Bug#980205: #980205 installation missing "non free" drivers.

2021-03-04 Thread Dave Dyer
I no longer have the (damaged and useless) installation attempt that led to this report. I recall that when I succeeded in supplying brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin, the next installation attempt presented the same type of error message, asking for brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt I found a file with that name

Bug#980205: #980205 installation missing "non free" drivers.

2021-01-20 Thread Dave Dyer
r brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin > >Dave Dyer wrote: >> At 05:40 AM 1/18/2021, Holger Wansing wrote: >> >> 3) in my particular case, the driver is brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin, which >> >> *also* requires a text file, brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt. I know this >>

Bug#980205: #980205 installation missing "non free" drivers.

2021-01-18 Thread Dave Dyer
At 05:40 AM 1/18/2021, Holger Wansing wrote: >Dave Dyer wrote (16 Jan 2021 04:09:02 UTC): >> Installing on an old x86 cpu which requires "non free" drivers, the >> installer correctly quotes the needed driver's name. Bravo. but... >> >> 1) it s

Bug#980209: misclassified?

2021-01-16 Thread Dave Dyer
I'm not sure how you internally characterize these things, but I think this goes with the "calamares" installer, not the debian installer.

Bug#980210: netinstaller installation fails at the "designate mirror" phase

2021-01-15 Thread Dave Dyer
package: installer debian-10.7.0-i386-netinst.iso This installation was attempted on an old x86 laptop, for which the native wifi is non-functional without "non free" drivers. I worked around the wifi problem by using a usb wifi dongle, which configures and works correctly for the first part of

Bug#980209: installation fails at the "install boot loader" phase

2021-01-15 Thread Dave Dyer
package: installer installing debian-live-10.7.0-i386-kde+nonfree.iso using the live option and installing from the booted memory stick. On an old x86 notebook, installation fails with an informative message, "bootloader-config failed, package grub-efi-amd64 is not available." this looks like

Bug#980205: installation missing "non free" drivers.

2021-01-15 Thread Dave Dyer
package: installer Installing on an old x86 cpu which requires "non free" drivers, the installer correctly quotes the needed driver's name. Bravo. but... 1) it suggests adding removable media, which is basically impossible in the context of the installer running from a memory stick 2) it

Bug#980196: getting information about a failed installation

2021-01-15 Thread Dave Dyer
package: installer This applies to the current installer image debian-live-10.7.0-i386-cinnamon+nonfree.iso running the current installer I got to "installation failed" and went back to the main installer menu. There were three options listed under "save debug logs" 1) floppy 2) web 3)