How do i check whether the required non-free-firmware is installed correctly. Now i am not getting the message "non-free firmware not installed" on booting. I set up the network configuration and IP as it was when i was using Debian in the same PC. But I cant connect to internet. should i do any ifup command manually.
On 21 March 2016 at 21:31, <gnewsense-users-requ...@nongnu.org> wrote: > Send gNewSense-users mailing list submissions to > gnewsense-users@nongnu.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gnewsense-users-requ...@nongnu.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gnewsense-users-ow...@nongnu.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gNewSense-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Cant connect to internet / not wifi (thru LAN) > (James L. Mazurek) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 17:08:23 -0500 (CDT) > From: "James L. Mazurek" <ja...@mazurek.chicago.il.us> > To: Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdru...@tinet.cat> > Cc: gnewsense-users@nongnu.org > Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] Cant connect to internet / not wifi > (thru LAN) > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1603201639510.2760@raspberrypi> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2016, Xavi Drudis Ferran wrote: > > > El Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:15:20PM +0100, Sam Geeraerts deia: > >> Op Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:17:59 +0530 > >> schreef "Tanzeem M.B" <tanzeem...@gmail.com>: > >> > >> > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller > >> > (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > >> > RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)? > >> > >> That should work with the r8169 driver. What's the output of > >> > >> sudo modprobe r8169 > >> sudo ifconfig -a > >> > > > > I don't know if I'm helping or just adding noise, but there's also a > > realtek driver r8168, it seems. But someone from Realtek also commits > > to kernel.org's r8169, it seems, so I don't understand why there are > > two drivers. Beware, if you follow these instructions (which I haven't > tried) > > I don't know if non-free firmware will be loaded or what, I haven't > > checked. It seems the last supported kernel by r8168 is 3.10 ? > > > > > https://unixblogger.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/the-pain-of-an-realtek-rtl8111rtl8168-ethernet-card/ > > > > This seems riskier than what Sam says, so please first follow Sam's > advise. > > Hello, > > I ran into a similar issue the other week working with debootstrap > generated installs of Debian 8 and Ubuntu 12.04. The issue being that the > r8169 kernel module was being loaded but the non-free firmware was not. > > The solution I found was to: > > 1. Make sure the required non-free firmware is installed correctly. > 2. Backup and remove /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file. > 3. Reboot the machine to permit udev to regenerate the rules file. > > I suspect there may be a udev issue caused by not having the required > firmware installed during the initial installation or in my case first > boot. I'm not sure if the problem is limited to the r8169 driver. > > I don't know if this will work for you but it may be worth a try. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > gNewSense-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > > > End of gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 106, Issue 10 > ************************************************ >
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