Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver

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 together then do the

$ sudo dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb

as a regular user or:

# dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb

as root. Again I don't know how you answered the questions when you installed. You can type

$ id

and it will tell you what groups you are in. To execute the command as normal user using sudo

you will need to be in the group named sudo.

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Mr G <persistence2success@gmail.com> wrote:

No, dpkg -s just simply tells you if it is installed. If it's not then:

$ cd <directory where firmware-iwlwifi.deb

is then:

$ sudo dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb

or

# dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb

There should have been one installed by default. If it is installed then you can move onto the next step which would be configuring your network. That works exactly the same as any other desktop. Find the icon and click or right click and pick your network or adjust settings. I can't remember, it's been several years since I used a network manager.

Also for future reference, you may want to install the gdebi package or check your menu to see if it is installed. It will do the same thing as dpkg -i except it is a graphical program like you are used to and you will be able to install .deb packages from your file manager by clicking on them like you are used to using. I find such things to just simply get in my way but to each their own.

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Mark Filipak <markfilipak.linux@gmail.com> 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 firmware-iwlwifi

or this:

dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all

or this:

dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb

?

Oh, never mind. I'll try all 3.

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