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Re: Missing rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw



Brian wrote:

> On Sun 29 Jul 2012 at 10:25:56 +0100, Gary wrote:
> 
> > While I was installing I got an error message about some missing
> > firmware. Sadly, this happens to be the firmware for my WLAN card. I
> > had to skip the setup of the network because of this.
> > 
> > So the first step is getting the firmware for the WLAN card. I've seen
> > a couple of suggestions for this. Either
> > $ apt-get install firmware-realtek
> > or
> > $ apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
> 
> Download either package. Put it on a USB stick. Transfer to the Debian
> OS. Install with
> 
>    dpkg -i <complete_package_name>

Okay. Done. Thanks. What do I have to do after this? It seemed to go okay, but there's no signof life from the WLAN adaptor :(



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