wrote "The Problem is Recreated. It's hard to figure out how
> to describe something so early in the Install Process."
>
> That's how you do it.
>

I overlooked the presence of the Debug Logs.

>
> Cheers,
> David.
>

Kenneth Parker

>

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WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-21 23:30 +0100
  Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-22 00:10 +0100
    Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 01:20 +0100
      Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 12:10 +0100
        Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 20:00 +0100
          Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-22 21:00 +0100
            Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 21:50 +0100
              Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-22 22:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-22 23:40 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-23 00:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-23 02:00 +0100
              Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-23 00:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-23 00:10 +0100
            Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 23:20 +0100
              Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-23 00:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-23 01:30 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-03-23 02:20 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-23 02:30 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-23 11:10 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-23 12:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-24 23:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-03-25 05:00 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-25 05:30 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-03-25 17:10 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-25 20:20 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-25 22:40 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-26 00:10 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-26 01:30 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-25 20:10 +0100
                Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-25 20:30 +0100
          Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-22 21:50 +0100
            Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 22:00 +0100
  Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-03-22 01:50 +0100
  Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 02:30 +0100
    Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-03-22 02:50 +0100
      Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-03-22 15:50 +0100
        Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-03-22 17:10 +0100
  Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-03-22 02:50 +0100

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