On Sat, 25 Nov 2023 12:21:28 +0000 Richard Smith <richard.a.sm...@protonmail.com> wrote:
> I find the issue with Debian weird, as I was able to use this same > computer (Lenovo IdeaPad I7, with a Realtek b52 controller) with > Ubuntu, Kali, and Tails, without an issue! What exactly is your problem? Please show error messages, and also run lspci or lsusb as appropriate and show us the result. I searched thinkwiki (https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki) for "IdeaPad I7" and got nothing. "RTL8852" is not sufficient to identify which firmware package you need. root@tsalmoth:~# apt show firmware-realtek | grep -i RTL8852 WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts. * Realtek RTL8852AU Bluetooth config (rtl_bt/rtl8852au_config.bin) * Realtek RTL8852AU Bluetooth firmware (rtl_bt/rtl8852au_fw.bin) * Realtek RTL8852BU Bluetooth config (rtl_bt/rtl8852bu_config.bin) * Realtek RTL8852BU Bluetooth firmware (rtl_bt/rtl8852bu_fw.bin) * Realtek RTL8852CU Bluetooth config (rtl_bt/rtl8852cu_config.bin) * Realtek RTL8852CU Bluetooth firmware (rtl_bt/rtl8852cu_fw.bin) * Realtek RTL8852A firmware, version v0.9.12.2 (rtw89/rtw8852a_fw.bin) * Realtek RTL8852B firmware, version v0.27.32.1 * Realtek RTL8852C firmware, version v0.27.56.10 root@tsalmoth:~# Running lspci should give you the exact designation of the device you have, possibly something similar to this: root@hawk:~# lspci | grep -i realtek 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 11) root@hawk:~# Please run an appropriate command, then copy and paste into your reply email, including leading and trailing shell prompts. You might run the same command(s) under one of the Linux distributions that does work, and show us those results as well. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
