Debian 10 not connecting to Wi-Fi

adryan_g78 · 03-01-2020, 08:44 AM

Hi!
I just came accross Debian 10. All good, but I can't connect to wi-fi.
The network is discovered, but after trying to connect for several seconds ends with "never used" message".
Any ideas? I've tried few tricks found here but nothing worked.
Thanks.

JeremyBoden · 03-01-2020, 01:04 PM

Is the wifi a Broadcom card variety?
Also, is this a live-boot or an actual disk install?

colorpurple21859 · 03-01-2020, 01:22 PM

you need to give more information, wifi adaptor type, details of what you already tried so we're not restating what you already tried.

beachboy2 · 03-01-2020, 03:03 PM

adryan_g78,

Please open a terminal, then copy & paste the following code into it:

Code:

wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://dl.dropbox.com/s/qjc87hzk1z5x6z0/wireless_script && chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script

Press Enter.

Give your password and press Enter.

A file named wireless-info.txt will be created in your home folder with your wireless information.

Paste the contents of the wireless-info.txt file at a suitable pastebin and then post the pastebin link in your reply.

adryan_g78 · 03-01-2020, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden

Is the wifi a Broadcom card variety?
Also, is this a live-boot or an actual disk install?

No, is Realtek RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller.
And is a disk install.

beachboy2 · 03-02-2020, 03:13 AM

adryan_g78,

According to https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#Troubleshooting

rtl8192se supports PCI: 10EC:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller.

Add a "non-free" component to your /etc/apt/sources.list for Debian 10 (example):

Code:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free

Use nano or gedit etc:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Edit the file and save.

Then update and install firmware-realtek:

Code:

sudo apt update && apt install firmware-realtek

Code:

 reboot

adryan_g78 · 03-02-2020, 04:51 AM

Thank you all for tips, but I just tried to connect to the Internet using a wired connection, which worked.
However, the browser couldn't reach even google.com, clearly there are some issues with this version of Debian, so I'll give up on it.
I don't have the time and patience to fix all those annoying problems.
I'll give Kubuntu a try, as I really enjoy the KDE environment.
Thanks again!

remmilou · 03-02-2020, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adryan_g78

Thank you all for tips, but I just tried to connect to the Internet using a wired connection, which worked.
However, the browser couldn't reach even google.com, clearly there are some issues with this version of Debian, so I'll give up on it.
I don't have the time and patience to fix all those annoying problems.
I'll give Kubuntu a try, as I really enjoy the KDE environment.
Thanks again!

If you really like Debian (like me), why not try MX Linux...
MX is pure Debian (10, Buster), plus some extra repositories (former Antix and Mepis) to ease life. But it remains Debian with all the advantages.
Very good driver support, remaster your running distro to an installable ISO (with or without users).
https://mxlinux.org/

Gad · 03-02-2020, 02:39 PM

If you still willing to try and learn paste the output of the dmesg command in the thread. It should give you and idea on what might be going on

adryan_g78 · 03-03-2020, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remmilou

If you really like Debian (like me), why not try MX Linux...
MX is pure Debian (10, Buster), plus some extra repositories (former Antix and Mepis) to ease life. But it remains Debian with all the advantages.
Very good driver support, remaster your running distro to an installable ISO (with or without users).
https://mxlinux.org/

Hi!
I will definitely give it a try.
For me it doesn't matter which distro I use, as long as meets some of my needs (ease of use, eye-candy graphics, stability and as lightweight as possible).
Thanks!

erik2282 · 03-05-2020, 05:44 AM

You sound more like an ubuntu user than a debian user. I'd suggest you try Linux Mint or Linux Lite.