How to install Sid with non-free firmware for wifi?

[Martin]

Hello,
I am currently using Sid version of Debian - in /etc/apt/sources.list i have:
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

non-free and non-free-firmware I have because of drivers I need for my machine
(most acute is wifi receiver, but i guess for sound and graphic too)

Now my hard drive is dieing and I bought a new HD. I want to install debian on
new HD to replace current one.

I tryed many approaches but what looks like more strightforward is using
installer from:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
This is net installer with all non-free firmware I guess. Ist size is 644M.

The problem is that my wifi receiver is not recognized by installer.

On my current computer it need some password to be supplied when
starting computer (it is done in /etc/network/interfaces
iface wlxe8de27a5ab1c inet dhcp
wpa-ssid Thomson
wpa-psk mypassword
)

When I use installer CD I do see that lights on this wifi adapter does
NOT blink at all (it stay off all the time).

How do I get installer to make to recognize my wifi adapter?

I have looked inside CD and it has all nonfree drivers I have installed
on my computer instalation:
firmware-linux-free
firmware-amd-graphics
firmware-atheros
firmware-misc-nonfree
firmware-realtek

My wifi adapter is TP-LINK TL-WN722N

Description of what happen when I start intaller CD:
I start installer in Expert mode (somewhere i read it is needed to install Sid)
All goes fine until installer try to detect network. It does not recognize my
wifi adapter. It does some testing with ethernet adapter (enp3s0) then test
for wifi searching DHCP and finds nothing (during this search I noticed that
it does not use my wifi adapter - it does not blink at all).
Then it offers me to enter values manualy but it uses those values with ethernet adapter.
And I am stuck here: how do I recognize my wifi adapter?

Martin

[Marco M.]

Am 01.11.2023 um 13:59:51 Uhr schrieb Martin:

> The problem is that my wifi receiver is not recognized by installer.

Do you have USB NICs?
Does your computer has an Ethernet NIC (wired)?

Then use them for installing the packages.

> My wifi adapter is TP-LINK TL-WN722N

Relevant is the USB-ID/PCI-ID.
Use lsusb/lspci -nnk to find it out.

[Martin]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:09:57PM +0100, Marco M. wrote:
> Am 01.11.2023 um 13:59:51 Uhr schrieb Martin:
>
> Do you have USB NICs?
> Does your computer has an Ethernet NIC (wired)?
>
> Then use them for installing the packages.

I have one computer with wifi connection to internet.
The problem is to let installer recognize this wifi adapter.

> > My wifi adapter is TP-LINK TL-WN722N
>
> Relevant is the USB-ID/PCI-ID.
> Use lsusb/lspci -nnk to find it out.

$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 04f3:0103 Elan Microelectronics Corp. ActiveJet K-2024 Multimedia Keyboard
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

>From above outut i figure out my adapter is:
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n

Martin

[David Wright]

I would have thought you'd have firmware-ath9k-htc installed to
run that device. You could download it from:
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware&searchon=names&suite=sid&section=all
by means of your old installation if necessary.

Package firmware-ath9k-htc
sid (unstable) (misc): firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters
1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.4: all

If that proves impossible for some reason, you could try copying the
firmware that's being used on the old installation onto a USB stick,
then copy it into the installer's filesystem (using an Alt-F2 shell)
at an appropriate time.

Cheers,
David.

[Martin]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 09:11:45AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 01 Nov 2023 at 14:42:17 (+0100), Martin wrote:
> > >From above outut i figure out my adapter is:
> > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n
>
> I would have thought you'd have firmware-ath9k-htc installed to
> run that device. You could download it from:
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware&searchon=names&suite=sid&section=all
> by means of your old installation if necessary.
>
> Package firmware-ath9k-htc
> sid (unstable) (misc): firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters
> 1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.4: all

This driver is also included inside of cdrom immage I use to start installation.
So I do not understand why it does not initiaze my wifi USB automaticaly?

(Also I forgot to include that I have this driver installed on my current machine
in the first email I included list of firmares - only this one was missed -
perhaps because it is in misc/main group in aptitude and not in kernel/non-free-firmware)

Martin