On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:43:34 -0400, <jratl...@bluemarble.net> wrote: > I'm trying to put Debian 9 (stretch) on the original Microsoft Surface > Pro. I installed it, but I cannot connect to my wireless SSID after the > installation is finished. > > When the installer tries to connect, it works fine. But after I boot into > the finished install, it just keeps asking for my SSID pass phrase over and > over. I'm sure it's correct. I've checked it multiple times. Also, the key > is saved from the installer, where it successfully connected. > > I have no problems connecting to the WiFi from System Rescue CD 5.0.3, > either. > > I'm not sure what's missing in my debian install, and I'm not sure what > logs are available to investigate this. > > The firmware is loaded. It's some kind of Marvell USB Wireless adapter. I > installed the firmware-libertas package and dmesg shows that it loaded the > firmware. > > Any suggestions on what else I might need to be looking at? > > Thanks.
I noticed also that every time I would boot, the device had a different seemingly random MAC address. Since the udev name it generated was really long, I wanted to rename it so I could test using the command line without network manager, but I couldn't use the jessie and older trick of 70-persistent-net.rules because the MAC would always change. So I disabled persistent names with net.ifnames=0 in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub. After that, the MAC address is not random on boot anymore. Also, I can connect to my SSID. I don't think this is the cause, more of a symptom. I'm just not sure what it means.
