Reposting as I don't think it reached the list On 4 October 2026 22.40.29 CEST, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sun, Oct 4, 2026 at 11:28 AM Thomas Tanghus <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, new here >> >> Until half a year ago I hadn't used debian for over 20 years. I was using >> Kubuntu in the mean time. Then I installed Trixie, and today I upgraded to >> testing to get a newer KDE Plasma. >> It took a couple of hours on my old laptop. >> The system seems to be running fine, but the wifi connection is *very* >> flaky. It connects and disconnects constantly. >> I know next to nothing about networking, so I have no idea how to find out >> what's why. >> >> How do I find relevant info to debug this? >>
>I have one question and one suggestion. > >First, the question. What do your apt sources look like? Do you have >the firmware repos enabled? That is, is non-free-firmware listed in >both base and updates? Also see ><https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList>. I'm sending from my phone, so formatting may be bad. No firmware repos deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing main # deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ testing-security main # deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ testing-security main deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main # deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main >Second, the suggestion. Is your machine's BIOS or UEFI up to date? Probably not >If not, then you should update the BIOS or UEFI. Remember, BIOS and UEFI are >just another buggy program that needs to be updated on occasion. There's >nothing special about it. I've never updated BIOS on any of my PCs. Pretty scared of it tbh. Any links to instructions on how to do that? > >Jeff Thanks Jeff Best Regards Thomas Tanghus --- Please consider the environmental impact before using so-called "AI" functionality to reply to this email. Plus it's super annoying. Best Regards Thomas Tanghus --- Please consider the environmental impact before using so-called "AI" functionality to reply to this email. Plus it's super annoying.
