Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot

[Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in>]

On 2017-10-06 04:06 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 13:34:55 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 06:03:24PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > >
> > > Are you sure? You may be right - but double check to make sure...
> >
> > yes, i am very sure. double checked. the interface wlo1 exists.
> >
> > there's a procedure mentioned in the wiki which shows how to setup
> > wifi via wpa_supplicant through modifications to the file;
> > /etc/network/interfaces
> >
> > it's now working, but not automatically coming up, i still have to
> > manually issue 'ifup wlo1' in spite of having mentioned "auto" in
> > the configuration file for the "wlo1" interface.
> > off to check on that now, but if someone has any advice, please do
> > share, it would be most welcome. :)
> >
> > it kind-a sucks that the debian installer accepts all the wifi
> > parameters, activates the network only during installation and
> > then does not include that information for post install work.
> > atleast provide an option during the installation to accept the
> > parameters and have them persist after the installation is done.
>
> What DE did you install from the installer?

'de'? desktop environment!
i did not install any graphical system, i prefer to work at the text
console, that's why i am on debian, else would have been on ubuntu.

thanks,

~mayuresh