I have not went through all the replies.
Regardless those questions, one basic question is that
What is your wireless card.
try $ lspci
If your laptop is not so new, basically it has very well support.
check the kernel support first. If none, then look for the further
solutions.
On Monday 04,
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 10:17:11AM +, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 06:49:34PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:23:49PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > From the directory that the deb is in:
> > > dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb
> > >
> > >
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 06:49:34PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:23:49PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > From the directory that the deb is in:
> > dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb
> >
> > If it complains that there are missing dependencies, curse, wish you had
Am 03.03.2013 um 22:20 schrieb Joe:
Network manager is not actually necessary to do anything, and until
recently it had a rather poor reputation, usually being known as
Notwork
Manager. It's quite big and overbearing, and has many plug-ins, for
OpenVPN, wi-fi, 3G dongles and other things.
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 07:06:13PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> I tried to install wicd.
[...]
> I see that there are uninstalled dependencies:
> wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3)
> wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3)
> wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3)
> wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3)
> w
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:53:37PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> My objective:
> Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the Internet.
To be more exact, the wifi driver is installed so the kernel can talk to
the wireless hardware. IOW, the procedure is the same whether you hav
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:23:49PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> From the directory that the deb is in:
> dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb
>
> If it complains that there are missing dependencies, curse, wish you had used
> aptitude, and install them.
Get the dependencies the same way you
Em 04-03-2013 05:39, Roman V.Leon. escreveu:
On 04.03.2013 03:04, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/3 4:34 PM, Roman V.Leon. wrote:
-big snip-
Why do you think you need a special driver?
Please type "/sbin/ifconfig -a" in your terminal to check whether you
have "wlan0" device or not in the list.
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:14:32 -0500
Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/3 8:16 PM, Mr G wrote:
> -snip-
> > $ id
> -snip-
> > $ sudo updatedb
> -snip-
> > $ mlocate firmware-iwlwfi.deb
> -snip-
> > $ pwd
>
> Look at the terminal session below
>
> =
> mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0
On 04.03.2013 03:04, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/3 4:34 PM, Roman V.Leon. wrote:
-big snip-
Why do you think you need a special driver?
Please type "/sbin/ifconfig -a" in your terminal to check whether you
have "wlan0" device or not in the list.
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.
Get the WiFi driver.
- Go to http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi and look for a link related to your WiFi
device.
My WiFi device is an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 and the link is labeled
'ipw3945'.
Yours will probably be different.
- Taking the device-related link takes you to the Debian Wiki page for y
root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/S
etup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg -i
firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package firmware-iwlwifi.
(Reading database ... 68697 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firmware-iwlwifi (from firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+s
On 2013/3/3 8:16 PM, Mr G wrote:
-snip-
$ id
-snip-
$ sudo updatedb
-snip-
$ mlocate firmware-iwlwfi.deb
-snip-
$ pwd
Look at the terminal session below
=
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su
Password:
root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64
On 2013/3/3 7:22 PM, Mr G wrote:
Good. You found the problem.
< Package `firmware-iwlwifi' is not installed and no info is available.
So now you need to get you and firmware-iwlwifi.deb in the same directory.
=
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -s
firm
Good. You found the problem.
< Package `firmware-iwlwifi' is not installed and no info is available.
So now you need to get you and firmware-iwlwifi.deb in the same directory.
Really you don't -- but let's keep it simple ;)
If you don't know how do:
$ man cd
Once you and the package are togeth
No, dpkg -s just simply tells you if it is installed. If it's not then:
$ cd wrote:
> On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote:
>
>> You need the firmware-iwlwifi package.
>>
>> # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi
>>
>
> You mean this one:
>
> firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers
>
I tried to install wicd.
=
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -i
wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su
Password:
root@MarkFilipak:/media/
On 2013/3/3 6:48 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote:
You need the firmware-iwlwifi package.
# dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi
You mean this one:
firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers
It's on my list.
Do I really install it with this:
dpkg -s firmwa
On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote:
You need the firmware-iwlwifi package.
# dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi
You mean this one:
firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers
It's on my list.
Do I really install it with this:
dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi
or this:
dpkg -s firmware-iwl
On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote:
You need the firmware-iwlwifi package.
# dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi
will tell you if the package is installed. It probably wont be on the
install disk as it is the nonfree repository. You may have to adjust
/etc/apt/sources.list depending on how you answered the q
On Sunday 03 March 2013 22:40:22 Mark Filipak wrote:
> Comment: I submitted 'aptitude install wicd' because it was part of the
> example I followed. Obviously, 'wicd' is not sufficient.
Why is it obviously not sufficient? I would have said that it was. But you
would need the right repositories
You need the firmware-iwlwifi package.
# dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi
will tell you if the package is installed. It probably wont be on the
install disk as it is the nonfree repository. You may have to adjust
/etc/apt/sources.list depending on how you answered the questions when you
installed.
And l
On 2013/3/3 4:34 PM, Roman V.Leon. wrote:
-big snip-
Why do you think you need a special driver?
Please type "/sbin/ifconfig -a" in your terminal to check whether you have
"wlan0" device or not in the list.
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ /sbin/ifconfig
-a
eth
On 2013/3/3 4:20 PM, Joe wrote:
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:53:37 -0500
Mark Filipak wrote:
-snip-
BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in
Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files.
Nothing happened.
There are packages which will install .deb files in t
On 03.03.2013 23:53, Mark Filipak wrote:
My objective:
Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the Internet.
My problem:
All the help I can find covers installing packages over the Internet.
But I can't install packages over the Internet because I can't reach the
Internet u
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:53:37 -0500
Mark Filipak wrote:
> My objective:
> Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the
> Internet.
>
> My problem:
> All the help I can find covers installing packages over the Internet.
> But I can't install packages over the Internet because
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