[SOLVED] What files to copy from a Ubuntu laptop onto a Jessie laptop to make it WiFi worthy?
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What files to copy from a Ubuntu laptop onto a Jessie laptop to make it WiFi worthy?
I have a dell Latitude-E5500 laptop (running Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty) that has a working WiFi.
What files do I have to copy on to my HP notebook (running Debian Jessie), so that I can use WiFi on it?
Thanks, Hearthstone.
I have a dell Latitude-E5500 laptop (running Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty) that has a working WiFi.
What files do I have to copy on to my HP notebook (running Debian Jessie), so that I can use WiFi on it?
Hi...
That's probably not going to be very easy considering these are two different distributions using, most likely, two different wireless adapters. You may not even have the needed files on your Dell to begin with.
I/we also need information concerning the adapter in your HP. If you would, please connect your HP to the internet (using an ethernet connection,) open a terminal and post the results of these commands...
Code:
lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
Code:
lsmod
Code:
iwconfig
Code:
rfkill list
Regards...
Last edited by ardvark71; 07-08-2016 at 08:42 AM.
Reason: Added information.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementn
rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
I added the ubuntu sources.list to the hp jessie sources.list, but the hp did not quite like it, things started freezing ...
I decided to re-install, but then, as it happens always with installing jessie--the install is asking for b43/ucode13.fw, b43-open/ucode13.fw, and for tigon/tg3_tso5.bin.
I couldn't find the b43-open/ucode13.fw, and I concluded I did not needed it, since the ubuntu is doing without it quite fine, as far as WiFi goes.
I copied the b43/ucode13.fw and the b43/ucode13.fw on a memstick, and when asked during the installation process to make them available, nothing happened, the installation kept on asking for them.
What could I be doing wrong here? This happens to me every time
What could I be doing wrong here? This happens to me every time
Hi...
I'm not trying to sound rude here but we can't help you unless you help us. I've asked you twice for information but, for some reason, you have chosen not to supply it. Up to this point, I still don't even know the brand and model number of your adapter!
You don't normally add repositories from other distributions without reaping consequences. You need to install the driver for your adapter using drivers and firmware from Debian's web site or repositories and not by trying to use other distribution's repositories or copy files from another computer.
Regards...
Last edited by ardvark71; 07-11-2016 at 12:43 AM.
Reason: Deleted/Added comments.
What command would give the brand and model number of my "adapter"?
The "Trusty" Ubuntu I have on my laptop is supposed to be based on Jessie (Debian stable) that I am now trying to install on my hp notebook.
The only question I now have is: How do I present the non-free firmware to the installation process when it is asking for it? Just having it on the memory stick doesn't seem to do the trick.
That is a lot of reading, of which (I suspect my advanced age) I am doing much less than I used to.
Also--I don't, some-how, think that it has anywhere the answer to my question: once I do have the required files, how do I present them to the installation process (I am trying to install Debian stable, aka Jessie, on an hp notebook) when it asks for those files to be presented? As it is, I just have the required fw on a flash drive, and put it into a USB port when asked for the files.
The only question I now have is: How do I present the non-free firmware to the installation process when it is asking for it? Just having it on the memory stick doesn't seem to do the trick.
What command would give the brand and model number of my "adapter"?
Hi....
The command I mentioned in my first post...
Code:
lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
I also need the results from these...
Code:
lsmod
Code:
dmesg | grep -iC 3 "wlan0"
Quote:
Originally Posted by hearthstone
The "Trusty" Ubuntu I have on my laptop is supposed to be based on Jessie (Debian stable) that I am now trying to install on my hp notebook.
But it doesn't mean you can mix the repositories. They are two different distributions in many respects.
Quote:
Originally Posted by hearthstone
The only question I now have is: How do I present the non-free firmware to the installation process when it is asking for it? Just having it on the memory stick doesn't seem to do the trick.
I won't possibly know that until I see what it is you have exactly.
Right now,I, being at the reinstall stage, shall focus on how to make those fw files available to the installation process, everything else moot.
Thank you very much, ardvark71!
Hearthstone.
Right now,I, being at the reinstall stage, shall focus on how to make those fw files available to the installation process, everything else moot.
Thank you very much, ardvark71!
You're welcome, best wishes in getting your wifi working.
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