On Sun 21 Nov 2021 at 17:53:57 (+0000), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 05:46:13PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 21 Nov 2021 at 16:30:06 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
[ … ] > > > A complication is that this is a gaming laptop with two video displays. > > > If you wish to use both, then there are difficulties in doing so. > > > > > > I would suggest booting from the isntaller and doing an expert install. > > > > I agee with that. > > > > > Stop without installing any desktop - so unselect a Debian desktop. > > > > Normally I would agree with this too, but the lack of ethernet is likely > > to lead to an issue with connectivity after first boot. See > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694068 Quoting this: "If this bug is going to be kept ANOTHER Debian release, can you at least warn people about it in the buster Installation Guide?" I don't see anything about it in the bullseye one. > No Ethernet means additional complications :) > > WiFi firmware - the nonfree firmware-iwlwifi probably - will be installed > as part of the initial install - so you should have network connectivity > for that at least. … during the installation phase only, in case that's not clear. > I'd install Network Manager and nmtui to set up a minimal wireless interface > thereafter. You can do that either by dropping to a shell in the initial > install or by using the rescue mode of the installer to chroot to the > installed > system and go from there. I think it's far simpler than that, and I've added a comment to BTS #694068 that might avoid its needing a trixie tag in the future. > This is one of the reasons why I keep around a USB -> Ethernet adapter but > I recognise that I'm an oddity here. A student would have nowhere to plug it into at the university down the road from here. They provide WiFi connectivity, and that's it. Cheers, David.