Re: Debian 8
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015, John Olson wrote:
> Good afternoon, My name is John and I have ran into an issues when
> installing DEBIAN 8.1.0 (Jessie). I have tried downloading and
> installing the firmware pkgs that it shows were not installed during
> initial install. I am new to Debian and I am trying to correct these
> following issues.
>
> says I need to install firmware for: *rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin* and also
> *rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw*
>
> When I do install these pkgs via (synaptic manager) they install fine
> but do not show any available wireless.. only allows Ethernet
> connection. I have followed the WIKI Debian install information to
> the "T" and have found no solution. If any information that could
> help with this situation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your
> time and consideration in reviewing my issue.
Did you install the wireless tools along with everything else? I'm
assuming you have a notebook. They don't always get installed by
default. Check your install docs under wireless or wifi. Instructions
should be there.
B
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