Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
I have not went through all the replies. Regardless those questions, one basic question is that What is your wireless card. try $ lspci If your laptop is not so new, basically it has very well support. check the kernel support first. If none, then look for the further solutions. On Monday 04,March,2013 03:53 AM, Mark Filipak wrote: > My objective: > Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the Internet. > > My problem: > All the help I can find covers installing packages over the Internet. > But I can't install packages over the Internet because I can't reach the > Internet until I've installed the driver (not part of Debian because > it's non-free) and a Network Manager (apparently, not part of > Debian+LXDE ...or at least I can't find it under System Tools ...I think > that's what the menu item is named). > > Packages I have: > aptitude_0.6.3-3.2+squeeze1_amd64.deb// Debian - Package Manager > firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers > synaptic_0.70~pre1+b1_amd64.deb // Debian - Package Manager > wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb// Debian (all but Gnome) - > Network Manager > wireless-tools_30~pre9-5_amd64.deb // Debian - WiFi Tools > > Documentation I have: > (copied off the Internet and saved where I can get to them when I'm in > Debian+LXDE...) > "How to use a WiFi interface" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse) > "Intel PRO-Wireless 3945 and WiFi Link 4965 devices" > (http://wiki.debian.org/iwlegacy) > "WiFi Ad-hoc Network" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc) > "iwconfig" (http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig) > iwconfig man page as a text file. > > BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in > Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files. Nothing > happened. > > I don't know what to do or what I'll need once I'm booted back into > Debian+LXDE ...remember: I won't have Internet. Assuming that I'll need > to know how to run a Package Manager, I've looked at the following > (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/index.en.html#contents): > > (Before listing the contents of the appropriate section of debian-faq > below, I need to say that I really, really tried to read this stuff. My > eyes glazed over. I looked for something like "how to install a deb > binary" but couldn't find it. As I read the details of what I couldn't > relate to and what I didn't understand and what I don't really care > about - God created the Earth in 6 days so that we could argue over it > forever after - I had my hands full simply trying to stay awake. Forgive > me but I don't want to know the excruciating details of Linux and how it > works. I'm not going to stand back after a year of study saying, "My, > that's wonderful!". I... don't... care. I'm here to use Linux, not to > praise it. My objective is to copy stuff I *might* need for offline use.) > > 7 Basics of the Debian package management system > 7.1 What is a Debian package? > 7.2 What is the format of a Debian binary package? > 7.3 Why are Debian package file names so long? > 7.4 What is a Debian control file? > 7.5 What is a Debian conffile? > 7.6 What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script? > 7.7 What is an Essential, Required, Important, Standard, Optional, or > Extra package? > 7.8 What is a Virtual Package? > 7.9 What is meant by saying that a package Depends, Recommends, > Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces, Breaks or Provides another package? > 7.10 What is meant by Pre-Depends? > 7.11 What is meant by unknown, install, remove, purge and hold in the > package status? > 7.12 How do I put a package on hold? > 7.13 How do I install a source package? > 7.14 How do I build binary packages from a source package? > 7.15 How do I create Debian packages myself? > 8 The Debian package management tools > 8.1 What programs does Debian provide for managing its packages? > 8.1.1 dpkg > 8.1.2 APT > 8.1.3 aptitude > 8.1.4 synaptic > 8.1.5 tasksel > 8.1.6 Other package management tools > 8.2 Debian claims to be able to update a running program; how is this > accomplished? > 8.3 How can I tell what packages are already installed on a Debian system? > 8.4 How to display the files of a package installed? > 8.5 How can I find out what package produced a particular file? > 8.6 Why doesn't get `foo-data' removed when I uninstall `foo'? How do I > make sure old unused library-packages get purged? > 9 Keeping your Debian system up-to-date > 9.1 How can I keep my Debian system current? > 9.1.1 aptitude > 9.1.2 apt-get, dselect and apt-cdrom > 9.1.3 aptitude > 9.1.4 mirror > 9.1.5 dpkg-mountable > 9.2 Must I go into single user mode in order to upgrade a package? > 9.3 Do I have to keep all those .deb archive files on my disk? > 9.4 How can I keep a log of the packages I added to the system? I'd like > to know when which package upgrades and removals have occured! > 9.5 Can I automatically update the system? > 9.6 I have several machines how can I dow
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 10:17:11AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 06:49:34PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:23:49PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > From the directory that the deb is in: > > > dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb > > > > > > If it complains that there are missing dependencies, curse, wish you had > > > used > > > aptitude, and install them. > > > > Get the dependencies the same way you got > > wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb "rinse and repeat" > > > > Watch out for circular dependencies, for that you need > > > > "dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb" where package1 and package2 are the > > two packages involved. Adjust if necessary for more than two packages > > involved. > > It's a lot easier to do this with apt-zip. or apt-offline. But in this case, for the sake of half a dozen or so packages it might be too much bother. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130305143331.GA17252@tal
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 06:49:34PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:23:49PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > From the directory that the deb is in: > > dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb > > > > If it complains that there are missing dependencies, curse, wish you had > > used > > aptitude, and install them. > > Get the dependencies the same way you got > wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb "rinse and repeat" > > Watch out for circular dependencies, for that you need > > "dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb" where package1 and package2 are the > two packages involved. Adjust if necessary for more than two packages > involved. It's a lot easier to do this with apt-zip. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
Am 03.03.2013 um 22:20 schrieb Joe: Network manager is not actually necessary to do anything, and until recently it had a rather poor reputation, usually being known as Notwork Manager. It's quite big and overbearing, and has many plug-ins, for OpenVPN, wi-fi, 3G dongles and other things. It does seem to work these days, or at least the Sid version does. I don't have it on my workstation, which is a purely wired-Ethernet machine, but both my laptop and netbook have it. In my standard installation [1] of squeeze + Gnome WiFi and 3G works out of the box. [1] Bootet netinstall from WinXP, DHCP over ethernet-cable. Booting from Win was convenient, because this netbook (Acer one) has no CD- drive, and I had no empty USB stick available. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/0fdbbc98-6150-4497-b0ac-ad3d84e6d...@fixpunkt.de
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 07:06:13PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote: > I tried to install wicd. [...] > I see that there are uninstalled dependencies: > wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-client > > I don't know what to do, so I'll wait for some nice person to give me > a push in a particular direction (and hope that it's not towards a > cliff). The best way, IMHO, is visit: http://packages.debian.org/packagename e.g. http://packages.debian.org/wicd-daemon Just remember to choose/click the stable/squeeze choice(s) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130305060956.GD29797@tal
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:53:37PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote: > My objective: > Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the Internet. To be more exact, the wifi driver is installed so the kernel can talk to the wireless hardware. IOW, the procedure is the same whether you have Gnome, XFCE, LXDE, KDE or even no X environment at all. > My problem: > All the help I can find covers installing packages over the Internet. First step: Determine the chipset of your wireless card, then you'll be able to determine the driver necessary so the kernel can "talk" to that chipset. There are various ways, but the usual way which I use is the lspci command: e.g. lspci -k Please don't post the whole output, obviously information about your graphics chipset, or your northbridge chipset, is not relevant to this issue. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130305060222.GC29797@tal
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:23:49PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > From the directory that the deb is in: > dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb > > If it complains that there are missing dependencies, curse, wish you had used > aptitude, and install them. Get the dependencies the same way you got wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb "rinse and repeat" Watch out for circular dependencies, for that you need "dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb" where package1 and package2 are the two packages involved. Adjust if necessary for more than two packages involved. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130305054934.GB29797@tal
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
Em 04-03-2013 05:39, Roman V.Leon. escreveu:
On 04.03.2013 03:04, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/3 4:34 PM, Roman V.Leon. wrote:
-big snip-
Why do you think you need a special driver?
Please type "/sbin/ifconfig -a" in your terminal to check whether you
have "wlan0" device or not in the list.
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$
/sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8b:dc:30:fd
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:18
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1696 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1696 (1.6 KiB)
pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ba:3e:86:e1:5a:91
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:77:80:2d:b9
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Well, 00:1b:77:80:2d:b9 is indeed the WiFi's NIC. So why can't I get to
the Ethernet, and why does everything I see on the Internet (when I'm in
Windows of course) say that I must obtain an Intel 3945ABG driver
because it's non-free? "...Come to me and fall on thy knees, and I will
set thee free!"
Hi again Mark,
I'm not sure why all the articles you've found require you a special
driver(though it can be a serious reason for this). But i think that
if you have wlan0 interface you do not need anything else on your
system. There are a lot of software with GUI(NetworkManager, Wicd,
...)which could help you to manage your wifi interface, but I think
you can read about it later when you find some time. To get internet
working you can use wpa_supplicant tool, it is a CLI tool, but it is
very easy. At first you should create a config-file with such content:
---
network={
ssid="home"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="very secret passphrase"
}
---
Rename this file as wpa_supplicant.conf. I think that content is more
or less clear and you can adjust these parameters according your own
needs. Then you can start your wi-fi card by command:
sudo /sbin/wpa_supplicant -cwpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0
I think the command is also easy to understand. I hope that after
these actions you'll get your wifi working till next reboot. Probably
you will need to assign an IP-address manually to your NIC.
I'd recommend you to read the man pages:
1) man wpa_supplicant
2) man wpa_supplicant.conf
And download an excellent book which you'll find here:
http://debian-handbook.info/
You can read it from time to time when you are in a public transport
and I think it will be a kind of an eye-opener for you.
Just to be recorded on the list:
There is no evidence that wireless did not work out of the box. Probably
the firmware package was not required. The network interface wlan0 was
already present and only a GUI for the wireless connection was missing.
The need to install a GUI for wireless network was probably due to the
user option to a non-standard desktop (LXDE) instead of the better
supported and more featureful Gnome and KDE. However, wireless
configuration was possible out of the box with the standard text mode
utility wpa_supplicant.
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Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:14:32 -0500 Mark Filipak wrote: > On 2013/3/3 8:16 PM, Mr G wrote: > -snip- > > $ id > -snip- > > $ sudo updatedb > -snip- > > $ mlocate firmware-iwlwfi.deb > -snip- > > $ pwd > > Look at the terminal session below > > = > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su > Password: > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg > -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb dpkg: error processing firmware-iwlwifi.deb > (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > firmware-iwlwifi.deb > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg > -i firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb Selecting previously > deselected package firmware-iwlwifi. (Reading database ... 68697 > files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking > firmware-iwlwifi (from firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb) ... > Setting up firmware-iwlwifi (0.28+squeeze1) ... = > > I don't think it's necessary for me to 'mlocate' or 'pwd', do you? > 'firmware-iwlwifi.deb' is not right. It has to be > 'firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb' > > This is the first real progress I've made since the installation > succeeded. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Now, regarding a network > manager, the terminal session below is from about 2 hours ago. Can > you help with it? > > = > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg > -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb Selecting previously deselected > package wicd. (Reading database ... 68689 files and directories > currently installed.) Unpacking wicd (from > wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems > prevent configuration of wicd: wicd depends on wicd-daemon (= > 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3); however: Package wicd-daemon is not installed. > wicd depends on wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-curses (= > 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | > wicd-client; however: Package wicd-gtk is not installed. Package > wicd-curses is not installed. Package wicd-cli is not installed. >Package wicd-client is not installed. > dpkg: error processing wicd (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > wicd > = > > There are uninstalled dependencies: > wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) > wicd-client > > When I do a google search for "1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3" I find lots of > stuff (too much stuff), including Python - gee, I've written Python > server code - is that needed for this? Python aside, I don't know > what to do next, so I'll wait for a push in a particular direction > (and hope that it's not towards a cliff). > No, it means the 1.7 version of each package named. Dependencies are usually of the form 'needs this or later version', so you don't know for sure if you don't have those packages at all, or just that your installed version is too old. Since wicd wasn't installed, the former is more likely. This is why we don't use dpkg unless we have to, and at the moment, you have to. The apt tools all work on complete Debian repositories, and mostly can work out and load all the dependencies of something you ask for. dpkg can only install the file you give it, so it just tells you when there are missing dependencies. The Debian website can tell you full details of each package, and what its dependencies are, but it's hard work doing it that way, one file at a time. Do you still have the install medium, and can you access that from the Debian system? If so, most of what you want will be on there. The most important file in the apt system is /etc/apt/sources.list. It should contain lines showing which repositories are in use, mostly in pairs, beginning 'deb' and 'deb-src' for compiled and source code packages. At the top of the list should be two commented lines that refer to the installation medium, they get commented out when the installation is complete, and working Internet repositories added. Try uncommenting those two lines, plugging in the install medium and seeing if the apt tools give you what you need. If it was a CD, there would be no doubt, but the uncertainties of USB mounting and naming may still give you a bit of trouble. There was once just a Debian CD1, which contained nearly everything a standard installation would need, but as software got bigger, and fewer people wanted Gnome or KDE, the ISOs have changed in nature. So I'm not certain that your installation medium does contain wicd and its dependencies, but that is the way I would bet. * * * OK, I've looked, wicd-daemon (server) and wicd-gtk (the GUI client) are on the CD image, and they are the only actual dependencies (wicd is itself a virtual package, containing no code itself, and brings in the daemon and one of the clients, -gtk in
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 04.03.2013 03:04, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/3 4:34 PM, Roman V.Leon. wrote:
-big snip-
Why do you think you need a special driver?
Please type "/sbin/ifconfig -a" in your terminal to check whether you
have "wlan0" device or not in the list.
mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$
/sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8b:dc:30:fd
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:18
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1696 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1696 (1.6 KiB)
pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ba:3e:86:e1:5a:91
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:77:80:2d:b9
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Well, 00:1b:77:80:2d:b9 is indeed the WiFi's NIC. So why can't I get to
the Ethernet, and why does everything I see on the Internet (when I'm in
Windows of course) say that I must obtain an Intel 3945ABG driver
because it's non-free? "...Come to me and fall on thy knees, and I will
set thee free!"
Hi again Mark,
I'm not sure why all the articles you've found require you a special
driver(though it can be a serious reason for this). But i think that if
you have wlan0 interface you do not need anything else on your system.
There are a lot of software with GUI(NetworkManager, Wicd, ...)which
could help you to manage your wifi interface, but I think you can read
about it later when you find some time. To get internet working you can
use wpa_supplicant tool, it is a CLI tool, but it is very easy. At first
you should create a config-file with such content:
---
network={
ssid="home"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="very secret passphrase"
}
---
Rename this file as wpa_supplicant.conf. I think that content is more or
less clear and you can adjust these parameters according your own needs.
Then you can start your wi-fi card by command:
sudo /sbin/wpa_supplicant -cwpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0
I think the command is also easy to understand. I hope that after these
actions you'll get your wifi working till next reboot. Probably you will
need to assign an IP-address manually to your NIC.
I'd recommend you to read the man pages:
1) man wpa_supplicant
2) man wpa_supplicant.conf
And download an excellent book which you'll find here:
http://debian-handbook.info/
You can read it from time to time when you are in a public transport and
I think it will be a kind of an eye-opener for you.
--
From Russia with love,
Roman V.Leon.
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Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver [SOLVED]
Get the WiFi driver. - Go to http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi and look for a link related to your WiFi device. My WiFi device is an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 and the link is labeled 'ipw3945'. Yours will probably be different. - Taking the device-related link takes you to the Debian Wiki page for your desired driver. For the ipw3945 that page is http://wiki.debian.org/ipw3945. On that page is a notice: "Non-free firmware is required, which can be provided by the package." - If you encounter such a notice, take link to get to a search results page (identifiable by the phrase "Exact hits") and select yet one more link for the codename of your Debian (in my case, this codename is "Squeeze"). - The final page contains the download link for the driver. Save the driver to a folder where it will be available while running Debian. In my case, the driver is named firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb. Install the WiFi driver. - In the target Debian system, browse to the folder where you saved the driver. - Open a terminal window and enter this command: su Note: you will be prompted for the root user's password - the installer needs to run with root privilege and this is how to elevate your privilege to root level. - Then enter this command: dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb Note: replace "firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb" with the actual name of your driver. If the system responds with something like this: Selecting previously deselected package firmware-iwlwifi. (Reading database ... 68697 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking firmware-iwlwifi (from firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb) ... Setting up firmware-iwlwifi (0.28+squeeze1) ... your driver is installed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51342db9.90...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/S etup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package firmware-iwlwifi. (Reading database ... 68697 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking firmware-iwlwifi (from firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb) ... Setting up firmware-iwlwifi (0.28+squeeze1) ... = That means it is installed and this thread is solved. You should now be able to use the network software that can with the install. If you other problems, start a new thread. That way other users with your problem will be able to search the archives. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > On 2013/3/3 9:21 PM, Mr G wrote: > >> If I didn't think it was necessary I wouldn't have asked you to run the >> commands. >> > > Quite right. My error. For convenience, I've added blank lines between > commands and I added one command. > > = > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ id > uid=1000(mark) gid=1000(mark) groups=1000(mark),24(cdrom),** > 25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),**44(video),46(plugdev),108(** > netdev),115(powerdev),116(**scanner),119(bluetooth) > > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ sudo > updatedb > [sudo] password for mark: > mark is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ > mlocate firmware-iwlwifi.deb > > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ > mlocate firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all.deb > > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ pwd > /media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages > = > > Is this what you expected? > > Ciao - Mark. > > -- B G
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 2013/3/3 8:16 PM, Mr G wrote: -snip- $ id -snip- $ sudo updatedb -snip- $ mlocate firmware-iwlwfi.deb -snip- $ pwd Look at the terminal session below = mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su Password: root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb dpkg: error processing firmware-iwlwifi.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: firmware-iwlwifi.deb root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package firmware-iwlwifi. (Reading database ... 68697 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking firmware-iwlwifi (from firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb) ... Setting up firmware-iwlwifi (0.28+squeeze1) ... = I don't think it's necessary for me to 'mlocate' or 'pwd', do you? 'firmware-iwlwifi.deb' is not right. It has to be 'firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb' This is the first real progress I've made since the installation succeeded. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Now, regarding a network manager, the terminal session below is from about 2 hours ago. Can you help with it? = root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package wicd. (Reading database ... 68689 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking wicd (from wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wicd: wicd depends on wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3); however: Package wicd-daemon is not installed. wicd depends on wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-client; however: Package wicd-gtk is not installed. Package wicd-curses is not installed. Package wicd-cli is not installed. Package wicd-client is not installed. dpkg: error processing wicd (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: wicd = There are uninstalled dependencies: wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-client When I do a google search for "1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3" I find lots of stuff (too much stuff), including Python - gee, I've written Python server code - is that needed for this? Python aside, I don't know what to do next, so I'll wait for a push in a particular direction (and hope that it's not towards a cliff). Ciao - Mark (who's going to go out and catch some food for a little while). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51340388.2080...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 2013/3/3 7:22 PM, Mr G wrote: Good. You found the problem. < Package `firmware-iwlwifi' is not installed and no info is available. So now you need to get you and firmware-iwlwifi.deb in the same directory. = mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi Package `firmware-iwlwifi' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all Package `firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb Package `firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ = Yes, as you can see from the terminal session above, the CWD is 'mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages'. I guess that's really '/home/mark/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages' but I'm not really sure. -snip- $ sudo dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb as a regular user or: # dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb as root. Again I don't know how you answered the questions when you installed. Aside from my name, password, and time zone, the installer didn't ask any questions (Thank doG!). In my previous encounters with Linux, the installer asked a million questions as though I knew what the stuff was and disk space was incredibly expensive. I just answered 'Yes' to everything, and then I wound up with a non-working system. That's why I wrote "I've never successfully installed Linux" last week. That brought the wrath of the Linux-stuffedshirtkingdom down on me and I had to run for the hills. As you can see from the terminal session above, I was not alerted to run as root. When I tried 'Aptitude' a hour or so ago, I was alerted to run as root, but this time, no. I'll go back and try running 'dpkg' as root, but you said that 'dpkg' is not an installer, so I'm confused regarding why I'm doing it. I'll be back in a few minutes. Ciao - Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5133f121.2060...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
Good. You found the problem. < Package `firmware-iwlwifi' is not installed and no info is available. So now you need to get you and firmware-iwlwifi.deb in the same directory. Really you don't -- but let's keep it simple ;) If you don't know how do: $ man cd Once you and the package are together then do the $ sudo dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb as a regular user or: # dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb as root. Again I don't know how you answered the questions when you installed. You can type $ id and it will tell you what groups you are in. To execute the command as normal user using sudo you will need to be in the group named sudo. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: > No, dpkg -s just simply tells you if it is installed. If it's not then: > > $ cd > is then: > > $ sudo dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb > > or > > # dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi.deb > > There should have been one installed by default. If it is installed then > you can move onto the next step which would be configuring your network. > That works exactly the same as any other desktop. Find the icon and click > or right click and pick your network or adjust settings. I can't remember, > it's been several years since I used a network manager. > > Also for future reference, you may want to install the gdebi package or > check your menu to see if it is installed. It will do the same thing as > dpkg -i except it is a graphical program like you are used to and you will > be able to install .deb packages from your file manager by clicking on them > like you are used to using. I find such things to just simply get in my way > but to each their own. > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Mark Filipak > wrote: > >> On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: >> >>> You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. >>> >>> # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi >>> >> >> You mean this one: >> >> firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers >> >> It's on my list. >> >> Do I really install it with this: >> >> dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi >> >> or this: >> >> dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all >> >> or this: >> >> dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all.deb >> >> ? >> >> Oh, never mind. I'll try all 3. >> >> > > > -- > B G > -- B G
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
No, dpkg -s just simply tells you if it is installed. If it's not then: $ cd wrote: > On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: > >> You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. >> >> # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi >> > > You mean this one: > > firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers > > It's on my list. > > Do I really install it with this: > > dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi > > or this: > > dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all > > or this: > > dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+**squeeze1_all.deb > > ? > > Oh, never mind. I'll try all 3. > > -- B G
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
I tried to install wicd. = mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su Password: root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package wicd. (Reading database ... 68689 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking wicd (from wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wicd: wicd depends on wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3); however: Package wicd-daemon is not installed. wicd depends on wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) | wicd-client; however: Package wicd-gtk is not installed. Package wicd-curses is not installed. Package wicd-cli is not installed. Package wicd-client is not installed. dpkg: error processing wicd (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: wicd root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# = I see that there are uninstalled dependencies: wicd-daemon (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-gtk (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-curses (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-cli (= 1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3) wicd-client When I do a google search for "1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3" I find lots of stuff, including Python - gee, I've written Python server code - is that needed for this? I don't know what to do, so I'll wait for some nice person to give me a push in a particular direction (and hope that it's not towards a cliff). Ciao - Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5133e575.6070...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 2013/3/3 6:48 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi You mean this one: firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers It's on my list. Do I really install it with this: dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi or this: dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all or this: dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb ? Oh, never mind. I'll try all 3. I don't quite know what to make of the results, but I did as you asked (I think). = mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi Package `firmware-iwlwifi' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all Package `firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb Package `firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ = Can you suggest anything else? Ciao - Mark (mystified). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5133e4d3.3000...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi You mean this one: firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers It's on my list. Do I really install it with this: dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi or this: dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all or this: dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb ? Oh, never mind. I'll try all 3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5133e132.1020...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 2013/3/3 6:10 PM, Mr G wrote: You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi will tell you if the package is installed. It probably wont be on the install disk as it is the nonfree repository. You may have to adjust /etc/apt/sources.list depending on how you answered the questions when you installed. Reminder: I don't have Internet in Debian+LXDE yet. Comment: I have the iwlwifi package. It's firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb. Remark: There were no questions when I installed (Thank doG!), so /etc/apt/sources.list may not need adjustment. Question: What is /etc/apt/sources.list? Ciao - Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5133e0fe.4030...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Sunday 03 March 2013 22:40:22 Mark Filipak wrote:
> Comment: I submitted 'aptitude install wicd' because it was part of the
> example I followed. Obviously, 'wicd' is not sufficient.
Why is it obviously not sufficient? I would have said that it was. But you
would need the right repositories and a connection to the net. On my box:
root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# aptitude install wicd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libnl1{a} libpcsclite1{a} python-glade2{a} python-iniparse{a}
python-notify{a}
python-wicd{a} wicd wicd-daemon{a} wicd-gtk{a} wpasupplicant{a}
0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,180 kB of archives. After unpacking 4,212 kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n
Abort.
root@Tux-II:/home/lisi#
As you see, just "wicd" would be fine. I aborted because I have no wireless
on this box and so don't actually want it installed.
> Question: Why
> didn't 'aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb' work?
If you want to install a .deb in that way, you need to use dpkg, as mentioned
by Joe:
From the directory that the deb is in:
dpkg -i wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb
If it complains that there are missing dependencies, curse, wish you had used
aptitude, and install them. Someone else will need to tell you how to manage
that from a box without internet access. I, when faced with this problem,
always temporarily install an old network card so that I have got internet
access to sort things out.
HTH
Lisi
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Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
You need the firmware-iwlwifi package. # dpkg -s firmware-iwlwifi will tell you if the package is installed. It probably wont be on the install disk as it is the nonfree repository. You may have to adjust /etc/apt/sources.list depending on how you answered the questions when you installed. And lastly I apologize to everyone on the list on behalf of my phone. Now I have gotten on the computer and find that google has changed their entire interface for replies and am not sure how this is going to turn out either. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > On 2013/3/3 4:20 PM, Joe wrote: > >> On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:53:37 -0500 >> Mark Filipak wrote: >> > -snip- > >> BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in >>> Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files. >>> Nothing happened. >>> >>> There are packages which will install .deb files in this way, having >> set up the right file association, but they are not installed by default >> in LXDE. Anyway, the missing link here is that you use dpkg: >> >> dpkg -i >> > > May I make a few comments here? > First, Thanks Joe! > Second, I just returned from Debian-land. I discovered Aptitude *was* > installed. The reason I didn't think it was installed was because it wasn't > listed in LXDE's "System Tools" menu. But when I opened a terminal session > and typed in "aptitude", there it was. > Third, the rest of your very good information is getting snipped, but I > promise that I will use it. > > For now, I need help interpreting what I found in Debian-land. > > = > mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su > Password: > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > aptitude update > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release.gpg > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en_US > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > aptitude install wicd > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd" > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd" > No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.**deb > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched > "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_**all.deb" > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched > "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_**all.deb" > No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. > > root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/**Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# > = > > What I did: > The packages resided in a FAT-32 partition that I prepared in Windows. > I opened the FAT-32 (./media/usb8) in a file browser. > I browsed to the folder that contained the packages (./Setup/Debian 6.0.6 > 64-bit/Packages). > From the file browser's menu, I opened a terminal window in the current > folder. > My session dialog is above. > I copied the session dialog to a text file and saved it in the FAT-32 > partition. > I booted Windows and copied the session dialog into this message. > > Questions/comments (in no particular order): > Comment: I submitted 'aptitude update' because it was part of the example > I followed. > Comment: I submitted 'aptitude install wicd' because it was part of the > example I followed. Obviously, 'wicd' is not sufficient. > Question: Why didn't 'aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.**deb' > work? > Question (your response is optional): Why is there a redundant failure > line for each failure? > Question (your response is optional): Why, following the redundant failure > line, are 3 additional lines written? This is the sort of behavior that > confuses people and makes them think that Linux is unfriendly. > > Oh, one last thing: 'wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_**all.deb' is correct and > is in the correct folder. Why 'aptitude' couldn't find it is a mystery to > me. > > Thanks & Ciao - Mark. > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.orgwith > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 2013/3/3 4:34 PM, Roman V.Leon. wrote: -big snip- Why do you think you need a special driver? Please type "/sbin/ifconfig -a" in your terminal to check whether you have "wlan0" device or not in the list. mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ /sbin/ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8b:dc:30:fd BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:18 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1696 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1696 (1.6 KiB) pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ba:3e:86:e1:5a:91 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:77:80:2d:b9 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Well, 00:1b:77:80:2d:b9 is indeed the WiFi's NIC. So why can't I get to the Ethernet, and why does everything I see on the Internet (when I'm in Windows of course) say that I must obtain an Intel 3945ABG driver because it's non-free? "...Come to me and fall on thy knees, and I will set thee free!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5133d6e3.2050...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 2013/3/3 4:20 PM, Joe wrote: On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:53:37 -0500 Mark Filipak wrote: -snip- BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files. Nothing happened. There are packages which will install .deb files in this way, having set up the right file association, but they are not installed by default in LXDE. Anyway, the missing link here is that you use dpkg: dpkg -i May I make a few comments here? First, Thanks Joe! Second, I just returned from Debian-land. I discovered Aptitude *was* installed. The reason I didn't think it was installed was because it wasn't listed in LXDE's "System Tools" menu. But when I opened a terminal session and typed in "aptitude", there it was. Third, the rest of your very good information is getting snipped, but I promise that I will use it. For now, I need help interpreting what I found in Debian-land. = mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su Password: root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# aptitude update Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release.gpg Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en_US Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# aptitude install wicd Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd" Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd" No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb" Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb" No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# = What I did: The packages resided in a FAT-32 partition that I prepared in Windows. I opened the FAT-32 (./media/usb8) in a file browser. I browsed to the folder that contained the packages (./Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages). From the file browser's menu, I opened a terminal window in the current folder. My session dialog is above. I copied the session dialog to a text file and saved it in the FAT-32 partition. I booted Windows and copied the session dialog into this message. Questions/comments (in no particular order): Comment: I submitted 'aptitude update' because it was part of the example I followed. Comment: I submitted 'aptitude install wicd' because it was part of the example I followed. Obviously, 'wicd' is not sufficient. Question: Why didn't 'aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb' work? Question (your response is optional): Why is there a redundant failure line for each failure? Question (your response is optional): Why, following the redundant failure line, are 3 additional lines written? This is the sort of behavior that confuses people and makes them think that Linux is unfriendly. Oh, one last thing: 'wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb' is correct and is in the correct folder. Why 'aptitude' couldn't find it is a mystery to me. Thanks & Ciao - Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5133d156.5010...@gmail.com
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On 03.03.2013 23:53, Mark Filipak wrote: My objective: Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the Internet. My problem: All the help I can find covers installing packages over the Internet. But I can't install packages over the Internet because I can't reach the Internet until I've installed the driver (not part of Debian because it's non-free) and a Network Manager (apparently, not part of Debian+LXDE ...or at least I can't find it under System Tools ...I think that's what the menu item is named). Packages I have: aptitude_0.6.3-3.2+squeeze1_amd64.deb // Debian - Package Manager firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers synaptic_0.70~pre1+b1_amd64.deb // Debian - Package Manager wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb // Debian (all but Gnome) - Network Manager wireless-tools_30~pre9-5_amd64.deb // Debian - WiFi Tools Documentation I have: (copied off the Internet and saved where I can get to them when I'm in Debian+LXDE...) "How to use a WiFi interface" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse) "Intel PRO-Wireless 3945 and WiFi Link 4965 devices" (http://wiki.debian.org/iwlegacy) "WiFi Ad-hoc Network" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc) "iwconfig" (http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig) iwconfig man page as a text file. BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files. Nothing happened. I don't know what to do or what I'll need once I'm booted back into Debian+LXDE ...remember: I won't have Internet. Assuming that I'll need to know how to run a Package Manager, I've looked at the following (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/index.en.html#contents): (Before listing the contents of the appropriate section of debian-faq below, I need to say that I really, really tried to read this stuff. My eyes glazed over. I looked for something like "how to install a deb binary" but couldn't find it. As I read the details of what I couldn't relate to and what I didn't understand and what I don't really care about - God created the Earth in 6 days so that we could argue over it forever after - I had my hands full simply trying to stay awake. Forgive me but I don't want to know the excruciating details of Linux and how it works. I'm not going to stand back after a year of study saying, "My, that's wonderful!". I... don't... care. I'm here to use Linux, not to praise it. My objective is to copy stuff I *might* need for offline use.) 7 Basics of the Debian package management system 7.1 What is a Debian package? 7.2 What is the format of a Debian binary package? 7.3 Why are Debian package file names so long? 7.4 What is a Debian control file? 7.5 What is a Debian conffile? 7.6 What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script? 7.7 What is an Essential, Required, Important, Standard, Optional, or Extra package? 7.8 What is a Virtual Package? 7.9 What is meant by saying that a package Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces, Breaks or Provides another package? 7.10 What is meant by Pre-Depends? 7.11 What is meant by unknown, install, remove, purge and hold in the package status? 7.12 How do I put a package on hold? 7.13 How do I install a source package? 7.14 How do I build binary packages from a source package? 7.15 How do I create Debian packages myself? 8 The Debian package management tools 8.1 What programs does Debian provide for managing its packages? 8.1.1 dpkg 8.1.2 APT 8.1.3 aptitude 8.1.4 synaptic 8.1.5 tasksel 8.1.6 Other package management tools 8.2 Debian claims to be able to update a running program; how is this accomplished? 8.3 How can I tell what packages are already installed on a Debian system? 8.4 How to display the files of a package installed? 8.5 How can I find out what package produced a particular file? 8.6 Why doesn't get `foo-data' removed when I uninstall `foo'? How do I make sure old unused library-packages get purged? 9 Keeping your Debian system up-to-date 9.1 How can I keep my Debian system current? 9.1.1 aptitude 9.1.2 apt-get, dselect and apt-cdrom 9.1.3 aptitude 9.1.4 mirror 9.1.5 dpkg-mountable 9.2 Must I go into single user mode in order to upgrade a package? 9.3 Do I have to keep all those .deb archive files on my disk? 9.4 How can I keep a log of the packages I added to the system? I'd like to know when which package upgrades and removals have occured! 9.5 Can I automatically update the system? 9.6 I have several machines how can I download the updates only one time? You guys know the stuff above. I'd be willing to *try* to read it if you think I'll need it, but please remember: all I want is to install the WiFi driver, firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb. Perhaps a year from now I'll step back and look at Linux and say, "That's wonderful!" but I doubt it. However, one thing's for certain: If I don't succeed with this, a year from now I will not be running Linux. Any help gratefully appreciated! Thanks, and Ciao. Hi Mark. Why do you t
Re: Help please - install the WiFi driver
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:53:37 -0500 Mark Filipak wrote: > My objective: > Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the > Internet. > > My problem: > All the help I can find covers installing packages over the Internet. > But I can't install packages over the Internet because I can't reach > the Internet until I've installed the driver (not part of Debian > because it's non-free) and a Network Manager (apparently, not part of > Debian+LXDE ...or at least I can't find it under System Tools ...I > think that's what the menu item is named). > Network manager is not actually necessary to do anything, and until recently it had a rather poor reputation, usually being known as Notwork Manager. It's quite big and overbearing, and has many plug-ins, for OpenVPN, wi-fi, 3G dongles and other things. It does seem to work these days, or at least the Sid version does. I don't have it on my workstation, which is a purely wired-Ethernet machine, but both my laptop and netbook have it. > Packages I have: > aptitude_0.6.3-3.2+squeeze1_amd64.deb// Debian - Package Manager > firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers > synaptic_0.70~pre1+b1_amd64.deb // Debian - Package Manager > wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb// Debian (all but Gnome) - > Network Manager wireless-tools_30~pre9-5_amd64.deb // Debian - > WiFi Tools > > Documentation I have: > (copied off the Internet and saved where I can get to them when I'm > in Debian+LXDE...) "How to use a WiFi > interface" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse) "Intel PRO-Wireless > 3945 and WiFi Link 4965 devices" (http://wiki.debian.org/iwlegacy) > "WiFi Ad-hoc Network" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc) > "iwconfig" (http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig) iwconfig man page as a > text file. > > BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in > Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files. > Nothing happened. > There are packages which will install .deb files in this way, having set up the right file association, but they are not installed by default in LXDE. Anyway, the missing link here is that you use dpkg: dpkg -i Assuming you have the right driver, you shouldn't have a problem. I've never used wicd, but no doubt someone else will tell you if you need to do anything with it. I'm not a big wireless fan. Network Manager Just Works, or at least it does for me. > I don't know what to do or what I'll need once I'm booted back into > Debian+LXDE ...remember: I won't have Internet. Assuming that I'll > need to know how to run a Package Manager, I've looked at the > following > (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/index.en.html#contents): When you have Net access, there's a vast number of apt-get and aptitude tutorials, or Synaptic is fairly intuitive to use without much help. > > (Before listing the contents of the appropriate section of debian-faq > below, I need to say that I really, really tried to read this stuff. > My eyes glazed over. You must know, from long experience, that theory is almost useless until you've done a bit of practice, by rote if necessary. > > You guys know the stuff above. I'd be willing to *try* to read it if > you think I'll need it, No. I don't know most of that and, with three somewhat different Sid installations, I probably do more upgrades than most people. I look things up as and when I need them. I can't say offhand how to export an Exchange mailbox, either, but I know how to find out how to do it, and I have done it a few times. Aptitude and apt-get will be installed by default, they both drive dpkg which is the low-level package manager and is part of the Debian core. Synaptic is a GUI program and I use it when Sid has issues with upgrades, as it does occasionally, I find it faster than aptitude in identifying things that are currently uninstallable. Some people never use it, and my server doesn't have a GUI, so I obviously don't use it there. Debian Stable is much better-behaved than Sid. All three apt tools will install everything in the repositories they are configured for, you only need dpkg for .deb files obtained elsewhere. I use it for that maybe twice a year. A lot of Linux software has a .deb available even if Debian has not yet included it in a distribution. dpkg does have many other uses, but not for the beginner. Among other things, it will pretty much copy a Debian installation, complete with all software installed from the repositories. You can migrate from 32 bit to 64 bit hardware that way. Let's see you do that with Windows. There is also a GUI Update Manager, but either apt-get or aptitude will do updates from the command line with minimal effort. > However, one thing's for certain: If I > don't succeed with this, a year from now I will not be running Linux. You think we care? It will be your loss. You do realise, yet again, you are in an unusual situation? I can't remember ever being stuck with a single
Help please - install the WiFi driver
My objective: Install WiFi driver into Debian+LXDE so that I can connect to the Internet. My problem: All the help I can find covers installing packages over the Internet. But I can't install packages over the Internet because I can't reach the Internet until I've installed the driver (not part of Debian because it's non-free) and a Network Manager (apparently, not part of Debian+LXDE ...or at least I can't find it under System Tools ...I think that's what the menu item is named). Packages I have: aptitude_0.6.3-3.2+squeeze1_amd64.deb// Debian - Package Manager firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb // Debian - WiFi Drivers synaptic_0.70~pre1+b1_amd64.deb // Debian - Package Manager wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb// Debian (all but Gnome) - Network Manager wireless-tools_30~pre9-5_amd64.deb // Debian - WiFi Tools Documentation I have: (copied off the Internet and saved where I can get to them when I'm in Debian+LXDE...) "How to use a WiFi interface" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse) "Intel PRO-Wireless 3945 and WiFi Link 4965 devices" (http://wiki.debian.org/iwlegacy) "WiFi Ad-hoc Network" (http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc) "iwconfig" (http://wiki.debian.org/iwconfig) iwconfig man page as a text file. BTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files. Nothing happened. I don't know what to do or what I'll need once I'm booted back into Debian+LXDE ...remember: I won't have Internet. Assuming that I'll need to know how to run a Package Manager, I've looked at the following (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/index.en.html#contents): (Before listing the contents of the appropriate section of debian-faq below, I need to say that I really, really tried to read this stuff. My eyes glazed over. I looked for something like "how to install a deb binary" but couldn't find it. As I read the details of what I couldn't relate to and what I didn't understand and what I don't really care about - God created the Earth in 6 days so that we could argue over it forever after - I had my hands full simply trying to stay awake. Forgive me but I don't want to know the excruciating details of Linux and how it works. I'm not going to stand back after a year of study saying, "My, that's wonderful!". I... don't... care. I'm here to use Linux, not to praise it. My objective is to copy stuff I *might* need for offline use.) 7 Basics of the Debian package management system 7.1 What is a Debian package? 7.2 What is the format of a Debian binary package? 7.3 Why are Debian package file names so long? 7.4 What is a Debian control file? 7.5 What is a Debian conffile? 7.6 What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script? 7.7 What is an Essential, Required, Important, Standard, Optional, or Extra package? 7.8 What is a Virtual Package? 7.9 What is meant by saying that a package Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces, Breaks or Provides another package? 7.10 What is meant by Pre-Depends? 7.11 What is meant by unknown, install, remove, purge and hold in the package status? 7.12 How do I put a package on hold? 7.13 How do I install a source package? 7.14 How do I build binary packages from a source package? 7.15 How do I create Debian packages myself? 8 The Debian package management tools 8.1 What programs does Debian provide for managing its packages? 8.1.1 dpkg 8.1.2 APT 8.1.3 aptitude 8.1.4 synaptic 8.1.5 tasksel 8.1.6 Other package management tools 8.2 Debian claims to be able to update a running program; how is this accomplished? 8.3 How can I tell what packages are already installed on a Debian system? 8.4 How to display the files of a package installed? 8.5 How can I find out what package produced a particular file? 8.6 Why doesn't get `foo-data' removed when I uninstall `foo'? How do I make sure old unused library-packages get purged? 9 Keeping your Debian system up-to-date 9.1 How can I keep my Debian system current? 9.1.1 aptitude 9.1.2 apt-get, dselect and apt-cdrom 9.1.3 aptitude 9.1.4 mirror 9.1.5 dpkg-mountable 9.2 Must I go into single user mode in order to upgrade a package? 9.3 Do I have to keep all those .deb archive files on my disk? 9.4 How can I keep a log of the packages I added to the system? I'd like to know when which package upgrades and removals have occured! 9.5 Can I automatically update the system? 9.6 I have several machines how can I download the updates only one time? You guys know the stuff above. I'd be willing to *try* to read it if you think I'll need it, but please remember: all I want is to install the WiFi driver, firmware-iwlwifi_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb. Perhaps a year from now I'll step back and look at Linux and say, "That's wonderful!" but I doubt it. However, one thing's for certain: If I don't succeed with this, a year from now I will not be running Linux. Any help gratefully appreciated! Thanks, and Ciao. -- To UN
