Re: Problem loading firmware in Debian Installer
On 2014-09-28 02:52 +0200, Rob Werfelmann wrote:
> I'm not sure where to submit this bug as I am unsure if this is caused
> by the installer or the linux kernel.
Please look at [1] for known issues with the Jessie installer.
> I'm using a daily net install (uses linux-image-3.16.2-amd64) and when
> I get to "configure the network" part, I get a message that it was
> unable to find a wireless network. Looking at the log shows the
> following:
>
> kernel: [ 47.665897] rtl8732au: Loading firmware
> rtlwifi/rtl8732aufw_B.bin
Are you sure you pasted those correctly? There is a module named
rtl8723au.ko, and it requests a firmware file called
rtlwifi/rtl8732aufw_B.bin, available in the firmware-realtek package.
> Any advice with filing this would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Support for loading missing firmware is currently broken[2]. At the end
of that bug report is a recipe that might help you to work around the
problem.
Good luck,
Sven
1. https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
2. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725714
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