On Wed, 2021-11-17 at 04:42 -0500, tomas k wrote: > Package: network-manager > Followup-For: Bug #624438 > X-Debbugs-Cc: foren...@wi.rr.com > > Dear Maintainer, > > I've been dealing with this problem with one upgrade--buster to > bullseye--and one new > install of bullseye 11. It seems I must install the correct firmware, > which I already knew, load the driver with modporobe, and then > reboot. > > But there is still the problem that it will lose the wifi interface > with subsequent reboots. I have not demonstrated that with the > new install, but with the upgrade I did. > > So, work needs to be done, because it's not as simple as installing > a few packages to get the interface set up once and for all. And > this type of behavior is very unlike modern Debian, so users have no > experience with it. > > I'm not positive it's even a nm bug. But nm cannot find the wifi > interface, > because it doesn't exist. > It doesn't exist because the firmware isn't loading. Intel's newest wifi chips "Killer" have no specific support in stable. And make sure your PCIe slots aren't stomping on each other. I always put wifi in the first slot. There's also github.com Intel wifi drivers > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where > appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > * What was the outcome of this action? > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > *** End of the template - remove these template lines *** > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 11.1 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), > (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, > TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE not set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages network-manager depends on: > ii adduser 3.118 > ii dbus 1.12.20-2 > ii libaudit1 1:3.0-2 > ii libbluetooth3 5.55-3.1 > ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u2 > ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.74.0-1.3+b1 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.66.8-1 > ii libgnutls30 3.7.1-5 > ii libjansson4 2.13.1-1.1 > ii libmm-glib0 1.14.12-0.2 > ii libndp0 1.6-1+b1 > ii libnewt0.52 0.52.21-4+b3 > ii libnm0 1.30.0-2 > ii libpsl5 0.21.0-1.2 > ii libreadline8 8.1-1 > ii libselinux1 3.1-3 > ii libsystemd0 247.3-6 > ii libteamdctl0 1.31-1 > ii libudev1 247.3-6 > ii libuuid1 2.36.1-8 > ii policykit-1 0.105-31 > ii udev 247.3-6 > ii wpasupplicant 2:2.9.0-21 > > Versions of packages network-manager recommends: > ii dnsmasq-base [dnsmasq-base] 2.85-1 > ii iptables 1.8.7-1 > ii libpam-systemd 247.3-6 > ii modemmanager 1.14.12-0.2 > ii ppp 2.4.9-1+1 > ii wireless-regdb 2020.04.29-2 > > Versions of packages network-manager suggests: > ii isc-dhcp-client 4.4.1-2.3 > pn libteam-utils <none> > > -- no debconf information
