Thanks so much! Turns out I had nothing in the apt sources file. How embarrassing.
I did what you said and used this site: https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList I also did apt-get install firmware-realtek. Once I had done apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, everything worked out fine. Now I have wifi! Whoot! Thanks again! On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Henning Follmann < hfollm...@itcfollmann.com> wrote: > 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 > >
