On Sun 23 Oct 2016 at 17:09:06 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > 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!
Did you install a desktop *during* the installation? > 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. Firmware and module names are not necessarily the same. Look at the output of 'lsmod'. -- Brian.
