You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi
will tell you if the package is installed. It probably wont be on the install disk as it is the nonfree repository. You may have to adjust /etc/apt/sources.list depending on how you answered the questions when you installed. And lastly I apologize to everyone on the list on behalf of my phone. Now I have gotten on the computer and find that google has changed their entire interface for replies and am not sure how this is going to turn out either. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Mark Filipak <markfilipak.li...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 2013/3/3 4:20 PM, Joe wrote: > >> On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:53:37 -0500 >> Mark Filipak <markfilipak.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > -snip- > >> BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in >>> Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files. >>> Nothing happened. >>> >>> There are packages which will install .deb files in this way, having >> set up the right file association, but they are not installed by default >> in LXDE. Anyway, the missing link here is that you use dpkg: >> >> dpkg -i <full-name-of-.deb-file> >> > > May I make a few comments here? > First, Thanks Joe! > Second, I just returned from Debian-land. I discovered Aptitude *was* > installed. The reason I didn't think it was installed was because it wasn't > listed in LXDE's "System Tools" menu. But when I opened a terminal session > and typed in "aptitude", there it was. > Third, the rest of your very good information is getting snipped, but I > promise that I will use it. > > For now, I need help interpreting what I found in Debian-land. > > ===== > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su > Password: > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > aptitude update > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release.gpg > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en_US > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > aptitude install wicd > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd" > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd" > No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.**deb > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched > "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_**all.deb" > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched > "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_**all.deb" > No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > ===== > > What I did: > The packages resided in a FAT-32 partition that I prepared in Windows. > I opened the FAT-32 (./media/usb8) in a file browser. > I browsed to the folder that contained the packages (./Setup/Debian 6.0.6 > 64-bit/Packages). > From the file browser's menu, I opened a terminal window in the current > folder. > My session dialog is above. > I copied the session dialog to a text file and saved it in the FAT-32 > partition. > I booted Windows and copied the session dialog into this message. > > Questions/comments (in no particular order): > Comment: I submitted 'aptitude update' because it was part of the example > I followed. > Comment: I submitted 'aptitude install wicd' because it was part of the > example I followed. Obviously, 'wicd' is not sufficient. > Question: Why didn't 'aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.**deb' > work? > Question (your response is optional): Why is there a redundant failure > line for each failure? > Question (your response is optional): Why, following the redundant failure > line, are 3 additional lines written? This is the sort of behavior that > confuses people and makes them think that Linux is unfriendly. > > Oh, one last thing: 'wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_**all.deb' is correct and > is in the correct folder. Why 'aptitude' couldn't find it is a mystery to > me. > > Thanks & Ciao - Mark. > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**5133d156.5010...@gmail.com<http://lists.debian.org/5133d156.5010...@gmail.com> > > -- B G
