On 15/03/17 14:45, Dean Valentine wrote:
> I don't have debian installed on my computer yet, nor can I access the
> internet with it (because my wifi is down) so i don't understand how I
> would install the non-free package?
This may help you.
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/ cd-including-firmware/8.7.1+ nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/
firmware-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso
Peter HB
> Hi,
>
> On 2017-03-15 07:57+0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> > On 15 March 2017 at 06:57, Dean Valentine <deanvalentine@lhsla.org <mailto:deanvalentine@lhsla.org >> wrote:
> >
> > > I have installed three operating systems on this computer: Linux Mint,
> > > Ubuntu, and Arch Linux. None of them had any problems detecting and using
> > > my "Network Manager: Qualcomm Atheros 003e", and it shows up on lspci, but
> > > when the Debian graphic installer attempts to do this, it fails and tells
> > > me "No Ethernet Card" detected. I've attempted to use the ISO you've
> > > provided for me with propryetary firmware bundled into it here:
> > > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.7.1/amd64/iso-cd/
> <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.7.1/amd64/iso-cd/ >, but that
> > > couldn't find it either. It's unusual because I see (or at least I think I
> > > see) my drivers listed, and when i select them manually
> > >
> > > What's going on? How do I get this to work? Obviously there are linux
> > > drivers out there for Debian to use with my machine, they're just not in
> > > Debian's isos for some reason.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your time. I love your work.
> > >
> >
> > There is a package "firmware-atheros" .
>
> You may want to add 'non-free' in your 'source.list' file. My
> '/etc/apt/sources.list' looks like this:
>
> deb http://mirrors.163.com/debian/ jessie main non-free
> deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/debian/ jessie main non-free
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main non-free
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main non-free
>
> # jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
> deb http://mirrors.163.com/debian/ jessie-updates main non-free
> deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/debian/ jessie-updates main non-free
>
> Reference:
>
> http://serverfault.com/questions/240920/how-do-i- enable-non-free-packages-on- debian
> <http://serverfault.com/questions/240920/how-do-i- >enable-non-free-packages-on- debian
>
> >
> > If I were you i would install it. Maybe that will solve your problem.
> >
> > Regards
> > Johann
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
> > my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Tim
>
>