On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:58:01AM -0600, Cody Jackson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a new linux user. I've used Debian on Virtualbox but recently decided > to make the move to a dedicated Debian system. I recently purchased an Asus > X541-UA-RH71 to install Debian on. I ran into some issues with the wifi > setup. > > When I was installing it said that the firmware for rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin > couldn't be found. Realizing that I probably wouldn' be able to fix the > issue without finishing installation, I went on until installed. > [...]
> > Cody add non-free to your apt sources file (/etc/apt.sources.list) The default looks like deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main add at least the non-free to it (maybe contrib too) -> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free now a apt update; apt install firmware-realtek is all you might need. -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com
