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Author Topic:  fixed: installer fails to install the firmware-iwlwifi  (Read 13906 times)

Offline vilde

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The installer in Razor-qt, xfce and Lxde asked me to install the firmware for my wlan device. It succeed to get the non-free repos there but does not install the firmware when I press the button to install the modules. Sorry but it's not working better this time. ( http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?msg=14795#14795 )
« Last Edit: 2013/11/10, 01:17:11 by ayla »

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installer fails to install the firmware-iwlwifi
« Reply #1 on: 2012/11/23, 09:21:31 »
We need the exact vendor- and product-id of your wifi-chip.
lspci -nn will tell you about it, its the stuff in the [x.x.x.]

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fixed: installer fails to install the firmware-iwlwifi
« Reply #2 on: 2012/11/23, 10:35:56 »
Running this session from live-usb, xfce 64 bit, I did reproduce the install and here is the output from the installer log
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2012.11.23-09:25:27 Installing firmware...
apt-get update
Get:15 http://http.debian.net unstable/contrib Translation-en [36.9 kB]
Get:16 http://http.debian.net unstable/main Translation-en [4,090 kB]
Get:17 http://http.debian.net unstable/non-free Translation-en [71.7 kB]
Fetched 10.9 MB in 19s (556 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
fw-detect -i iwlwifi
iwlwifi


and here is a part from the output of lspci -nn
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Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 [8086:4236]

Offline michaa7

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fixed: installer fails to install the firmware-iwlwifi
« Reply #3 on: 2012/11/23, 12:12:12 »
http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=2400

but maybe related to:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1240911/
(...
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 [8086:4236] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
        !!! Unknown header type 7f
...
The WiFi issues I had also indicates that these changes should be tested
on as many different systems as possible. )
« Last Edit: 2013/11/10, 01:16:33 by ayla »
Ok, you can't code, but you still might be able to write a bug report for Debian's sake

Offline vilde

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fixed: installer fails to install the firmware-iwlwifi
« Reply #4 on: 2012/11/23, 12:17:54 »
Quote from: michaa7
http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=2400

but maybe related to:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1240911/
(...
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 [8086:4236] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
        !!! Unknown header type 7f
...
The WiFi issues I had also indicates that these changes should be tested
on as many different systems as possible. )
I have no problem installing the firmware manually and after that wifi is working as it should do.
« Last Edit: 2013/11/10, 01:15:53 by ayla »

Offline michaa7

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fixed: installer fails to install the firmware-iwlwifi
« Reply #5 on: 2012/11/23, 12:35:11 »
Quote from: "vilde"
...I have no problem installing the firmware manually and after that wifi is working as it should do.


Sorry, I misunderstood.
Ok, you can't code, but you still might be able to write a bug report for Debian's sake