On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:13:21 -0700 (PDT), ray <r...@aarden.us> wrote:
> On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 7:20:04 AM UTC-5, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Mon, 2015-10-12 at 04:48 -0700, ray wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It might be easier to simply use installation media with the firmware > > included: > > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ > > > Sven, > > Thank you. I downloaded the file, built the iso and ran it. I get the same > results as above. 'built the iso'- what do you mean by this? I presume you meant 'wrote the iso'? > I am wondering if I may be operating the GUI incorrectly. The laptop has a > very high resolution. I have to magnify the scrren to read it. I do not see > the typical two bottons in the bottom right corner. I may not be operating > this correctly - or there are no buttons there at this stage. I'm not sure what you're referring to as 'the GUI'- if you're using the netinstall CD with non-free firmware as recommended by Sven, you should have a text-based ncurses-based interface, as opposed to the graphical installer. Your second suggestion I think is probably what actually happened. During the 'hardware detection' phase of the installation process (where as you noted, there are indeed no buttons), it can sometimes hang for a bit, usually for a few seconds. It can take up to a few minutes on some machines, though. Be patient.