Do you have access to ethernet port from your machine?
If so, Debian installer *should* (in most cases) work with that until
you install what you need to get WiFi working. In fact, that is how most
of my recent Debian installs went...
On 03/16/2017 01:45, 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?
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 2:01 AM, Tim Ye <tim....@aliyun.com
<mailto:tim....@aliyun.com>> wrote:
Hi,
On 2017-03-15 07:57+0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> On 15 March 2017 at 06:57, Dean Valentine
<deanvalent...@lhsla.org <mailto:deanvalent...@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
