Re: RTL problem

[Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net>]

So I did download your suggestion and it worked.  It went all the way 
through re-install with no problems.  On booting for the first time I 
got the message fsckd-cancel-msg: Press ctrl+C to cancel all filesystem 
checks in progrees.   Well it freezes and nothing is happening.  It just 
stay that way indefinitely.  No file checks and unable to use ctrl+C 
does not work.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Maureen

On 3/26/21 1:22 AM, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:59:04 -0400
> Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > So I decided to re-install debian 10.
> > While doing so I get to the part about the entering the needed rtl
> > files which I have on DVD and on USB.  I tried both but neither of
> > them would work.  I cannot get it to even come up to a command line
> > to do dmesg and see what the real problem may be.
> I take it that by "rtl files" you mean RealTek firmware blobs for
> RealTek devices.
>
> What I found was that Bullseye (Debian 11) wants the firmware .deb
> package, not the extracted firmware files. This may or may not work on
> Buster (Debian 10). Also it wants the file in the root directory of the
> USB device.
>
> You may be able to install without them if you don't need the interface
> they support to install. You would need some other interface either
> during installation, or shortly after installation to bring the
> firmware package in.
>
> Probably the easiest option: you might try the unofficial with-firmware
> installation images. Depending on your requirements, you should be able
> to drill down from this page:
> https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/