Re: Wla-2000 Realtek in Debian problems etc.
On Monday 14 December 2015 16:41:33 Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 05:05:32PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 13:27 -0200, Albino B Neto wrote:
> > > Or:
> > >
> > > First you will add repo contrib and non-free:
> > >
> > > $EDITOR /etc/apt/source.list
> > >
> > > <...> main contrib non-free
> > >
> > > You install command in bash:
> > >
> > > # apt-cache search ^firmware
> > >
> > > install your driver.
> >
> > Catch 22, he needs a working network to get the driver, he needs
> > working driver to get a network connection.
>
> Downloading it on another machine, copying it to a USB stick,
> mounting the USB stick and installing the firmware by hand will
> work.
>
> -dsr-
So, more easily, will Sven's advice of using:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware
Or then one can temporarily install an old network card that has free drivers.
Lisi
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