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  • Re: Installing testing on Acer Aspire 315

    From Nicolas George@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 1 19:50:01 2024
    Paul Scott (12024-05-01):
    I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading
    (jigdo) now.

    Waste of time. The drivers are either in the kernel image or in
    individual packages, you can install them on top of what you have.

    I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,

    Check the PCI ids of your Ethernet controller. Download the kernel image
    you are considering, check if any of its modules matches these ids.

    Regards,

    --
    Nicolas George

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  • From Paul Scott@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 1 19:50:01 2024
    Hello,

    I have many installs over many years (only a few per year)..

    I tried a Testing net install pn my new Acer Aspire 315 and it didn't
    find an Ethernet driver.  (wireless?).

    I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading
    (jigdo) now.

    I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,

    Paul

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  • From Sirius@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 1 20:00:01 2024
    In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth:
    Hello,

    I have many installs over many years (only a few per year)..

    I tried a Testing net install pn my new Acer Aspire 315 and it didn't find
    an Ethernet driver.  (wireless?).

    I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading
    (jigdo) now.

    I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,

    I have an Aspire A715-41G and the wireless is an Intel AX200. I am
    currently using iwd and iwctl to manage it, but NetworkManager picked it
    up off the bat and allowed it to be configured - even during installation.

    You will want to use 'lspci' to figure out if the card is seen at all and
    you should get a line like:

    04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)

    Once you know what make/model the wifi is, you can start looking for the
    right driver if it is not auto-detected.

    --
    Kind regards,

    /S

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  • From Sirius@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 2 07:30:02 2024
    In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth:

    On 5/1/2024 10:57 AM, Sirius wrote:
    I have an Aspire A715-41G and the wireless is an Intel AX200. I am currently using iwd and iwctl to manage it, but NetworkManager picked it
    up off the bat and allowed it to be configured - even during installation.

    You will want to use 'lspci' to figure out if the card is seen at all and you should get a line like:

    04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)

    Once you know what make/model the wifi is, you can start looking for the right driver if it is not auto-detected.

    How did you install Debian?

    I have a USB stick with Ventoy on it, and a collection of ISOs that I can
    pick through depending on what I am doing. The Debian ISO is the 12.5 DVD version.

    It was surprising to me just how much the installer detected and got
    right, because it asked me about wifi network and key and then off it
    went.

    If your wifi is also the AX200 (maybe a different revision), it *should*
    work. There is a lot to be said about Intel, but their drivers do get
    pushed upstream and make it into the distribution kernels. iwd is also an
    Intel thing and quite nice to use when digging into it.

    --
    Kind regards,

    /S

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  • From Sirius@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 3 08:40:01 2024
    In days of yore (Thu, 02 May 2024), Paul Scott thus quoth:

    On 5/1/2024 10:44 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
    Paul Scott (12024-05-01):
    I read that I should try a more complete image which I am downloading (jigdo) now.
    Waste of time. The drivers are either in the kernel image or in
    individual packages, you can install them on top of what you have.

    I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions,
    Check the PCI ids of your Ethernet controller. Download the kernel image you are considering, check if any of its modules matches these ids. n

    I may need to do that.  Thank you,

    In the mean time, an install seemed to be working but gave an failure
    error which said it would be in the log and visible on virtual terminal 4,
    I didn't know how to get to a virtual in the installer.  Various
    combinations with F4 didn't seem to work.

    Google didn't seem to help. Can someone tell me how to get to a virtual terminal in the installer?

    Control-Alt-F4 should get you to vc4. It might be enough with Alt-F4 if it
    is text-mode installation, but if you are doing a GUI install (Wayland or
    X running) you need the Control-Alt combo.

    --
    Kind regards,

    /S

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  • From Charles Curley@21:1/5 to Paul Scott on Thu May 9 23:00:01 2024
    On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700
    Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com> wrote:

    The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way
    I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the
    image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How else can
    I save the log during install?

    Installation logs are saved during installation to the target's /var/log/installer/. You can save them to a USB stick after
    installation is complete, or reboot and find them.

    --
    Does anybody read signatures any more?

    https://charlescurley.com
    https://charlescurley.com/blog/

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  • From David Wright@21:1/5 to Paul Scott on Mon May 13 06:40:01 2024
    On Sun 12 May 2024 at 21:10:16 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote:
    On 5/9/2024 1:59 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
    On Thu, 9 May 2024 09:32:32 -0700 Paul Scott wrote:

    The error I'm getting is during "Install base system."  The only way
    I knew to save the log was with a camera. Even though I resized the
    image this list apparently didn't allow the attachment. How else can
    I save the log during install?
    Installation logs are saved during installation to the target's /var/log/installer/. You can save them to a USB stick after
    installation is complete, or reboot and find them.

    Is this possible if the base installation failed?  If so, how?

    Depends on how it failed. The last three entries in the main menu
    are:

    Save debug logs
    Execute a shell
    Abort the installation

    You can use the first one and follow its instructions. You can use
    the second, and type suitable mount/cp/umount commands to achieve
    the same thing.

    During the installation, if you get a shell, then

    # more /var/log/syslog

    will allow you to pick over the logs, rather like less does, with
    the disadvantage that you can't go backwards. If you overshoot the
    lines of interest, you have to run the more command again.

    Cheers,
    David.

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