Le 26/11/2015 13:19, Francis Gerund a écrit : > 1) > Per lspci, the network adapter is: > 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network > Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01). > > It is somewhat old, but not uncommon. I have > run many distributions using it (including Debian), and never had to > install proprietary firmware. > It seems to use open source driver(s). > > 2) > There is no desktop environment installed. The install did not show an > option to do so (I used the "text" install; not the "graphical" > install). It also did not offer to run tasksel, etc. I was surprised, I > thought even the netinst.iso did that.
Hi, these two pages could be of interest in your case: https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k (your wifi driver) https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse (how and what to install to use a wifi card) your wifi card (wich does not require a firmware) being listed by lspci but not by ifconfig suggests that the kernel module that manages it (ath9k) is not loaded. # lsmod | grep -i ath9k should display this module loaded if not loaded, load it: # modprobe ath9k then your wifi card should be listed by ifconfig, to be configured by a way of your choice detailed in my previous HowToUse link. Anyway I think your installation has been flawed: have you checksumed the ISO you downloaded? And as suggested by another contributor, a live image is perhaps not the best way to install a taylored Debian system: an install image launched in expert mode would do it better. Being either a network CD or even a full-blown DVD/Blu-Ray: in expert mode you have the choice to install the bare minimum if that pleases you.
