[SOLVED] relltek firware not reocongized debian

Mystified · 02-18-2017, 06:22 AM

I just repartitioned my hd and had to reinstall debian. I downloaded the realtek firmware and installed it. no luck. I double checked and I got the message that the lastest version was installed, I've scoured the forum because I know this is a common problem. I tried all the suggested commands and got the message that the commands were not found I installed network-manager but it didn't help. suggestions?

thanks

goumba · 02-18-2017, 06:47 AM

Downloaded the firmware from where? What commands were not found? You have to give us more info, we have access to neither your machine, nor the pages you read.

Mystified · 02-18-2017, 07:22 AM

First I downloaded from the debian realtek site and it innstalls everything. Then when that didn;t work I added non free to sources.list and did apt-get install firmware-realtek and it said latest version already installed.

I don't remember all the commands I tried. I just searched the forum and tried everything suggested. I do remember that iwlwifi didn;t work and when I tried to scan it said scan was not supported. I think I might be missing some packages. sorry if that;s not enough info.

Mystified · 02-18-2017, 08:40 AM

when I do this I get

Code:

root@debian:/home/mystified# dmesg | grep -i firm
[    8.928076] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-9.ucode (-2)
[    8.928133] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[   10.177364] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode (-2)
[   10.177366] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[   10.307237] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
[   16.486858] r8169 0000:07:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw

and

Code:

root@debian:/home/mystified# dmesg | grep -i net
[    0.025671] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
[    0.025680] Initializing cgroup subsys net_prio
[    0.131197] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    1.552108] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    1.552725] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    1.852495] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[    1.852789] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
[    1.861142] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    1.861578] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    1.894105] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[    8.845436] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   12.630785] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
[   15.878643] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   16.670715] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 1575.482568] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

Mystified · 02-19-2017, 07:49 AM

I tried the commands on the following site https://blog.udemy.com/ifconfig-dhcp/

and I get the messages

Code:

root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface dhcp start
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
interface: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
interface: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface [inet6] dhcp start
[inet6]: Unknown server error
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface [inet6] dhcp inform
[inet6]: Unknown server error
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface [inet7] dhcp status
[inet7]: Unknown server error
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.

I've tried everything I can find and I usually get a not found message.

goumba · 02-19-2017, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mystified

I tried the commands on the following site https://blog.udemy.com/ifconfig-dhcp/

and I get the messages

Code:

root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface dhcp start
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
interface: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
interface: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface [inet6] dhcp start
[inet6]: Unknown server error
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface [inet6] dhcp inform
[inet6]: Unknown server error
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
root@debian:/home/mystified# ifconfig interface [inet7] dhcp status
[inet7]: Unknown server error
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.

I've tried everything I can find and I usually get a not found message.

In the above commands, you need to replace the word "interface" (bold) with the actual interface name, be it eth0, etc. And no brackets around inet6.

It says exactly what to do in the article. You really should read the article before copy and pasting commands. Or, you're looking for a painful learning experience.

Mystified · 02-19-2017, 04:55 PM

Sorry to disappoint. But after this I'll be sure to solve my own problems. Like I did this one.