On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:28:03AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> Charles Curley wrote:
[...]
> > E.g. gaining root privileges with "su" vs. "su -i".
>
> Isn't -i a sudo option rather than an su option?
Yes:
tomas@trotzki:~$ su -i
su: invalid option -- 'i'
Try 'su --help' fo
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 +
> "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
>
> > At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i complains.
>
> Actually she is root (the # in the prompt, and the username@host at
> the beginning of the prompt, assuming she hasn't played with her
> p
On 06/09/2023 05:32, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE
802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Does it mean that your Intel wifi card is a USB one?
dpkg-query --show firmware-iwlwifi
but it is not found
root@debiandesktop-4:/home/
On 06/09/2023 10:12, Michel Verdier wrote:
On 2023-09-05, Charles Curley wrote:
E.g. gaining root privileges with "su" vs. "su -i".
You mean vs "su -" or "su -l" or "su --login" :)
Or "sudo -i" ("sudo --login")
On 2023-09-05, Charles Curley wrote:
> E.g. gaining root privileges with "su" vs. "su -i".
You mean vs "su -" or "su -l" or "su --login" :)
On 2023-09-05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> You used "su" to become root, I believe. Unfortunately, beginning
> with Debian 9, "su" with no arguments and no configuration doesn't
> behave the way it used to behave. Specifically, it no longer sets the
> PATH variable properly. And so you get the above
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 18:32:08 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE
> 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Bingo. Here's the vendor's information:
https://www.realtek.com/en/products/communications-network-ics/item/rtl8821ce
With
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 06:32:08PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Here it is and no mention of the wifi.
>
> ~$ lspci
[...]
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE
> 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
It's right there. ^^ See, it says "Wireless" and "Network
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 18:16:54 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> so what you are saying is I should have used su -i and not just su.
Correct.
>
> also I downloaded the file for Bookworm, I did not use the one from
> SID.
Ah, OK.
--
Does anybody read signatures any more?
https://charlescurley.co
Here it is and no mention of the wifi.
~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core 4-core Desktop
Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [Coffee Lake S] (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT2
[UHD Graphics 630]
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel
so what you are saying is I should have used su -i and not just su.
also I downloaded the file for Bookworm, I did not use the one from SID.
On 9/5/23 4:21 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 +
"Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i co
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 10:59:06PM +0100, piorunz wrote:
> On 05/09/2023 05:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > I tied su and then apt-install and that didn't
> > work.
>
> 1. Yo logged to root incorrectly. Anyway, I suggest to never use root
> account for anything. Use sudo.
That's one valid solutio
On 05/09/2023 05:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I keep getting messages that it is not installed.
Where? Show exact error.
So I went on line and
found a link but it was for Sid. I have bookworm. I did not use it but
I downloaded the one for bookworm, at least I think I did. It is in a
folde
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:43:25 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> I ran it and got
>
> dpkg-query --show firmware-iwlwifi
>
> but it is not found
Ah. Thank you. Now we need to know if you actually need it. Run lspci,
and look over the output for likely keywords: wifi, wireless, 802.11,
etc. On the l
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 03:39:59PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> This is what I did and the errors it produced.
>
> root@debiandesktop-4:/home/maureen/Debian# dpkg -i
> firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb
> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: warning: 'start-st
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 +
"Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
> At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i complains.
Actually she is root (the # in the prompt, and the username@host at the
beginning of the prompt, assuming she hasn't played with her prompts).
What she does not have, apparent
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 03:39:59PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> This is what I did and the errors it produced.
>
> root@debiandesktop-4:/home/maureen/Debian# dpkg -i
> firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb
> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: warning: 'start-st
I ran it and got
dpkg-query --show firmware-iwlwifi
but it is not found
On 9/5/23 11:12 AM, Charles Curley wrote:
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:23:49 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I keep getting messages that [iwlwifi_20230515-3] is not installed. …
Is it important or can I ignore it[?] I do have
This is what I did and the errors it produced.
root@debiandesktop-4:/home/maureen/Debian# dpkg -i
firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: error: 2 expected prog
Yes it is a .deb file and I tried the sudo dpkg -i but did not do the
apt --fix-broken install I will try using both and see what happens.
On 9/5/23 1:40 AM, jeremy ardley wrote:
On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete loss
On Tue 05 Sep 2023 at 09:12:58 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:23:49 -0400 Maureen L Thomas wrote:
>
> > I keep getting messages that [iwlwifi_20230515-3] is not installed. …
> > Is it important or can I ignore it[?] I do have wifi.
It might help if you write a little more
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 00:23:49 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> I keep getting messages that [iwlwifi_20230515-3] is not installed. …
> Is it important or can I ignore it[?] I do have wifi.
What leads you to think you need it? Please show us the exact error
message.
iwlwifi refers to certain Intel
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 01:40:55PM +0800, jeremy ardley wrote:
>
> On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete loss.
>
>
> Assuming you downloaded a deb file, the usual mechansim is
>
> sudo dpkg - i .deb
>
> sudo apt --fix-bro
On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 3:55 AM Maureen L Thomas
wrote:
> I keep getting messages that it is not installed. So I went on line and
> found a link but it was for Sid. I have bookworm. I did not use it but I
> downloaded the one for bookworm, at least I think I did. It is in a folder
> marked Deb
On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete loss.
Assuming you downloaded a deb file, the usual mechansim is
sudo dpkg - i .deb
sudo apt --fix-broken install
I keep getting messages that it is not installed. So I went on line and
found a link but it was for Sid. I have bookworm. I did not use it but
I downloaded the one for bookworm, at least I think I did. It is in a
folder marked Debian. I have tried every witch way to install it but am
at a
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