Re: Debian on Acer Aspire E15

[Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2015, Bob Proulx wrote:

> > 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9565 
> > Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) ... So it's an Atheros chip.
> 
> Try installing the firmware-atheros package.
> 
>   # apt-get install firmware-atheros

root@debbie:/home/dave# apt-get install firmware-atheros
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package firmware-atheros

Sorry to come across as dense, but Linux in general and Debian in 
particular is new to me (but I have 40 years of Unix under my belt).

And yes, I have Internet connectivity :-)

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