WiFi firmware issue in Bookworm

2023-02-09 Thread Gary Dale
I'm trying to use a Linksys AE1200 wifi usb dongle as a second network connection for my Bookworm workstation. The device shows up in lsusb but not in ip link. According to what I've found, it needs the brcmfmac driver module, which seems to be in the 6.1 kernel and loaded: $ lsmod | grep br

Re: WiFi firmware issue in Bookworm

2023-02-09 Thread piorunz
On 10/02/2023 02:39, Gary Dale wrote: Interestingly the device works in Bullseye as I installed Bullseye on the computer that used to use it. That really only required downloading the correct firmware package that contained the brcmfmac module. That package no longer exists in Bookworm. All y

Re: WiFi firmware issue in Bookworm

2023-02-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-02-09 at 21:39, Gary Dale wrote: > I'm trying to use a Linksys AE1200 wifi usb dongle as a second network > connection for my Bookworm workstation. The device shows up in lsusb but > not in ip link. > > According to what I've found, it needs the brcmfmac driver module, which > seems to

Re: WiFi firmware issue in Bookworm

2023-02-09 Thread Gary Dale
On 2023-02-09 22:07, piorunz wrote: On 10/02/2023 02:39, Gary Dale wrote: Interestingly the device works in Bullseye as I installed Bullseye on the computer that used to use it. That really only required downloading the correct firmware package that contained the brcmfmac module. That package

Re: WiFi firmware issue in Bookworm

2023-02-09 Thread Gary Dale
On 2023-02-09 22:09, The Wanderer wrote: On 2023-02-09 at 21:39, Gary Dale wrote: I'm trying to use a Linksys AE1200 wifi usb dongle as a second network connection for my Bookworm workstation. The device shows up in lsusb but not in ip link. According to what I've found, it needs the brcmfmac

Re: WiFi firmware issue in Bookworm

2023-02-10 Thread piorunz
On 10/02/2023 04:29, Gary Dale wrote: Thanks. That points then to a problem with the package.debian.org page - it doesn't seem to search the new section. I found the announcement when I searched for debian non-free firmware. Right now if you don't know it exists, you can't find it.  🙁 Bookwor

Re: WiFi firmware issue in Bookworm

2023-02-10 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:31:27 + piorunz wrote: > On 10/02/2023 04:29, Gary Dale wrote: > > Thanks. That points then to a problem with the package.debian.org > > page - it doesn't seem to search the new section. I found the > > announcement when I searched for debian non-free firmware. Right >