On Mon 07 May 2018 at 15:46:12 +0100, 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?
No idea on why this failed. I'd advise using a cabled connection when a user has the choice. > 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 -- Ah, you did. Good. There should be no need to reboot (but it does no harm); just go back and do the network detection and configuring again. Stop when it is done and from a tty check with 'ip a' that the link is up and active. 'ping www.debian.org' should confirm. > 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 No idea here either. You continued with a wireless connection. Depending on what you did later, you could be doomed not to have any connectivity at first boot. > 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. This I do not understand. You got xorg/xdm/fvwm/xterm via the installer? How? > Would ubuntu give me a stable base i wonder. I do not seem to be getting > anywhere yet. Ubuntu uses more or less the same installer as Debian. -- Brian. > ==John ff >
