Re: Debian bookwork 12.4 installation wifi card not being detected
I just tried using Trixie and it's the same issues. Seems that the installer isn't even recognizing wifi card at all so no matter what drives I give it refuses to use them. *No Ethernet card was found on the system.* I think my only option is using wifi usb adapter that works, I already tried using usb wifi adapter that I had at hand but didn't work because it too uses proprietary driver.
Re: Debian bookworm 12.4 installation wifi card not being detected
Results on ubuntu are /03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) Subsystem: Apple Inc. BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [106b:0117] Kernel driver in use: wl Kernel modules: bcma, wl/ During debian install it's same result but without /kernel driver and kernel modules/ I use an iOS device and I don't think tethering feature is supported there.
Debian bookworm 12.4 installation wifi card not being detected
Hey thanks for your time in advance. I'm trying to install debian bookworm 12.4 on MacbookAir7,2 that doesn't have an ethernet port and the installer doesn't recognize it's wifi card and what drivers it needs for the card to work. From searching the web I found that it uses Broadcom BCM 4360 wireless network adapter and requires broadcom-sda-dkms firmware drivers to function. The installer doesn't detect the wifi card and none of the drivers from the select list work and when I use 2nd bootable USB formatted as FAT32 with broadcom-sda-dkms firmware drivers saved to root and firmware folder it doesn't accept drivers and gives out error "ethernet card not found" I've looked through entire debian wiki and other wikis and forums like arch wiki and found no answers anywhere. I have successfully installed ubuntu on this macbook air and it works just fine with the wifi card. Could you please shed some light on how I can possibly install debian on this macbook air. Some other things that I've tried that didn't work. Every available driver from the install list. Older non-free debian version 11.8.0 because I thought it would have drivers but it didn't work either. Downloading all firmware from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/firmware/ onto USB formatted as FAT32 in root and firmware folder Using command line during installation for extra options to load drivers off USB. (this command doesn't seem to work on bookwork 12.4) https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware *Installation+Archive+USBStickpreseed/early_command="modprobe vfat ; sleep 2 ;mount /dev/disk/by-label/FIRMWARE /media ;cp -a /media/firmware /lib"* Using rtl8812au-5.2.20 firmware drivers Ripping out firmware drivers from ubuntu install that works fine with this wifi card and putting it on same USB *bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu10~22.04.1_amd64*
Debian bookwork 12.4 installation wifi card not being detected
Hey thanks for your time in advance. I'm trying to install debian bookworm 12.4 on MacbookAir7,2 that doesn't have an ethernet port and the installer doesn't recognize it's wifi card and what drivers it needs for the card to work. From searching the web I found that it uses Broadcom BCM 4360 wireless network adapter and requires broadcom-sda-dkms firmware drivers to function. The installer doesn't detect the wifi card and none of the drivers from the select list work and when I use 2nd bootable USB formatted as FAT32 with broadcom-sda-dkms firmware drivers saved to root and firmware folder it doesn't accept drivers and gives out error "ethernet card not found" I've looked through entire debian wiki and other wikis and forums like arch wiki and found no answers anywhere. I have successfully installed ubuntu on this macbook air and it works just fine with the wifi card. Could you please shed some light on how I can possibly install debian on this macbook air. Some other things that I've tried that didn't work. Every available driver from the install list. Older non-free debian version 11.8.0 because I thought it would have drivers but it didn't work either. Downloading all firmware from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/firmware/ onto USB formatted as FAT32 in root and firmware folder Using command like during installation for extra option to load drivers off USB. (this command doesn't seem to work on bookwork 12.4) https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware *Installation+Archive+USBStickpreseed/early_command="modprobe vfat ; sleep 2 ;mount /dev/disk/by-label/FIRMWARE /media ;cp -a /media/firmware /lib"* Using rtl8812au-5.2.20 firmware drivers Ripping out firmware drivers from ubuntu install that works fine with this wifi card and putting it on same USB *bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu10~22.04.1_amd64*
