Source: hw-detect Version: 1.147 Severity: normal User: de...@kali.org Usertags: origin-kali
Dear Maintainer, A Kali Linux user reported a fail install on a Dell XPS 9510. For the background, the Kali Linux installer is a super lightweight fork of the Debian installer, kept in sync with Debian. For additional references: * The bug report against Kali Linux is at: https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scripts/live-build-config/-/issues/47 * The user provided screenshots of the installer logs, available at: https://imgur.com/a/QMDMWug. The 3 first screenshots are with an unmodified installer, while for the later screenshots, the user disabled /bin/check-missing-firmware with a 'exit 0'. * The Debian installer is expected to work with this particular model of laptop: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Dell_XPS_15_9510 I don't want to discuss the bug reported in Kali here, that is not the intent. The reason I'm opening this bug against Debian is because, while looking at the logs, a few lines caught my eyes. This is in the screenshot #3 in the imgur.com link above: check-missing-firmware: removing-and-loading kernel module iwlwifi check-missing-firmware: modprobe: FATAL: Module iwlwifi is in use. I wonder if those lines are harmless, or if it really indicates that the iwlwifi module can't be reloaded, therefore the wifi is not functional. Since someone documented on the Debian wiki that the firmware-iwlwifi is needed, and then the WiFi works, it seems that either those lines are harmless, or the iwlwifi is not always successfully reloaded. Thanks! Arnaud
