Hi Fabian, Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org> (2023-05-09): > Sadly, another failed attempt to install Debian on my brand-new Lenovo > IdeaPad 5, this time using a USB dongle equiped with the Realtek > RTL8188EUS chip set. > > The installer failed to detect the network adapter and presented me > with a list of kernel modules, none of which got my device to work. > This is what dmesg reports after I plug the adapter into a USB port on > my current device, which is obviously not the same one as the report > applies to (which is why I removed all of the appended logs): > > [42871.476218] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 19 using xhci_hcd > [42871.624725] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8179, bcdDevice= 0.00 > [42871.624729] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 > [42871.624731] usb 1-4: Product: 802.11n NIC > [42871.624732] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Realtek > [42871.624733] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 00E04C0001 > [42871.936975] r8188eu: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. > [42871.970033] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8188eu > [42872.005633] r8188eu 1-4:1.0 wlx482254c71aaf: renamed from wlan0 > [42872.597812] r8188eu 1-4:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin > [42872.597825] r8188eu 1-4:1.0: Firmware Version 11, SubVersion 1, Signature 0x88e1 > [42881.731472] r8188eu 1-4:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin > > Interstingly, calling dmesg on the system where the installation > attempt failed, the line starting with 42871.936975,i.e. where the > actual kernel module is loaded, and all following ones are omitted. Please share the full /var/log/syslog (compressed). Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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