On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:24:55 -0700 Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, with a Realtek RTL8723A > wifi/bluetooth adapter, and an Intel 3rd gen core processor graphics > controller. I have firmware-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso from > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.2.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/. > > I did find this report, > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Lenovo/IdeaPad%20Yoga%2013%20(Wheezy). > Has there been no progress on this hardware since? Should I get a USB-> > Ethernet adapter for this beast? If so, is there one that d-i is known > to support? > > Some issues: I should have specified earlier that these are issues with the Debian installer (d-i). I hadn't gotten as far as actually installing anything. > > 1) The graphics are terrible. Both graphical and text mode are > scrunched into the top third or so of the screen, with two copies > across the top. They are damn near unreadable. > > 2) How do I tell it how to pre-seed? In booting I never get access to > the boot command line. I solved both of these problems for the installer by changing the BIOS to legacy boot, per the Debian installation notes I mentioned earlier. > > 3) The network device is never correctly detected, automatically or > manually. I think it figures out that it is a Realtek, but doesn't go > any further. I was unable to find the WiFi adapter in the manual > selector, probably due to the atrocious graphics. I tried several > 8723X drivers, but d-i didn't like any of them. I think the firmware > package supports it, and I think the driver (8723au) is in the > kernel. On my desktop, also running Bullseye: Still not found. I will let the installation proceed, and examine the logs later. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
