I downloaded the xorg live cd and ran Ceni but don't see any hardware interfaces at all so it appears I can't connect to a network. I'm on a Dell XPS 13 which I believe uses the iwlwifi module. It doesn't look like it's included unfortuantely.. or at least I can't modprobe it. Is there a workaround or something I'm missing?
siduction follows Debian, when it comes to DFSG. So we only ship free software. You will have to download your needed driver on a usb-stick and install it in the live-cd. The other option is to connect a wire for installation.
greetz
devil
Sorry to ask such a newbie question, but once I've found the driver (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi#Download), is there a folder on the live usb disk I can copy it to? Or do I have to use a separate usb disk?
You don't need a special driver, you need firmware-iwlwifi from non-free.
and you need to install that with dpkg -i firmware....
You can find the package here (https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/firmware-iwlwifi/download) for download
greetz
devil
I finally got another usb drive to load the firmware on. Booted from the live usb and installed the firmware using dpkg -i (as root). Ran Ceni afterwards and still am not seeing any hardware interfaces available. Do I need to run a command after installing the firmware? Else manually create a new interface?
Zitat von: viniosity in 2014/05/08, 05:26:23
... Do I need to run a command ...
Yes, the command would have been
apt-get update && apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi after adding 'contrib non-free' to your debian sources list, as towo pointed out above.
if i remember correctly, there is network-manager active on live cd.
i suppose, after installing the required firmware, you might need to restart network-manager? can anyone confirm this?
After installing the firmware it is nessesary to reload the kernelmodule!
so do a
rmmod iwlwifi && modprobe iwlwifi
Zitat von: towo in 2014/05/08, 10:25:35
After installing the firmware it is nessesary to reload the kernelmodule!
so do a
rmmod iwlwifi && modprobe iwlwifi
Worked perfectly, thank you!