Bug#725714: Problem with firmware loading
Hello,
I ran into the same problem with a wifi card (iwlwifi). I have a workaround for that. First, be
sure to have the installation medi with the non-free firmware/drivers. Install until the error
"ethernet card not found".
Open console (alt-f2).
Then install manually the firmware:
# cp /cdrom/firmware/firmware-iwlw*deb /tmp
(choose your firmware accordingly to your hardware)
# cd /tmp
# ar x *deb
# xzcat data.tar.xz > data.tar
# cd /
# tar xf /tmp/data.tar
(at this point, you should have a /lib/firmware directory)
# rmmod iwlwifi
# modprobe iwlwifi
# ip a
should show a wlan0 card.
Go back to console 1, and choose the network detection from the menu. The network is
detected.
But unfortunatley, I couldn't go further: The iwlwifi card was detected, network scanning was
OK (all SSID were shown) but connection was impossible, with messages similar to
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=174659 in console 4. I used an USB/RJ45 dongle to
netinstall and now the wifi card works flawlessly. So it could be another installer issue, or the
way I've loaded the firmware or modprobe the module (?)
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