[LUG]Re: HP Pavilion, Wifi

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Subject: [LUG]Re: HP Pavilion, Wifi

From: Simon Avery <digdilem@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:11:53 +0000

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Hi Henry,

(Assuming debian 12 as you mention non-free-firmware)

When I've previously needed nonfree firmware for wifi and debian, I've downloaded it via another PC from somewhere like https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware-iwlwifi (matching what's needed - there's a bundle too somewhere) and copied it to a usb drive.

Plug that into the laptop and mount it if it doesn't automatically, then install using dpkg rather than apt. "dpkg -i firmwarename.deb" Reboot, and all should work.

I use an HP Pavilion myself which I got the firmware on using that method, but there's so many sub-models it may not be the exact same machine or firmware.

On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 13:48, Henry Bremridge via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bought a second hand HP to use on the trains and have dual booted. Problems

1. No RJ-45 only wifi and the computer from the Windows side shows the driver Realtek 8852 BE

There is a lot of correspondence about this

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/720367/realtek-8852be-wlan-adapter-not-detected

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/rtw89

https://github.com/HRex39/rtl8852be

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1336379/network-driver-for-realtek-8852-20-10

and of course

https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89

But I cannot access the commands request

apt install dh-sequence-dkms debhelper build-essential devscripts

(nor can I install vim which is irritating, fine I can cope with vi)

2. I cannot for some mad reason get the apt command to access the USB drive which had the full devuan ISO

I added the command to sources.list as
deb file:/media/usb daedalus contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

No joy

Any suggestions / guidance / help much appreciated

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[LUG]HP Pavilion, Wifi
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