So the first step is getting the firmware for the WLAN card. I've seen
a couple of suggestions for this. Either
$ apt-get install firmware-realtek
or
$ apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
Actually, neither of those work because the packages aren't in the
debian-6.0.5-amd64-DVD-1.iso (and hence not on the DVD I burned).
Obviously I can't use the network at this point, so I'm stuck with
getting it off a CD or DVD. I'm guessing one or both packages are in
one of the other isos? How can I find out which one(s)? Is there a
way of installing the package without downloading a whole new .iso?
The next step will be getting the networking side up and running. How
will I have to go about configuring things once I'veinstalled the .fw?
I do have an old copy of the O'Reilly "Running Linux"(from 1996...).
Is everything there still valid? That is, edit rc.inet1 and rc.inet2,
and /etc/hosts, /etc/networks, /etc/host.conf and /etc/resolv.conf?
TIA,
Gary
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> On Sun 29 Jul 2012 at 10:25:56 +0100, Gary wrote:
>
> > While I was installing I got an error message about some missing
> > firmware. Sadly, this happens to be the firmware for my WLAN card. I
> > had to skip the setup of the network because of this.
> >
> > So the first step is getting the firmware for the WLAN card. I've seen
> > a couple of suggestions for this. Either
> > $ apt-get install firmware-realtek
> > or
> > $ apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
>
> Download either package. Put it on a USB stick. Transfer to the Debian
> OS. Install with
>
> dpkg -i <complete_package_name>
Okay. Done. Thanks. What do I have to do after this? It seemed to go okay, but there's no signof life from the WLAN adaptor :(
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> On Sun 29 Jul 2012 at 15:09:01 +0100, Gary wrote:
>
> > Brian wrote:
> >
> > > Install with
> > >
> > > dpkg -i <complete_package_name>
> >
> > Okay. Done. Thanks. What do I have to do after this? It seemed to go
> > okay, but there's no signof life from the WLAN adaptor :(
Just to be clear. There is a light on the keyboard which indicates whether the adaptor is on or not. It does not show it as being okay.
> In /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wpa-ssid yourESSID
> wpa-psk "yourPSK"
>
> Then
>
> ifup -v wlan0 (You may have to do ifdown -v wlan0 first)
Doesn't work :(
root@jadetree:/home/gary# ifup -v wlan0
Configuring interface wlan0=wlan0 (inet)
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant
wpa_supplicant: using default driver type: wpa-driver wext
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D wext -C /var/run/wpa_supplicant
Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...
ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
Could not get interface 'wlan0' flags
ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: No such device
Could not configure driver to use managed mode
ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: No such device
(etc.)
ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1
dhclient -v -pf /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.wlan0.leases wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1
Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up wlan0.
> Check for association and getting an address with the iwconfig and
> ifconfig commands.
I'm probably happier with plain text config files, TBH :)
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> On Sun 29 Jul 2012 at 17:30:29 +0100, Gary wrote:
>
> > Doesn't work :(
> >
>
> [Very useful output log snipped]
>
> > Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...
> > ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
>
> Now, why isn't the device seen?
>
> Check that rtl8105e-1.fw is in /lib/firmware/
root@jadetree:/home/gary# find /lib/firmware/ -name rtl8105e-1.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw
> and please post the line
> in the output of 'lspci' which describes your wireless card.
root@jadetree:/home/gary# lspci
[...]
07:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 5390
> Have you
> got a /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file? Is wlan*
mentioned? Delete the file anyway; it will be regenerated. Reboot.
root@jadetree:/home/gary# find /etc/udev/rules.d -name 70-persistent-net.rules
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
root@jadetree:/home/gary# rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
It reappeared after reboot, but there's still no sign of activity :(
(No, the ssid isn't hidden.)
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Brian wrote:
> > Have you
> > got a /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file? Is wlan* mentioned? Delete the file anyway; it will be regenerated. Reboot.
>
> root@jadetree:/home/gary# find /etc/udev/rules.d -name 70-persistent-net.rules
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> root@jadetree:/home/gary# rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
>
> It reappeared after reboot, but there's still no sign of activity :(
No, only the wired ethernet adaptor is mentioned.
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> On 2012-07-29 11:25 +0200, Gary wrote:
>
> > While I was installing I got an error message about some missing
> > firmware. Sadly, this happens to be the firmware for my WLAN card. I
> > had to skip the setup of the network because of this.
> >
> > So the first step is getting the firmware for the WLAN card.
>
> I'm not sure this is really the problem; rtl8105e-1.fw is requested by
> the r8169 ethernet driver and not by any wireless driver. So it could
> simply be the case that your WLAN card is not supported by the Squeeze
> kernel. What does "lspci -vk" print?
*blink* That's *really* embarrassing! I could have sworn... :(
Results of lspci (abbreviated) are:
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5209 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at 90300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-01-00-4c-e0-00
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3577
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at 90104000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at 90100000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
Kernel driver in use: r8169
07:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 5390
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1636
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at 90200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/32 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-00-a2-3e-45-19-d8-60
The last one is my wireless adaptor. An Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adaptor.
So maybe my wired adaptor will work? I can try that in a bit.
Still confused why the wireless doesn't work.
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> On 2012-07-29 21:38 +0200, Gary wrote:
>
> > The last one is my wireless adaptor. An Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adaptor.
> >
> > So maybe my wired adaptor will work?
>
> Probably.
It does :)
> > Still confused why the wireless doesn't work.
>
> It's not supported by the 2.6.32 kernel. Installing a 3.2 kernel and
> firmware-ralink from squeeze-backports should make it work.
Okay. That's my plan for tomorrow evening, then. I tried simply installing the ralink package and it didn't work, but apparently that's to be expected.
Thanks everyone, especially Brian who presumably helped get my wired connection working, even if we didn't realise it at the time.
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On 2012-07-29 21:38 +0200, Gary wrote:
> > Still confused why the wireless doesn't work.
>
> It's not supported by the 2.6.32 kernel. Installing a 3.2 kernel and
> firmware-ralink from squeeze-backports should make it work.
I'm guessing this is a "get source and compile" jobby. Is there a HOWTO/tutorial anywhere specific to this kernel version? I did this years ago (so long ago that I once recompiled a kernel for what must be "bo", going by the version numbers...), but things have surely changed since then.
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On 2012-07-30 18:27 +0200, Gary wrote:
> > I'm guessing this is a "get source and compile" jobby.
>
> No, squeeze-backports has binary packages (linux-image-3.2*) that you
> can just install.
Ooh! That's nice! Thanks!
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That didn't go well :(
I installed the packages, and then the one that that process complained was missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek package). Restarted. After selecting one of the 3.2 kernel options, the computer effectively froze, with lines all over the screen. So badly I had to pull the plug :(
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> On 30 July 2012 19:43, Gary <listg...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > I installed the packages, and then the one that that process complained was missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek package). Restarted. After selecting one of the 3.2 kernel options, the computer effectively froze, with lines all over the screen. So badly I had to pull the plug :(
> >
>
> Did you try your old kernel with the new firmware installed?
> (That is what I do.)
Well that still works in that I have a running system, but the wifi doesn't work. The firmware is not for the wifi card as I previously thought, it's for the ethernet card.
Oh, when starting using the 3.2 kernel and the realtek firmware, the light on the wifi button on the keyboard was flashing like crazy. At least there are signs of life from that when I use 3.2. Shame the rest of the computer won't play along!
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> On Mon 30 Jul 2012 at 19:43:25 +0100, Gary wrote:
>
> > Sven Joachim wrote:
> > > No, squeeze-backports has binary packages (linux-image-3.2*) that you
> > > can just install.
> >
> >
> > That didn't go well :(
>
> It might not be a bad idea to detail what didn't go well. How you went
> about getting the kernel and firmware-ralink packages, commands used,
> which kernel etc.
>
> > I installed the packages, and then the one that that process
> > complained was missing/out of date (our old friend the realtek
> > package). Restarted. After selecting one of the 3.2 kernel options,
> > the computer effectively froze, with lines all over the screen. So
> > badly I had to pull the plug :(
>
> Any progress here?
As mentioned, I installed the binary packages. Essentially I added
http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports to the software
sources, setting Dist to squeeze-backports and Components to main &
non-free. Then I performed
apt-get -t squeeze-backports install linux-image-3.2
and
apt-get -t squeeze-backports install firmware-realtek
They seemed to go okay but the system doesn't start with the new
kernels - on startup it gets part way through before covering the
screen with horizontal lines and seems to hang.
The kernel is 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64.
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