@ Mike McGinn I COPIED AND PASTED YOUR CODE INTO A BASH FILE AND RAN IT. THE INSTALL MESSAGES SEEMED OK, EXCEPT THIS AT THE VERY END:
Update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for module tg3 THE RESULT SEEMS NIL: Root@debian:/home/tom/system# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:23:2f:f3:8f inet addr:192.168.0.14 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21c:23ff:fe2f:f38f/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1934 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1049826 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:400101 (390.7 KiB) Interrupt:17 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1915 (1.8 KiB) TX bytes:1915 (1.8 KiB) root@debian:/home/tom/system# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. root@debian:/home/tom/system# I CHECKED DMESG AND THE WIFI RELATED STUFF SEEMS THE SAME BEGINNING WITH: [ 13.170160] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel. [ 13.170165] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 13.182091] wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 13.184710] wlan%d: 5.100.82.112 driver failed with code 21 [ 13.184737] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 13.184792] kernel BUG at /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common/include/net/cfg80211.h:2209! [ 13.184848] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 13.184984] CPU 1 [ 13.185031] Modules linked in: wl(P+) i915(+) snd_hda_intel(+) joydev snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep drm_kms_helper snd_pcm drm pcmcia snd_page_alloc snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer lib80211 snd cfg80211 yenta_socket soundcore pcmcia_rsrc dell_laptop dell_wmi pcmcia_core evdev sparse_keymap i2c_i801 dcdbas acpi_cpufreq iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support rfkill i2c_algo_bit battery ac psmouse serio_raw coretemp i2c_core pcspkr mperf wmi power_supply video processor button ext4 crc16 jbd2 mbcache sg sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom usbhid hid thermal ata_generic thermal_sys uhci_hcd ehci_hcd ata_piix libata firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t tg3 libphy scsi_mod usbcore usb_common [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] [ 13.188397] I HAD TO RUN THE BASH SCRIPT TWICE BECAUSE AT WHAT SEEMED TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROCESS I ACCIDENTALLY HIT CTL-F9 OR WHATEVER AND LOST THE TERMINAL. SO I RAN THE SCRIPT AGAIN WITH STDIN AND STDERR REDIRECTED TO A FILE. I CAN SEND THAT OUTPUT IF YOU THINK IT WORTHWHILE. THERE'S A LOT OF JUNK CHARS IN IT, I GUESS BECAUSE PART OF THE INSTALL MESSAGING USES SOME KIND OF HALF-BAKED GRAPHICAL. BUT THE MESSAGES SEEM ALL TO BE IN THERE. I'M NOT USING NETWORK-MANAGER: Root@debian:/home/tom/system# apt-get purge netwng dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'network-manager' is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. root@debian:/home/tom/system# thanks btw to everyone who is helping me. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cafkyrxo8dgpyel1cwppa_pcw_wltsb0atm9e10hyazemtnv...@mail.gmail.com
