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I bought my laptop from linux laptops and it's supposed to be 100% linux compatible. I had debian installed but right out of the box I had problems. I had to reinstall and no wireless. the driver is non-free in debian. Would you consider this a user friendly laptop? Anybody get debian working right of the box? If so what wireless card do you have?
Your laptop may be Linux-friendly, but Debian has always had the philosophy of Free Software (so you won't find non-free drivers built into its basic install). It's a great OS, but you have to understand their rules and learn how to load the drivers you need during or after installation. If you want an out-of-the-box experience, it's better to go with Ubuntu or one of its derivatives, like Linux Mint, Linux Lite, etc.
right out of the box I had problems. I had to reinstall and no wireless.
1) EXACTLY what problems did you have from the outset? WHY did you have to reinstall?
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the driver is non-free in debian.
2) And have you installed the non-free Repository. It would hve told you, during the reinstall that xyz (the wireless firmware) was missing and did you want to install it then. Can you recall what it was?
3) Your wireless card should work. You just need to install the relevant firmware. This might involve connecting your laptop TEMPORARILY by cable.
In a Terminal run the command: lspci |grep Network
What is the output?
Let us see if we can help you, without you buying another wireless card.
right out of the box I had problems. I had to reinstall and no wireless.
1) EXACTLY what problems did you have from the outset? WHY did you have to reinstall?
Quote:
the driver is non-free in debian.
2) And have you installed the non-free Repository. It would hve told you, during the reinstall that xyz (the wireless firmware) was missing and did you want to install it then. Can you recall what it was?
3) Your wireless card should work. You just need to install the relevant firmware. This might involve connecting your laptop TEMPORARILY by cable.
In a Terminal run the command: lspci |grep Network
What is the output?
Let us see if we can help you, without you buying another wireless card.
Thanks. None of the documents I read said anything about installing firmware. When I got the computer none of my wireless connections showed up. The keys kept repeating which makes cli a real pain. I couldn't get my printer to work and I had no problems in kubuntu. Other annoying things.
Just to make everyone aware, there is a thread discussing the OP's wireless issue here, to avoid this becoming a duplicate.
@Mystified: Without knowing the brand and model (and model number) of the laptop and where you bought it, it would be a little hard to say. Firmware for wireless adapters is still an issue in Linux depending on the particular chip. In time, I hope this gets resolved with the manufacturers.
My point is I feel that I did not get what was promised. Not anything else, I just want opinions.
Dangerous turf when asking for opinions. You may not like what you hear. Yes. The laptop is Linux compatible.
The user? Still has some stuff to learn.
You got what was promised. Being user proof. That is not covered under a warranty. Good luck with it. Looks like nice gear.
I'd be flying with it if it was mine. If you wanna install Debian on it.
You will probably need the latest kernel since it is newer hardware. Not a novice type of situation I guess.
I'd call the vendor and see if they sell a recovery dvd or usb.
I have Debian installed and also Kubuntu. I used to use gentoo so I know how to compile a kernel. Problem is through no choice of my own I had to take an extended break so even though I'm a long time user I am having to relearn a lot. Plus there have been a lot of changes. At this point unless it's easier than gentoo I'm not comfortable compiling a kernel. Yes, I do like this computer a lot but was concerned that (I may be wrong) there would be wireless cards that would work without the hassle. I'm going to install vb in debian and play with other distros. I'm also googling a lot and ordered a book that was recommended I don't mind opinions as long as no one gets nasty I just wanted to check. Thanks for sharing.
My point is I feel that I did not get what was promised. Not anything else, I just want opinions.
I'm sorry you don't think you were properly informed. Looking at their website, they advertise "Ubuntu certified" but also offer Linux Mint and Fedora as standard options (shown here). I would guess all of these would give you that out-of-the-box support for WiFi, although printers are another topic altogether. This same page also offers to install any other distribution... but this doesn't say they will configure it for you, unless you got that impression as you went further into the purchasing process.
In your first post, you said:
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it's supposed to be 100% linux compatible
and in Post #5 you said,
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I had no problems in kubuntu
From these, it seems the only problem is the distro that you chose that is not one of their standard offerings. But Linux is free, so this is easily fixed! It looks like a great laptop, and I hope that it works out for you.
I am talking non-purist Debian options and cutting edge stuff. Not novice related.
My user name is not mystified either. <Just playing here> .
You started with Wheezy in your other thread. Which uses older libraries and such on a newer laptop.
Hence why I have a certain opinion of your skill level so far. So I figure you need to learn new tricks available since you last stepped into this world.
So don't take offense from me. I am not being condescending. I applaud your effort.
When troubleshooting my gear. I am UN-emotional. I find it makes me think clearer to a working solution.
I still think calling for a recovery media is not a bad idea. Just to have it on hand is a plus in my book.
I have Debian installed and also Kubuntu. I used to use gentoo so I know how to compile a kernel. Problem is through no choice of my own I had to take an extended break so even though I'm a long time user I am having to relearn a lot. Plus there have been a lot of changes. At this point unless it's easier than gentoo I'm not comfortable compiling a kernel. Yes, I do like this computer a lot but was concerned that (I may be wrong) there would be wireless cards that would work without the hassle. I'm going to install vb in debian and play with other distros. I'm also googling a lot and ordered a book that was recommended I don't mind opinions as long as no one gets nasty I just wanted to check. Thanks for sharing.
In my opinion, I'd go back to your first post in this thread where you say:
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Originally Posted by Mystified
I bought my laptop from linux laptops and it's supposed to be 100% linux compatible.
..and ask WHEN you bought it. Their sales-blurb says that they install codecs, indicating some system tweaking goes on before shipping. Also, they say "...and more have all been installed and configured for a seamless out-of-the-box experience."
Not having wireless isn't "seamless"...send it back, or tell them to fix it; in my opinion, you paid THEM to deliver a working system, and its not.
I am talking non-purist Debian options and cutting edge stuff. Not novice related.
My user name is not mystified either. <Just playing here> .
You started with Wheezy in your other thread. Which uses older libraries and such on a newer laptop.
Hence why I have a certain opinion of your skill level so far. So I figure you need to learn new tricks available since you last stepped into this world.
So don't take offense from me. I am not being condescending. I applaud your effort.
When troubleshooting my gear. I am UN-emotional. I find it makes me think clearer to a working solution.
I still think calling for a recovery media is not a bad idea. Just to have it on hand is a plus in my book.
I wasn't offended. I know I have a long way to go. And that was my mistake. I found out I did have jessie installed. I'm trying to learn as much as I can so thanks for the applause, Sometimes I don't know about the easier part though. When I used to use debian you configured wireless by editing files and it wasn't hard And don't get me started on /etc/fstab. I'm still confused about that. And if you look at my join date I've been a member since March of 2002 so I'm used to using cli. All this gui stuff is weird to me. I'm not complaining. Just a little confused and it's frustrating when you go from running your own apache server to not knowing how to install a printer!!! And I'm definitely not looking for sympathy because I don't feel sorry for myself but if you read my thread about video games in the general forum I think it will help to understand where I am coming from.
TB0ne I had to do a reinstall but a lot of things were wrong as I stated. I emailed and I called and they were not helpful. I know everything should have worked but their excuse was that they just installed a vanilla flavor and it was up to me customize it. This is a great computer but if I had to do it again I'd probably have asked in the debian forum which computer works best for debian since it's my favorite distro. I only got the computer about two weeks ago.
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deb http://antix.daveserver.info/jessie jessie main nosystemd
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
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