Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card not working on Debian Buster
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Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card not working on Debian Buster
I'm trying to install Skolelinux on a bunch of (pretty) old laptops. It's hit and miss in regard to how well it works for the wifi cards and this one is driving me crazy.
It's a Dell Latitude D630 and Skolelinux is using the current Debian Buster version (or close to it and I updated to the most recent stable version)
Here's the (relevant?) part of lspci -vvnn identifying the wifi card.
I expected some trouble because of its age but I spent a lot of hours on it now and I'm not able to recount in detail everything I tried.
iwconfig shows no wireless device but curiously the bluetooth worked plug and play (which I don't want to work and disabled via 'systemctl disable bluetooth.service' and nobody tell me I'm dumb and this is the problem because it was no problem on two other laptops)
Also, I'm 99% sure it worked before with Windows so I don't think the card is broken.
I assume it's (just) a driver issue but I fail to get one to work. I've installed firmware-linux-nonfree and broadcom-sta-common and because somewhere there was a recommendation to use the b43 module I tried that but apparently it didn't work either.
(Also, not to put two issues in one thread but I also tried both firmware-b43-installer and firmware-b43legacy-installer. But both give me a weird error about not being able to resolve their proxy-url which just genuinely confuses me, although I don't know if installing either would fix the problem)
I'll go to bed now but I'll check back tomorrow and I'd be very happy about any advice.
Thanks for the advice.
I've already tried broadcom-sta-dkms and wl but I haven't come across AntiX before.
I'll try that and check out the videos when I have a chance again and report back!
Sadly I didn't make any progress. I'm not sure if it was intentional but you linked the same video three times and it basically deals with the most basic steps I'd already tried three times before asking here (yeah, I'm that kind of person)
I've made a fresh install and tried it again anyways, but no luck.
At this point I'm almost tempted to go back and install Windows just to see if it's maybe a hardware issue after all but I'd rather not if you have any other suggestions.
Just in case it might be relevant, I'll put the error I get when trying to install firmware-b43-installer in case someone has an idea on that.
Code:
No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
Fehler beim Auswerten der Proxy-URL »http://«: Ungültiger Hostname.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/firmware-b43-installer.postinst: Some problem occurred during the firmware download. Please check your internet connection.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes firmware-b43-installer (--configure):
»installiertes firmware-b43-installer-Skript des Paketes post-installation«-Unterprozess gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
firmware-b43-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
which if I understand correctly means wl is there but not working properly because it taints the kernel? Which I found some info on but none that helps me fix it.
As rokytnji has suggested it is probably best to start with a fresh installation of Skolelinux and follow the instructions in Neon Cipher's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0f3NOjWys
I am attaching a text document with all the video's terminal commands to install the wl driver.
Okay, no offense but I did basically this more than once before coming here.
I did it again, after the video /advice was posted the first time.
I now did it again, following the instructions to a t, including trying to install packages I knew were already installed.
It doesn't work.
Would you please believe me I'm not trying to make this hard on you but it really doesn't work with the basic procedure?
I haven't done anything else with the fresh install yet (except a minor fix in /etc/default/grub because otherwise booting takes three minutes) and I won't try anything because I think I've exhausted my options.
OK.
A quick search for debian BCM4311.
The first result looks very important and hasn't been mentioned yet afaics.
Searching the string "BCM4311" inside that article, I'm getting the impression that this chapter is most relevant for your case.
If, and only if, that doesn't fix your problems, provide the information requested in this post.
I am sorry to hear that this is becoming a real pain.
Could you try using antiX instead of Skolelinux and see if that works on just one machine?
I would really like to stick to Skolelinux but I will try AntiX when I have time for a full new install later (unless someone suggests another solution) Sorry about skipping that before, I focused on the ideas that didn't make me change distro.
Also, the problem (so far) only affects this one machine because the others (of the same model, weirdly) have different wifi cards which have worked right away or with easy fixes.
@ondoho
Sorry for not listing everything I tried but I already came across this, too. Nevertheless, I tried again but it gives me the same error when trying to install firmware-b43-installer from stretch as from buster (see above)
Using b43-fwcutter directly didn't work because the link to kernel.org is apparently outdated and gives me a 404 and I don't know the site so trying to find the linked driver(?) manually would probably not work.
I even tried the more elaborate way of using Ndiswrapper but it didn't work. I'll admit to not quite knowing what I was doing there but only following the instrctions given.
[ 0.345948] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.445666] acpi PNP0A03:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
[ 2.337081] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
I'm not sure if this is normal but the syslog is very long, multiple pages long. I'll put the entries from only today (this bootup) but if you want the whole thing, I can give that, too.
Code:
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 0.327860] NET: Registered protocol family 16
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 0.327860] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting WPA supplicant...
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting Raise network interfaces...
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 0.524085] NET: Registered protocol family 2
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 0.524607] NET: Registered protocol family 1
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 0.524614] NET: Registered protocol family 44
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 1.638132] NET: Registered protocol family 10
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 1.647925] NET: Registered protocol family 17
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 2.020668] tg3 0000:09:00.0 eth0: attached PHY is 5755 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
Dec 1 14:24:44 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 14.093119] NET: Registered protocol family 31
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 wpa_supplicant[479]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started Raise network interfaces.
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206688.4985] NetworkManager (version 1.14.6) is starting... (for the first time)
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206688.4986] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (lib: no-mac-addr-change.conf)
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206688.5576] bus-manager: acquired D-Bus service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started WPA supplicant.
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager.
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Wait Online...
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Reached target Network.
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206688.7103] manager[0x55abd6ff1030]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206688.7104] monitoring ifupdown state file '/run/network/ifstate'.
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 avahi-daemon[470]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Dec 1 14:24:48 am-00217096b401 dbus-daemon[478]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.8' (uid=0 pid=480 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.2550] hostname: hostname: using hostnamed
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.2551] hostname: hostname changed from (none) to "am-00217096b401"
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.2713] dns-mgr[0x55abd6ffd920]: init: dns=default, rc-manager=resolvconf
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.2726] rfkill0: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/platform/dell-laptop/rfkill/rfkill0) (platform driver dell-laptop)
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.2809] manager[0x55abd6ff1030]: rfkill: WiFi hardware radio set enabled
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.2810] manager[0x55abd6ff1030]: rfkill: WWAN hardware radio set enabled
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 dbus-daemon[478]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.8' (uid=0 pid=480 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.8858] ifupdown: interface-parser: parsing file /etc/network/interfaces
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.8858] ifupdown: interface-parser: finished parsing file /etc/network/interfaces
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.8859] ifupdown: management mode: unmanaged
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.8859] settings: Loaded settings plugin: SettingsPluginIfupdown ("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.14.6/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so")
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.8859] settings: Loaded settings plugin: NMSKeyfilePlugin (internal)
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.9717] manager: rfkill: WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.9718] manager: rfkill: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.9719] manager: Networking is enabled by state file
Dec 1 14:24:49 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206689.9721] dhcp-init: Using DHCP client 'dhclient'
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.4257] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.14.6/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so)
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.6117] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.14.6/libnm-device-plugin-team.so)
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.6688] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.14.6/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so)
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.8340] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.14.6/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so)
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.9409] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.14.6/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so)
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.9632] device (lo): carrier: link connected
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.9636] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Dec 1 14:24:50 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206690.9651] manager: (enp9s0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206691.0824] keyfile: add connection /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/Kabelgebundene Verbindung 1.nmconnection (8f1d6fff-faca-39e3-abdb-ad1f58709f0e,"Kabelgebundene Verbindung 1")
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206691.1052] settings: (enp9s0): created default wired connection 'Kabelgebundene Verbindung 1'
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206691.1059] device (enp9s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 29.317977] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp9s0: link is not ready
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 29.353406] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp9s0: link is not ready
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher[629]: /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config: called with no interface
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher: req:2 'connectivity-change', "/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config": complete: failed with Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config' exited with error status 1.
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1575206691.2074] dispatcher: (2) 02debian-edu-config failed (failed): Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config' exited with error status 1.
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206691.4960] modem-manager: ModemManager not available
Dec 1 14:24:51 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206691.5340] modem-manager: ModemManager now available
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 kernel: [ 33.988181] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp9s0: link becomes ready
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7782] device (enp9s0): carrier: link connected
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7785] device (enp9s0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7794] policy: auto-activating connection 'Kabelgebundene Verbindung 1' (8f1d6fff-faca-39e3-abdb-ad1f58709f0e)
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7803] device (enp9s0): Activation: starting connection 'Kabelgebundene Verbindung 1' (8f1d6fff-faca-39e3-abdb-ad1f58709f0e)
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7805] device (enp9s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7810] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7813] device (enp9s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.7819] device (enp9s0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.8046] dhcp4 (enp9s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Dec 1 14:24:55 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206695.9003] dhcp4 (enp9s0): dhclient started with pid 688
Dec 1 14:24:56 am-00217096b401 dhclient[688]: DHCPDISCOVER on enp9s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Dec 1 14:24:56 am-00217096b401 systemd[690]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206697.8135] dhcp6 (enp9s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206697.9104] dhcp6 (enp9s0): dhclient started with pid 708
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: XMT: Solicit on enp9s0, interval 1040ms.
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: RCV: Advertise message on enp9s0 from fe80::aaf5:ddff:fed2:faf8.
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: IA_NA status code Success: "Assigned an address."
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: XMT: Request on enp9s0, interval 1090ms.
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: RCV: Reply message on enp9s0 from fe80::aaf5:ddff:fed2:faf8.
Dec 1 14:24:57 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: IA_NA status code Success: "Assigned an address."
Dec 1 14:24:58 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206698.0667] dhcp6 (enp9s0): valid_lft 2700
Dec 1 14:24:58 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206698.0668] dhcp6 (enp9s0): preferred_lft 2700
Dec 1 14:24:58 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206698.0668] dhcp6 (enp9s0): address 2a02:8109:dc0:1c3e::9643
Dec 1 14:24:58 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206698.0669] dhcp6 (enp9s0): nameserver '2a02:8109:dc0:1c3e:aaf5:ddff:fed2:faf8'
Dec 1 14:24:58 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206698.0669] dhcp6 (enp9s0): state changed unknown -> bound, event ID="70:96:b4:01|1575206697"
Dec 1 14:24:58 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher: req:3 'dhcp6-change' [enp9s0]: new request (2 scripts)
Dec 1 14:24:58 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher: req:3 'dhcp6-change' [enp9s0]: start running ordered scripts...
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 dhclient[688]: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.0.94 from 192.168.0.1
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 dhclient[688]: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.94 on enp9s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 dhclient[688]: DHCPACK of 192.168.0.94 from 192.168.0.1
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6570] dhcp4 (enp9s0): address 192.168.0.94
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6571] dhcp4 (enp9s0): plen 24 (255.255.255.0)
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6571] dhcp4 (enp9s0): gateway 192.168.0.1
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6571] dhcp4 (enp9s0): lease time 3600
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6572] dhcp4 (enp9s0): hostname 'am-00217096b401'
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6572] dhcp4 (enp9s0): nameserver '192.168.0.1'
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6572] dhcp4 (enp9s0): state changed unknown -> bound
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6585] device (enp9s0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6595] device (enp9s0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6599] device (enp9s0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.6621] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 dhclient[688]: bound to 192.168.0.94 -- renewal in 1583 seconds.
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.7812] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.7813] policy: set 'Kabelgebundene Verbindung 1' (enp9s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.7817] policy: set 'Kabelgebundene Verbindung 1' (enp9s0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS
Dec 1 14:24:59 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206699.7817] dns-mgr: Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf
Dec 1 14:25:00 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206700.8112] device (enp9s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Dec 1 14:25:00 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206700.8123] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Dec 1 14:25:00 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206700.8136] manager: startup complete
Dec 1 14:25:00 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Wait Online.
Dec 1 14:25:00 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Reached target Network is Online.
Dec 1 14:25:00 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting Internet superserver...
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started Internet superserver.
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 autofs-reload: reloading autofs from dhcp exit hook
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 CRON[942]: (root) CMD (if [ -x /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock ]; then /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock auto > /dev/null; fi)
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher: req:4 'up' [enp9s0], "/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config": complete: failed with Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config' exited with error status 1.
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1575206701.4202] dispatcher: (5) 02debian-edu-config failed (failed): Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config' exited with error status 1.
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher[629]: /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config: called with no interface
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher: req:5 'connectivity-change', "/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config": complete: failed with Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config' exited with error status 1.
Dec 1 14:25:01 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1575206701.4236] dispatcher: (6) 02debian-edu-config failed (failed): Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02debian-edu-config' exited with error status 1.
Dec 1 14:25:02 am-00217096b401 debian-edu-update-netblock: making sure netblock is disabled
Dec 1 14:25:11 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
Dec 1 14:25:18 am-00217096b401 systemd[1373]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Dec 1 14:25:28 am-00217096b401 systemd[690]: Closed GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Dec 1 14:25:29 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206729.0956] agent-manager: req[0x55abd7074a60, :1.63/org.freedesktop.nm-applet/0]: agent registered
Dec 1 14:28:56 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575206936.5906] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
Dec 1 14:30:01 am-00217096b401 CRON[2890]: (root) CMD (if [ -x /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock ]; then /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock auto > /dev/null; fi)
Dec 1 14:30:01 am-00217096b401 debian-edu-update-netblock: making sure netblock is disabled
Dec 1 14:35:01 am-00217096b401 CRON[2967]: (root) CMD (if [ -x /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock ]; then /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock auto > /dev/null; fi)
Dec 1 14:35:02 am-00217096b401 debian-edu-update-netblock: making sure netblock is disabled
Dec 1 14:40:01 am-00217096b401 CRON[3039]: (root) CMD (if [ -x /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock ]; then /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock auto > /dev/null; fi)
Dec 1 14:40:01 am-00217096b401 debian-edu-update-netblock: making sure netblock is disabled
Dec 1 14:45:01 am-00217096b401 CRON[3071]: (root) CMD (if [ -x /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock ]; then /usr/sbin/debian-edu-update-netblock auto > /dev/null; fi)
Dec 1 14:45:01 am-00217096b401 debian-edu-update-netblock: making sure netblock is disabled
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: PRC: Renewing lease on enp9s0.
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: XMT: Renew on enp9s0, interval 10560ms.
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: RCV: Reply message on enp9s0 from fe80::aaf5:ddff:fed2:faf8.
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 dhclient[708]: IA_NA status code Success: "Address(es) renewed. Greetings from planet Eart"
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575208047.7524] dhcp6 (enp9s0): valid_lft 2700
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575208047.7524] dhcp6 (enp9s0): preferred_lft 2700
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575208047.7525] dhcp6 (enp9s0): address 2a02:8109:dc0:1c3e::9643
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575208047.7525] dhcp6 (enp9s0): nameserver '2a02:8109:dc0:1c3e:aaf5:ddff:fed2:faf8'
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 NetworkManager[480]: <info> [1575208047.7525] dhcp6 (enp9s0): state changed bound -> bound, event ID="70:96:b4:01|1575208047"
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 dbus-daemon[478]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.8' (uid=0 pid=480 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher: req:1 'dhcp6-change' [enp9s0]: new request (2 scripts)
Dec 1 14:47:27 am-00217096b401 nm-dispatcher: req:1 'dhcp6-change' [enp9s0]: start running ordered scripts...
Dec 1 14:47:38 am-00217096b401 systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
And rfkill says everything is fine (?)
Code:
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Minor update.
Tried Antix. Had some minor installation issues but now it works and wifi is running after the first proper boot, using the b43-pci-bridge module which skolelinux also tries to use before installing the packages introducing wl... though, it doesn't work there.
I could stick with Antix (after doing a proper installation) but this tells me it must work on other debian distros, too... or not?
Sorry for not listing everything I tried but I already came across this, too. Nevertheless, I tried again but it gives me the same error when trying to install firmware-b43-installer from stretch as from buster (see above)
Using b43-fwcutter directly didn't work because the link to kernel.org is apparently outdated and gives me a 404 and I don't know the site so trying to find the linked driver(?) manually would probably not work.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato86
Just in case it might be relevant, I'll put the error I get when trying to install firmware-b43-installer in case someone has an idea on that.
Code:
No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
Fehler beim Auswerten der Proxy-URL »http://«: Ungültiger Hostname.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/firmware-b43-installer.postinst: Some problem occurred during the firmware download. Please check your internet connection.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes firmware-b43-installer (--configure):
»installiertes firmware-b43-installer-Skript des Paketes post-installation«-Unterprozess gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
firmware-b43-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I see.
I'm sorry I have no direct experienxce with this, but it looks like it might be the thing that is blocking your attempts to install the appropriate driver.
Can you apt update & upgrade normally?
Which command produced that output, and is it the full output?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato86
I'm not sure if this is normal but the syslog is very long, multiple pages long. I'll put the entries from only today (this bootup) but if you want the whole thing, I can give that, too.
Yes, apt update and upgrade work without any problems (afair), it's only installing firmware-b43-installer and the legacy version that act weird, as far as I can see.
The error shows up when I try to apt install the package above.
It's missing the previous part about trying to do the usual install things.
I'd put the whole thing and the syslog but right now I still have antix installed, so I'll have to wait until I get around to doing a full new install (Yay)
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