On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 15:36 +0100, jswmb01x wrote: > Yes, indeed ! > > It's about wheezy-xfce (testing - build cd binay-1 20121217-05:10). > > During installation I got a ~"missing rt28xx" message and was asked to > provide a "floppy" with the firmware. Answered "no" and proceeded with > installation. As such the installation is OK, but it looks there are missing > pieces or some access rights / configuration problems (see also #697331, > #697327). > > Having found a fix (not the best solution) for #697331, #697327 I wanted to > configure the WiFi device. I added > deb http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free > in /etc/apt/sources.list > and installed firmware-ralink (v 0.36) > > Then I started the xfce "network manager" (parameters -> network > connections), filled in required information and wanted to check the status > with iwconfig. > > Could only find this : > > root? > root? find / -xdev -iname *iwconfig* > /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/iwconfig > root?
iwconfig (wireless-tools package) is obsolescent, but certainly iw and crda should get installed. I previously reported that against task-laptop (#653717) but since desktops commonly also have wireless networking I think that task-desktop should include them as well. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.
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