On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 21:26:09 -0700 Britton Kerin <[email protected]> wrote:
> The installer correctly detects a Ralink RT3290 and seems to think its > going to be > able to work with it, but then it always fails (I think at the DHCP > stage) to actually > manage to connect to the network. > > Has anyone else encountered this issue? Workarounds? > > As usually everyone assumes it would work on Ubuntu and as usual I'd rather > not > go there. > > What I'm hoping to do is install a gnome system from CD image, then follow > these > instructions: > > https://wiki.debian.org/rt3290 > > Is this probably workable? Is it the best way? If there was some way to get > wireless working at the point in the installation where the installer > tries to set > it up that seem like it would be best, but maybe it isn't required > firmware-ralinkthen if you > have one of the big (non-netinst) CDs? Apparently, firmware-ralink is non-free and is required, so looks like you can't get your card working from installation. You must download the package from another machine or temporarily use another network card. > > Thanks, > Britton > > Regards -- http://markorandjelovic.hopto.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
