Re: NIC not detected, unable to install (weekly + daily mini-iso)
On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 07:45:42PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Tried the mini-iso image to install testing (i386), with both, daily and
> weekly files. To my surprise, the installer was unable to detect the wired
> NIC adapter and wifi required a non-free firmware that I was unable to
> load (I tried by following the instructions and copying the files on a
> secondary USB stick, but no way).
>
> Kernel log showed something like «R8169 Unknown Chip XID 5A4».
If it was XID 54A then it makes sense. That chip was added to the kernel
in november 2019, and is part of 5.5 kernel and newer.
Did you actually mean to install 32bit rather than 64bit given it must
be a new machine?
--
Len Sorensen
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