And now I have the issue pinned down.
If I do a network install, and I use the ethernet port as the interface
of choice, the install goes fine. I can finish up the process overall
by adding the firmware-realtek package, which provides me with some
connectivity (actually, sufficient connectivity, even though there
should be a new wifi driver coming out to accompany the new kernel).
However, when I try the firmware_9.1.0_amd64_netinst.iso image, the wifi
card is not autodetected on install. It should be, because
firmware-realtek comes from nonfree, is supposed to be present to
support unusual hardware, and the install should just work. It doesn't.
If my understanding of Debian's organization of these three install
media (netinst without nonfree firmware, netinst WITH nonfree firmware,
and debian-live - offline installation with nonfree firmware) as I've
been using them is correct, then the problem exists in the difference
between the versions. Since firmware-9.1.0-amd64-netinstal doesn't work
as expected, neither will debian-live. Netinstall should do a basic
install without potentially extra hardware drivers, the firmware
derivative of netinstall should add the package firmware-realtek, and
debian-live should also include the firmware-realtek package while
enabling offline installation.
I can make where these currently sit work, but it ain't user friendly,
and I'm dependent upon firmware-realtek being present, which will change.
Charlie
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On 07/06/2017 04:36 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
On Mon, 2017-07-03 at 12:11 -0700, Charles Chambers wrote:
[...]
The target system has a Realtek USB wireless adapter supported by the
r8712u driver. The driver no longer works with the current version of the
kernel as shipped with 9.0.0.
Did you use the installer with non-free firmware included?
Is firmware-realtek included in the installed system?
Ben.
