Bug#973428: rtl8712u firmware isn't installed on installation bootstrap
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Sam Imberman <simberman@gmail.com> wrote (Fri, 30 Oct 2020 08:20:27 -0400):
> The installer did not succeed in setting up my wireless network card
> properly.
> This is a Netis WF-2106 USB wireless card. It looks to me like it failed to
> load the rtl8712u firmware, but I'm not sure why.
> I'm attaching the debug logs.
> This is using a bleeding-edge installation image but I've had similar
> results with other less-recent images like the normal Testing one.
Would you be in the position for testing this with a current bullseye
installer?
There have been major improvements regarding firmware installation
shortly before the release of Bullseye.
You will need to use one of the unofficial images with firmware included
for such test:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
Thanks
Holger
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