Hi Brains. Thanks for your help. I tried the method 1 and the output in the prerequisete was:
#apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
Reading list of packages ... Done
Creating dependency tree
Reading the status information ... Done
Do not can instal some pack. This may mean that
you asked for an impossible situation or, if you are using the distribution
unstable, that some necessary packages have not yet been created or are
They have taken out of «Incoming».
The following information can help resolve the situation:
The following packages have unfulfilled dependencies:
linux-headers-4.18.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 : Depende: linux-compiler-gcc-6-x86 (>= 4.14.17-1~) but 4.9.144-1 will be installed
E: Problems could not be corrected, you have retained broken packages.
Anyway I continued...
#apt-get install git build-essential dkms
Fine.
I continued...
# dkms install rtlwifi-new/0.6
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 4.18.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 cannot be found.
Please install the linux-headers-4.18.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 package,
or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located
#dkms install rtlwifi-new/0.6 --kernelsourcedir
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 4.18.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 cannot be found.
Please install the linux-headers-4.18.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 package,
or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located
It seems all this is about kaernel (Obvious right?)
I am going to do my research and I will let you know guys.
Thanks again!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brains
So...
Your wireless device is not supported by the kernel you are running, perhaps you should try installing the driver from source by following method #1 in the link I provided, this is the best method as it would ensure the driver is compiled automatically if there is a kernel upgrade in the future.
Because the kernel from Debian backports did not support the wifi device, you may opt to uninstall it or just keep running with it. Because you are running Debian stable, it is highly unlikely there will be another kernel upgrade in the future as soon Debian testing (Buster) will be trasitioned to stable. I recommend you disable the Debian backports repo in your /etc/apt/sources.list file by putting a hash at the beginning of the line to avoid installing conflicting libraries from backports that could render your stable OS unstable (comment out backports sources).
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