Bug#1091799: installation-reports: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 detected, wifi networks seen but no network connection
Hi Pascal, hi kibi,
On 2025-02-10 11:28, magnus@autistici.org wrote:
On 2025-02-05 11:47, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
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.
(...)
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 ?
Yes, will do when my friend will come again to my home: we will go to a
nearby coffee shop as we both only have mobile phones as access points.
Time ago my friend and I tried the wifi network of the coffee shop and
it worked. We were surprised that tethering wifi with the two different
mobile phones were successful that time, too!
Yesterday I tried to upgrade the notebook of my friend from Bookworm to
Trixie. But tethering wifi with my mobile phone did not work anymore!
:-(
The problem is the same: many wifi networks are seen but the connection
does not succeed! I completed the upgrade to Trixie using my AR9271 USB
wifi adapter (which is using free firmware compiled from source) and my
mobile phone.
Would you be willing to debug the problem? Of course, I would provide
all the logs you need. But I have to say that my friend has only this
notebook, therefore I expect that he wants it back quite soon!
Thank you in advance!
Kind regards, Magnus
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