Happy New Year Cyril and any other reader!
Thank you Cyril for you quick reply!
On 2024-12-31 16:14, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
mag...@autistici.org <mag...@autistici.org> (2024-12-31):
I did this Debian installation for a friend of mine who
(unfortunately)
decided to keep the pre-installed proprietary operating system.
The problem during the installation was the following: d-i detected
the
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 wireless network card, but it couldn't connect
for some reason! This problem is present in the installed system, too:
the wifi networks are shown but no connections despite correct
passwords.
I tested with two different mobile phones using tethering wifi.
That's a very interesting data point, thanks: that's not a limitation
of
the installer environment then, most likely a problem with the Linux
kernel modules and/or firmware for this particular bit of hardware.
You could maybe give bookworm-backports a shot (sticking to a bookworm
baseline)? Or maybe you could look into the brand new Trixie Alpha 1
images we've just published (with a trixie aka. testing baseline)?
(Possibly just checking the wireless connection part, without
installing
everything again… with a testing base this time.)
My friend came again to my home with his Notebook. So I prepared a USB
stick
with the Trixie Alpha 1 Netinst: I checked the downloaded .iso by the
sha256sum command successfully. And I verified with success what was
written
to the USB stick with the command: dd if=/dev/sdb count=1630208 |
sha256sum
Unfortunately the problem is the same as with the bookworm installer:
The
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 wireless network card is detected and d-i offers
to
choose from a list of available wireless networks. I chose the mobile
phone
on which I enabled tethering wifi. But d-i cannot connect despite trying
two
times and double-checking the password each time.
Any other ideas? What could I try when my friend will come again to my
home?
HTH, Magnus
