Carl Fink wrote: > So, I gather no one has any insights and I should just file a bug against > ... firmware-realtek? The installer? Can anyone maybe suggest which > package the bug should be filed against? > > Thanks. > Carl > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: WiFi works during install, not after > Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 21:09:25 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:09:06 -0400 > From: Carl Fink <c...@finknetwork.com> > To: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > > > So I have a ThinkPad Yoga 11s ultrabook. > > If I copy over the firmware-realtek package, Debian can install just > fine over the WiFi connection. (I don't have wired internet at my home.) > > After install, everything is fine, except I can't connect to the WiFi. I > know it's possible because the installer does it! > > The wlan0 interface exists and is up, but "dhclient wlan0" ends up > assigning 169.169.254.8.192, which is not a routable address. As you > might expect, attempts to ping/connect to external systems via IP > address fail with "Destination host unreachable" and of course, DNS > lookups universally fail. > > This ultrabook is supposed to have the rtl8723au chipset, which is a USB > 802.11/Bluetooth chipset that for some reason Lenovo used in the laptop, > with an inside-the-case-only USB connection. > > The firmware-realtek package is installed on the ultrabook. > > Interestingly, the rtl8723au module is NOT loaded, and "modprobe > rtl8723au" fails with a message about the module not being found, even > though it's right there if I "locate rtl8723au", in the drivers/staging > directory. Maybe the staging area isn't used by default? I confess I > don't remember how to change the path that is searched for loadable > modules. > > Any insights would be most gratefully received. >
Perhaps you get a different kernel version after install. What are the messages in your syslog? Do you have the firmware also after installation?
