Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2022-06-25 18:11 +0300, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device > (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I > sometimes boot Debian from USB Memory Stick in live mode. > The problem is that WiFi doesn't work becaus

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 02:24:48AM +0100, piorunz wrote: > On 25/06/2022 22:41, Charles Curley wrote: > > > There are also USB WiFi adapters, but I cannot recommend any. > I actually use many of them and they are just fine. Many models are 100% > compatible with Linux and work out of the box witho

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 10:34:59PM +0100, piorunz wrote: > On 25/06/2022 22:13, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On 6/25/2022 5:05 PM, piorunz wrote: > > > On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > > > > > > Unfortunately in this case that might not work. > > > > > > > > The file that is needed i

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Kamil Jońca
piorunz writes: > On 25/06/2022 22:41, Charles Curley wrote: > >> There are also USB WiFi adapters, but I cannot recommend any. > I actually use many of them and they are just fine. Many models are 100% > compatible with Linux and work out of the box without installing extra > drivers. Would you

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread David Wright
On Sat 25 Jun 2022 at 19:12:30 (+0300), Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > On 2022-06-25 18:48, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On 6/25/2022 11:11 AM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > >> How do I get Wifi working right in live mode? I would prefer Debian, but > >> any Linux ready-to-use image woul

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 22:41, Charles Curley wrote: There are also USB WiFi adapters, but I cannot recommend any. I actually use many of them and they are just fine. Many models are 100% compatible with Linux and work out of the box without installing extra drivers. -- With kindest regards, Piotr. ⢀⣴⠾

No filename tab completion in common "Save File As" window after upgrade from 10.12 to 11.3

2022-06-25 Thread Matt Roberds
Hello all! tl;dr: I recently upgraded from Debian 10.12 to 11.3. In 10.12, GUI applications that used the "standard" save-file-as window, including Firefox and Mousepad (from Xfce), allowed me to tab-complete the file name I wanted to save as. In 11.3, this seems to be broken. Is there some ki

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 25 Jun 2022 22:05:26 +0100 piorunz wrote: > Sadly. Ok, so in that case try to narrow down what you exactly need, > what packages. Once you made yourself a procedure, you can copy it > each time. Download packages via apt download, put files on USB stick > and install them via one line bas

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 22:13, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 6/25/2022 5:05 PM, piorunz wrote: On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Unfortunately in this case that might not work. The file that is needed is wl.ko That's what dmesg says? Can you copy entire line here? I think the dmesg output is

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 5:05 PM, piorunz wrote: On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Unfortunately in this case that might not work. The file that is needed is wl.ko That's what dmesg says? Can you copy entire line here? I think the dmesg output is of the form [time] wl: ... I guess between

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Unfortunately in this case that might not work. The file that is needed is wl.ko That's what dmesg says? Can you copy entire line here? But it is compiled on install of the dkms package. so: apt-file search /wl.ko Doesn't give anything. You'd h

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 4:07 PM, piorunz wrote: Don't walk in the dark. Instead, do the following: sudo dmesg (in live mode without internet) Error in red about network adapter will tell you exact name of the file you need to download on machine with internet. You do it as follows: sudo apt update sudo ap

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread David Christensen
On 6/25/22 08:11, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: Hello, I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I sometimes boot Debian from USB Memory Stick in live mode. The problem is that WiFi doesn't work because of the

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 17:12, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: Would these packages be in 11.3.0-live+nonfree image? Don't walk in the dark. Instead, do the following: sudo dmesg (in live mode without internet) Error in red about network adapter will tell you exact name of the file you need to downlo

Re: how configure /etc/debdelta/sources.conf

2022-06-25 Thread Joe
On Sat, 25 Jun 2022 18:23:17 + (UTC) visqa...@yahoo.com wrote: > i am fully confused. should i just copy etc/debdelta/sources.conf to > ~/.debdelta/sources.conf. should i take extra steps? how should i > configure for unstable/sid? > Here's mine: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main no

Re: Suggestions for rm [WAS: Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get]

2022-06-25 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 09:45:58AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 07:42:25PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > I list the files first: > > > > ls some-pattern > > > > then add a pipe to rm: > > > > ls some-pattern | rm > > > > or > > > > ls some-pattern | rm -rf > > Those co

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 2:40 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: And after that I see: /lib/modules/5.15.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/wk.ko That should be wl.ko Also once you boot the live cd you can choose: try ubuntu then at the ubuntu desktop instead of the sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source you can cho

how configure /etc/debdelta/sources.conf

2022-06-25 Thread visqajin
i am fully confused. should i just copy etc/debdelta/sources.conf to ~/.debdelta/sources.conf. should i take extra steps? how should i configure for unstable/sid? regards, visqa

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 12:12 PM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma modprobe wl Would these packages be in 11.3.0-live+nonfree

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas
Hi Bijan, thanks for your message. On 2022-06-25 18:48, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On 6/25/2022 11:11 AM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: >> How do I get Wifi working right in live mode? I would prefer Debian, but >> any Linux ready-to-use image would work for me. >> >> Thanks for any help! > >

Re: Grub Problem

2022-06-25 Thread Anssi Saari
"Stephen P. Molnar" writes: > Assistanc will be mucn appeciated. You didn't really specify what you want assistance with but I guess you want to boot the new Bullseye too? I don't really see the point of having two copies of the same OS installed though. Assuming a BIOS system and os-prober pac

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
 6/25/2022 11:48 AM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: You can install packages on the live CD. (sudo apt update, sudo apt install, etc.) Obviously if that wifi adapter is your only networking option on that machine, you won't be able to download packages and will have to make sure they are on the boot

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 11:11 AM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: How do I get Wifi working right in live mode? I would prefer Debian, but any Linux ready-to-use image would work for me. Thanks for any help! You can install packages on the live CD. (sudo apt update, sudo apt install, etc.) Whatever

Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas
Hello, I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I sometimes boot Debian from USB Memory Stick in live mode. The problem is that WiFi doesn't work because of the proprietary drivers it needs. I tried booting it from

Re: Grub Problem

2022-06-25 Thread David Wright
On Sat 25 Jun 2022 at 09:37:32 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > I have four hard drives ion my Bullseye platform; Three SSD's and one > HDD. My current copy of Bullseye is on /dev/sdd1. I have installed a > pristine copy of Bullsye on /dev/sda. > > The installer found the copy of Bullseye on

Re: Grub Problem

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 14:37, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: The installer found the copy of Bullseye on /dev/ssd1 and I installed grub on /dev/sda1. You supposed to install GRUB in a disk, not in a partition. So, /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1. You select /dev/sda during installation. At the end of the installati

Re: Grub Problem

2022-06-25 Thread DdB
before any action ... comes diagnosis: please fill in missing pieces: - SDD's, HDD are formatted GPT? or is the dinosaur using MBR? - is your computer configured to boot UEFI-style? Or are you still using BIOS-style/compatibility-mode? - can you show (and comment) the output from lsblk and (sudo) b

Re: Suggestions for rm [WAS: Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get]

2022-06-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 07:42:25PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > I list the files first: > > ls some-pattern > > then add a pipe to rm: > > ls some-pattern | rm > > or > > ls some-pattern | rm -rf Those commands do not work. rm does not read a list of files from stdin. Even if you were to add

Grub Problem

2022-06-25 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have four hard drives ion my Bullseye platform; Three SSD's and one HDD. My current copy of Bullseye is on /dev/sdd1. I have installed a pristine copy of Bullsye on /dev/sda. The installer found the copy of Bullseye on /dev/ssd1 and I installed grub on /dev/sda1. At the end of the install

Re: Has anybody replaced pulseaudio with pipewire on Debian 11...

2022-06-25 Thread Dan Ritter
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I have to constantly "reinstall -- purge" the whole bluethooth/pulseaudio > stack to make it work and I have tried all other tricks in the book. > > It looks like completely replacing pa with pipewire makes sense on Ubuntu. I > wonder if anybody has anecdotal experience of

Re: Need advice on known work with linux graphics card.

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 24/06/2022 21:47, The Wanderer wrote: I wouldn't go *quite* that far; my understanding is that, especially if AMD has recently released a new Radeon model series, the *very* newest may not have its drivers available yet - or they may at least not be in the repositories. I agree, no need to