On Mon, 7 May 2018, jpff wrote:
> > > > > > And thank you all who pointed me at the non-free installer files. I will > > > try that later today with luck > > > > > > > > well, modified rapture1 > > i booted from the usb stick with the firmware .iso and tried an install. I > accepted the licence for the firmware and proceeded to configure the wifi. > > It asked for the ESSID offering me the correct one, and I said it was PSK. It > then asked for the passphrase which I provided, and then into a loop which > network? > which essid? > what passphrase? > > until I got bored. So it still does not configure the wifi > > So for want f a better idea I plugged in the wired network and just did a > reboot. Working from the tty on alt-f1 I tried to look at the network -- not > sure what I did but I eventually noticed the wifi was working with the same ip > address as the wired. Pulled the plug on ethernet and carried on trying to > get a more reasonable software base. Actually got xorg/xdm/fvwm all "working" > with missing stuff on the menus, in particular xterm. So tried to install it, > and then I rebooted --- no wifi now an no idea how to fix. > > Would ubuntu give me a stable base i wonder. I do not seem to be getting > anywhere yet. > > ==John ff > > I think you should shop around different distros/installers if you want one that does all the configuration for you.
