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Old 02-07-2017, 03:08 PM   #16
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What is the brand/model of the laptop?

You can get the firmware for the intel 3160 wnic here. Use the one for the kernel version you're using.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...000005511.html
 
Old 02-07-2017, 03:17 PM   #17
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https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi

actually it should just work, see the link above. just install debian and see how it works.
 
Old 02-07-2017, 03:19 PM   #18
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Dell Inspiron 15.6" Intel Core i7-4500U 3.0GHz 8GB RAM 1TB HDD
OK think I will do.

thanks
 
Old 02-07-2017, 03:20 PM   #19
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What is the brand/model of the laptop?

You can get the firmware for the intel 3160 wnic here. Use the one for the kernel version you're using.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...000005511.html
Hi Erik...

I don't think the wireless is the issue. The error the OP gave earlier is...

Code:
rt_nic/1418106e-l.fw
What's odd is that I thought that all ethernet drivers were already included.

Regards...
 
Old 02-07-2017, 03:22 PM   #20
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Hi Erik...

I don't think the wireless is the issue. The error the OP gave earlier is...

Code:
rt_nic/1418106e-l.fw
What's odd is that I thought that all ethernet drivers were already included.

Regards...
ardvark, youre right, I didnt catch that.

Anyway, you should be ok with the wireless part of it.
 
Old 02-07-2017, 04:31 PM   #21
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Actually I installed and I have a bit of a mess. no wireless and grub.config didn't work. It recognized kubuntu but then didn't set it up. Suggestions please?
 
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Actually I installed and I have a bit of a mess. no wireless and grub.config didn't work. It recognized kubuntu but then didn't set it up. Suggestions please?
Hi...

Could you explain in greater detail what happened? How do you mean it didn't "set up?"

Regards...
 
Old 02-08-2017, 04:29 AM   #23
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It didn't add kubuntu to grub. so I ran a grub update and now it's listed. I'm going to have to use a wired connection to see if I can get wireless working. But I'm still facing the problems I faced when I got my computer. Debian should work right out of thee box and it didn't. My questions were addressed in other posts when I first received my computer though I never got everything solved. I don't understand what the problem is. I installed debian several times in the past. The only problem I had was with broadcom because it wasn't supported. But I fixed that and no probs.
 
Old 02-08-2017, 05:32 AM   #24
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It didn't add kubuntu to grub. so I ran a grub update and now it's listed.
Are you dual-booting?

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But I'm still facing the problems I faced when I got my computer. Debian should work right out of thee box and it didn't.
My questions were addressed in other posts when I first received my computer though I never got everything solved. I don't understand what the problem is. I installed debian several times in the past. The only problem I had was with broadcom because it wasn't supported. But I fixed that and no probs.
Broadcom? So you fixed it by installing an Intel 3160 wnic? Im confused. I though you said wireless didnt work?

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mystified@mystified-Inspiron-3558:~$ sudo lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A21
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 [8086:08b3] (rev 83)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3160 [8086:8470]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
 
Old 02-08-2017, 05:46 AM   #25
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yes i'm dual booting. sorry if I wasn't clear. the broadcom was on my old computer.
 
Old 02-08-2017, 05:56 AM   #26
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I'm not sure whether I correctly understand your issue, but if the problem is with the Debian installer complaining about missing non-free firmware files, then my post about how to provide non-free firmware files to the Debian Jessie Installer may be of help.
 
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Old 02-08-2017, 07:20 AM   #27
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That's exactly it. I found what I needed but couldn't put it on usb drive because it didn't auto mount.
 
  


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