Re: help trouble shooting
On 08/13/2015 03:01 PM, John Olson wrote: Here's the information on the cpu couldn't find # for wireless device [snipped quote of prior messages] John -- We can't help without more info. There are experts on this list who could help with more info from you. (I am just a debian user like you.) Your Computer = Desktop environment = [xfce, gnome3, or ???] Have you looked at your network manager settings? Or are you using wicd? In xfce, menu-Settings-Network Connections-WiFi. What you want should be there. Paste the output of these commands from a terminal window: dmesg |grep -i wireless nmcli g nmcli r nmcli c nmcli d In any case, please let us know how you make out. Good luck! Ralph signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: help trouble shooting
On Thursday 13 August 2015 19:11:29 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: Note that if you change the subject line, you start a new thread. And every request should be made to the list, so that others can benefit. No!! That is the habit of Google. It is a new conversation, not a new thread. It is teh sdame thread. The only way to start a new thread is to start fresh. You complained about HTML. I agree with objections to HTML, but it was surely in multipart? Not ideal, but not as inconvenient as the constant thread breaking and hijacking that seems to go on now. Lisi
Re: help trouble shooting
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:17:43 -0500 John Olson is1eep...@gmail.com wrote: Good afternoon, My name is John and I have ran into an issues when installing DEBIAN 8.1.0 (Jessie). I have tried downloading and installing the firmware pkgs that it shows were not installed during initial install. I am new to Debian and I am trying to correct these following issues. says I need to install firmware for: *rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin* and also *rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw* When I do install these pkgs via (synaptic manager) they install fine but do not show any available wireless.. only allows Ethernet connection. I have followed the WIKI Debian install information to the T and have found no solution. If any information that could help with this situation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration in reviewing my issue. As the regulars know, my standard approach to 'difficult' hardware is to run a recent Knoppix live cd/usb: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html While this can be installed to a hard drive, it is not maintainable, so there's no real point in doing so. It is a speciality Debian-based distribution, and its speciality is detecting and driving hardware. There's a very good chance that it will deal with your hardware, and if it doesn't, I'm sure Herr Knopper would like to know about it, so that the next version will. If it does work, then there's a bit of drudgework in comparing modules and other wireless-related software, and studying the boot logs. It has got things running for me five or six times, and I haven't yet found any hardware it can't manage. It's based on Debian Unstable, which is the alpha-level test distribution, but almost certainly, anything you find you need which isn't in Jessie can be shoehorned in. In the meantime, it's worth telling us what your hardware is, as someone may already know the answer. -- Joe
help trouble shooting
Good afternoon, My name is John and I have ran into an issues when installing DEBIAN 8.1.0 (Jessie). I have tried downloading and installing the firmware pkgs that it shows were not installed during initial install. I am new to Debian and I am trying to correct these following issues. says I need to install firmware for: *rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin* and also *rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw* When I do install these pkgs via (synaptic manager) they install fine but do not show any available wireless.. only allows Ethernet connection. I have followed the WIKI Debian install information to the T and have found no solution. If any information that could help with this situation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration in reviewing my issue.
Re: help trouble shooting
Note that if you change the subject line, you start a new thread. And every request should be made to the list, so that others can benefit. As I said: On my Jessie installation, there is a Network Manager Applet which has been adequate for my needs. The network manager was installed by default, and you should see the icon on your desktop. Here are a few man pages which are listed in response to apropos network: NetworkManager (8) - network management daemon NetworkManager.conf (5) - NetworkManager configuration file networks (5) - network name information nm-applet (1)- network monitor and control GUI applet nm-connection-editor (1) - network connection editor for NetworkManager nm-online (1)- ask NetworkManager whether the network is connected nm-settings (5) - Description of settings and properties of NetworkManager connection profiles If the manual pages do not provide the answer, a google search on debian jessie wifi turns up several articles. I generally use ethernet and have litte experience regarding troubleshooting wifi. RLH
Re: help trouble shooting
On Thu, August 13, 2015 12:17 pm, John Olson wrote: Good afternoon, My name is John and I have ran into an issues when installing DEBIAN 8.1.0 (Jessie). The first thing you need to do is configure your mail package to send plain text only; HTML is irritating; it has no place on a technical list. On my Jessie installation, there is a Network Manager Applet which has been adequate for my needs. RLH
Re: help trouble shooting
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:17:43PM -0500, John Olson wrote: Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:17:43 -0500 From: John Olson is1eep...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: help trouble shooting says I need to install firmware for: *rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin* and also *rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw* you installed firmware-realtek ? When I do install these pkgs via (synaptic manager) they install fine but do not show any available wireless.. only allows Ethernet connection. I you need to edit the file /etc/network/inerfaces for exemple like this: auto eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-conf managed wpa-ap-scan 1 wpa-sccan-ssid 1 wpa-ssid FOO wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-psk keyofFOO and once this is done as root : ifdown wlan0 ifup wlan0 or systemctl restart networking hth. -- Gerard ___ *** * Created with mutt 1.5.23 * * under Debian Linux JESSIE version 8.1 * * Registered Linux User #388243 * * https://Linuxcounter.net * ***
Re: help trouble shooting
On Thu, August 13, 2015 5:39 pm, Bob Holtzman wrote: On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 01:11:29PM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: ... No. If you change the subject line you do *not* start a new thread. You hijack the existing one. Posting a new message is the only way to start a new thread. Thanks. Forgive me; it has been several years since I enjoyed access to a client (Mutt) which understands threads. RLH
Re: help trouble shooting
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 01:11:29PM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: Note that if you change the subject line, you start a new thread. And every request should be made to the list, so that others can benefit. No. If you change the subject line you do *not* start a new thread. You hijack the existing one. Posting a new message is the only way to start a new thread. -- Bob Holtzman A fair fight is the result of poor planning.
Re: help trouble shooting
On 08/13/2015 02:25 PM, Joe wrote: On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:17:43 -0500 John Olson is1eep...@gmail.com wrote: Good afternoon, My name is John and I have ran into an issues when installing DEBIAN 8.1.0 (Jessie). I have tried downloading and installing the firmware pkgs that it shows were not installed during initial install. I am new to Debian and I am trying to correct these following issues. says I need to install firmware for: *rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin* and also *rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw* When I do install these pkgs via (synaptic manager) they install fine but do not show any available wireless.. only allows Ethernet connection. I have followed the WIKI Debian install information to the T and have found no solution. If any information that could help with this situation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration in reviewing my issue. /snip/ In the meantime, it's worth telling us what your hardware is, as someone may already know the answer. Yes, that could be important. For instance, on this Dell laptop, there is a button that must be pushed to enable wi-fi. If you don't push it, no tickee, no shirtee! (It says wifi on it in microscopic letters.) --doug
Re: help trouble shooting
On Thu, August 13, 2015 1:55 pm, doug wrote: Yes, that could be important. For instance, on this Dell laptop, there is a button that must be pushed to enable wi-fi. If you don't push it, no tickee, no shirtee! (It says wifi on it in microscopic letters.) On Lenovo laptops, the button is a slide switch under the front of the keyboard. That button is a good thing (TM): it conserves battery power as well preventing needlessly subjection of your lap to radiation. Some people actually use a laptop for productive work; and unless you are browsing, email, and videoconferencing, why maintain a wifi connection? Inasmuch as wifi radiation is essentially the same as cellular phone radiation, and some research indicates that a few years of phone-held-up-to-the-ear cellular usage can cause a brain tumor. RLH
Re: help trouble shooting
Here's the information on the cpu couldn't find # for wireless device On Aug 13, 2015 1:55 PM, doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 08/13/2015 02:25 PM, Joe wrote: On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:17:43 -0500 John Olson is1eep...@gmail.com wrote: Good afternoon, My name is John and I have ran into an issues when installing DEBIAN 8.1.0 (Jessie). I have tried downloading and installing the firmware pkgs that it shows were not installed during initial install. I am new to Debian and I am trying to correct these following issues. says I need to install firmware for: *rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin* and also *rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw* When I do install these pkgs via (synaptic manager) they install fine but do not show any available wireless.. only allows Ethernet connection. I have followed the WIKI Debian install information to the T and have found no solution. If any information that could help with this situation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration in reviewing my issue. /snip/ In the meantime, it's worth telling us what your hardware is, as someone may already know the answer. Yes, that could be important. For instance, on this Dell laptop, there is a button that must be pushed to enable wi-fi. If you don't push it, no tickee, no shirtee! (It says wifi on it in microscopic letters.) --doug
