Re: Missing rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw

[Gary <listgj-deb@yahoo.co.uk>]

Sven Joachim wrote:

> On 2012-07-29 21:38 +0200, Gary wrote:
> 
> > The last one is my wireless adaptor. An Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adaptor.
> >
> > So maybe my wired adaptor will work?
> 
> Probably.

It does :)

> > Still confused why the wireless doesn't work.
> 
> It's not supported by the 2.6.32 kernel.  Installing a 3.2 kernel and
> firmware-ralink from squeeze-backports should make it work.

Okay. That's my plan for tomorrow evening, then. I tried simply installing the ralink package and it didn't work, but apparently that's to be expected.

Thanks everyone, especially Brian who presumably helped get my wired connection working, even if we didn't realise it at the time.