On 05/01/2025 at 19:48, magnus@autistici.org wrote:
magnus@autistici.org <magnus@autistici.org> (2024-12-31):The problem during the installation was the following: d-i detected the Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 wireless network card, but it couldn't connect for some reason! This problem is present in the installed system, too:the wifi networks are shown but no connections despite correct passwords.I tested with two different mobile phones using tethering wifi.
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My friend came again to my home with his Notebook. So I prepared a USB stick with the Trixie Alpha 1 Netinst (...) Unfortunately the problem is the same as with the bookworm installer
I am not surprised. Atheros AR9485 is more than 10 years old and supported since linux 2.6.38 so I did not expect any improvement in Trixie. Can you try with other access points than mobile phones ?
kibi: Different issue, but when reading the installer syslog I noticed that check-missing-firmware failed to identify and reload the proper module ath9k_htc for the Atheros USB wireless adapter after installing the missing firmware. So it seems that the workaround for the usb case did not work here.