Could it be Debian hasn't got your firmware in any of its installations? That points at very new firmware.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Wed, 29 Mar 2023, Ismael Farfán wrote: > I tried with these 2 installers: > 7da925a34f6f7ab6e39ad64514139afb debian-bookworm-DI-alpha2-amd64-DVD-1.iso > 547c0e2f85ec04ffec6d08a1e84c64e6 > debian-bookworm-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso > > both contain firmware-misc-nonfree_20230117-2_all.deb > which is, I guess, where it's trying to load the firmware from. > There's a newer version of the firmware in testing though: > firmware-misc-nonfree_20230210-4_all.deb > > I noticed there's a second installer in the *snapshots* section, it also > fails to load the firmware but the *installation continues correctly* to > the next step > aa5e3fe762300ba87fce77a6bf260a3e debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso > > Regards > -Ismael > > > El mié, 29 mar 2023 a la(s) 09:16, David Wright (deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk) > escribió: > > > On Tue 28 Mar 2023 at 12:57:28 (-0600), Ismael Farfán wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to install Bookworm on a G513QY laptop with MT7921 wifi > > adapter. > > > > > > As soon as the installer (Net or DVD) tries to detect the HW, the > > installer > > > stops blank. > > > > > > The last thing I see in dmesg is something like > > > Detected ethernet HW, renamed to eth0 (succeed) > > > then... : > > > Failed to load mt7821 firmware (lots of this) > > > hardware init failed > > > [ loaded modules] > > > [ stack trace ] > > > <TASK> > > > rfkill > > > wiphy > > > ieee802 > > > > > > > > > Any ideas or workaround for this? > > > > > > I also tried with the advanced installer from the DVD but it always wants > > > to try detecting the network HW and stops there. > > > > You need to post the full names of what you used to install with. > > It's likely that your downloads aren't the firmware-inclusive > > versions that you need. If so, you need to download one containing > > the non-free firmware, which appears to be available: > > > > * MediaTek MT7921 hdr firmware, version 20230117170855a > > (mediatek/WIFI_MT7961_patch_mcu_1_2_hdr.bin) > > * MediaTek MT7921 firmware, version 20230117170942 > > (mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin) > > > > It's also /possible/ that the bookworm installer is still not > > production-ready yet. > > > > Cheers, > > David. > > > > > >
