Gnuinos doesn't recognize my wireless port
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Hi everybody !
I have just installed Gnuinos "daedalus" on Xfce desktop but my wireless port is not recognized. It's Realtek firmware port and I don't know how to make it recognized.
Is it possible to "bypass" that to use Internet like with Trisquel 11 on KDE desktop ?
I'm a beginner, so my question is probably stupid :/
Addition : I wanted to register on the Devuan forum to ask the question there, but unfortunately I was marked as a "spam" :/
That's idiotic... I wonder why they marked you as spam.
I never had problems registering, but then again, that was like a few years ago or more. Its possible they changed protocols since then.
So... idk.
What web browser did you use anyhow?
Also, any scripts being blocked, proxies, etc?
You don't have to tell me specifically, but I am curious. Some of that could cause problems depending on which it is.
Oh and as for the realtek firmware, if it works on trisquel, it should work on gnuinos. Although, it is fairly possible that you need to install something from the gnuinos packages to make it work.
And if you really need to, you should install linux-libre-lts from jxself's repo. freesh one on linux-libre.org.
Just some thoughts that might help.
Why would you install linux-libre.org's linux-libre-lts you may ask...
Well the newer the kernel, sometimes it has newer firmware added to it. And linux-libre-lts is the one without any blobs added, so you don't have to be concerned with using it.
Ethernet would be the way you would install it btw.
Hopefully the newest linux-libre-lts would have the wifi firmware needed to make it work.
Well the newer the kernel, sometimes it has newer firmware added to it. And linux-libre-lts is the one without any blobs added, so you don't have to be concerned with using it.
That is correct. However, aren't we talking about an old Realtek Wi-Fi chipset? Executing that command in a terminal will tell:
$ lspci | grep Network
If a recent Wi-Fi chipset is working out of the box on Trisquel, it is news we need to know about!
@Zoma : Thank you ! I will try to install Linux-Free but I don't see how I can do if I don't have Internet access on Gnuinos :/
(I signed up on the Devuan forum with the Tor browser. Maybe it wasn't a good idea.)
@Magic Banana : I entered the command you suggested (thank you for that !) and here's what appears :
[Quote] Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [/Quote]
During the installation, Guinos asked me for a firmware microcode to load from a usb key or floppy disk. He said:
[Quote] /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ [/Quote]
I answered NO because I did not have this code.
My computer is from 2017.
I don't see how I can do if I don't have Internet access on Gnuinos/
No Ethernet connection is possible? You can always bring https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/freesh/pool/main/l/linux-upstream/linux-image-6.17.8-gnu_6.17.8-gnu-1.0_arm64.deb to your Gnuinos system through a pendrive and install it with dpkg or, if GDebi is on Gnuios (as it is by default on Trisquel), by double clicking on its file in a file manager and then on the "Install Package" button. If, after a reboot, Wi-Fi works, follow the instructions on https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/freesh to install linux-libre, otherwise you will never get any update for that package!
EDIT: In fact, if both Gnuinos and Trisquel are on the same computer (a dual boot; do I correctly understand?), you can access from Gnuinos any file downloaded from Trisquel, such as the Linux-libre deb package or that of Trisquel's default kernel ('apt-get download linux-image-5.15.0-161-generic' in a terminal on the Trisquel system downloads it). You only need to mount the related filesystem. Does it appear in the left panel of your file manager in Gnuinos? If so, just click on it and navigate to the folder with the file.
Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Faster than 802.11n that ATH9271 supports and cheap (https://www.ebay.com/itm/297440134375 for instance). It is truly interesting that Trisquel and Linux-libre support that chipset!
> Trisquel and Linux-libre support that chipset!
A rtl8821ae 802.11ac wifi card can run on free software? My understanding has been that all wifi cards after wifi 4 require non free software in order to work. That is not the case?
Are there more wifi 5, or 6, 6e, 7 cards able to run on free software?
A rtl8821ae 802.11ac wifi card can run on free software? My understanding has been that all wifi cards after wifi 4 require non free software in order to work. That is not the case?
Apparently. I did not know either.
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/wireless-dongue-rtl8812au
According to jxself there is no 802.11ac wifi card not requiring using non free software in order to work.
That post reads: "There is no free software support for 802.11ac". It does not mention any card, possibly because many cards may have both 802.11ac and 802.11b/g/n capabilities. It looks like the latter may work without any firmware.
Can you clarify:
If the rtl8821ae 802.11ac wifi card can run on free software, maybe it is only the a b g n part that works?
If the rtl8821ae 802.11ac wifi card ac part can run on free software then maybe it is because the wifi card can run without using firmware?
Is there a command or something else able to verify if about wifi card rtl8821ae 802.11ac the ac part is working on free software on trisquel?
> Is there a command
iwconfig wlp2s0
> A rtl8821ae 802.11ac wifi card can run on free software?
It works by default on the Trisquel 11 KDE desktop but not on the Xfce desktop, I don't know why :/
I tried but it was not possible to access to the disc. I don't understand.
This first installation was done with Netinstall ISO.
I installed Gnuinos again but with the Xfce-sysvinit ISO. I had access to the Internet via Ethernet cable on Live Mode but once installed, I no longer had access to it. He asked me to enter my username in a list, what I did and it didn't work (No internet).
Then I installed Gnuinos with Xfce-s6 ISO and I had internet access via Ethernet cable. But updates and installation of softwares in the terminal did not work well.
Sorry but it's too complicated to me and takes too much time. I'm going to stay on Triskel for my daily use. I would try a new Gnuinos installation in several months when I gain more knowledge about GNU/Linux. Thank you again for your help :)
Lore has it that the rtl8821ae card has been the forgotten hero of an untold tale:
Thank you archeologist! I had indeed forgotten.
@prospero : Thank you but I'm not sure if I understand. Is there any information among these messages that could allow Gnuinos to recognize my wifi port ?
> I answered NO because I did not have this code.
I am under the impression that the driver needs to try loading the (non-free) firmware, fail to do so (expectedly, because it has been deblobbed) then try to use the chipset anyway (without its firmware) and succeed, as seems to be the case with Trisquel according to your report.
I can only speculate about what happens with gnuinos. By answering NO at install time, you may have instructed your gnuinos system to completely ignore the card. If you try to answer different, maybe the error code will be different, which may trigger the magic described by jxself and lxoliva in their respective post/message? Or maybe something completely different happened?
You could ping aitor about this, he will certainly be interested in looking into it and he can answer you from inside the gnuinos machinery. You could also use the dev1galaxy thread, if you managed to sign up there.
Don't you have ethernet option?
Yeah don't sign up for devuan with tor browser. I have never done that. That's probably what caused you trouble.
> with the Tor browser.
Are you familiar with tor bridges? Have you tried to register on the devuan forum while your tor browser is using a bridge?
tor browser -> settings -> connection -> bridges.
> rtl8821ae 802.11ac
Can you clarify the following:
Did you install trisquel on your computer and the rtl8821ae 802.11ac wifi card worked? You did not have to do anything and the wifi card worked?
The only system installed on your computer was trisquel?
@tonlee :
> Are you familiar with tor bridges? Have you tried to register on the devuan forum while your tor browser is using a bridge?
No, I'm not familiar and I'm not registered on the Devuan forum with a Tor bridge. I'll try again one day with a bridge.
> Did you install trisquel on your computer and the rtl8821ae 802.11ac wifi card worked? You did not have to do anything and the wifi card worked?
Yes, I installed Trisquel 11 with the KDE desktop and the card worked without having to set anything (except select the connection and enter my password). But the card was not recognized on the Xfce desktop that I installed via terminal after.
> The only system installed on your computer was trisquel?
No, it was not the only system installed. There was also a derived version of Debian on another disk.
@Magic Banana & @Zoma : Thanks again for your comments !
I installed Linux-Free but on a different distribution than Trisquel. The computer restarted without problem, the WiFi connected to this distribution derived from Debian.
Gnuinos also started without problem but he still doesn't recognize WiFi.
I'm going to buy an ethernet cable (I haven't used it for more than 15 years ^^') and I'll try to connect with Gnuinos. I'll report back on the test as soon as I can.
Now that I understand that both Gnuinos and Trisquel are on the same computer (right?), I edited my previous post to explain that you can access from Gnuios the files on Trisquel and reciprocally. You just need to mount the filesystem with the file in question. There is an eponymous command but graphical file managers usually allow to do that with a single click in their left panels.
Off topic.
> mount the filesystem
A computer running a gnu linux system on a hdd was shut down. The system
is a full system encrypted installation. Now the system on the hdd is erroneous. If the hdd is defective or the software is defective I do not know. Starting the system on the hdd you get the unlock your drive prompt. Entering the correct key it returns error messages.
cryptsetup sda5 crypt set up successfully /dev/mapper/e-vg-root contains a file system with errors, check forced
inode 65667889 seems to contain garbage
/dev/mapper/e-vg-root unexptected inconsistency run fsck manually
ie without -a or-p options
fsck exited with status code 4
the root filesystem on /dev/mapper/e-vg-root requires a manual fsck
busybox v1.20.1-6+b3 built-in shell ash
enter help for a list of built-in commands
A responsive initramfs _ prompt displays.
If I take the hdd and connect it to another gnu linux computer by usb or sata, the hdd will display as a device in the file explorer. If I try to mount the hdd's filesystem it will prompt for a key. Entering the full hdd encryption key returns no permission messages and the file system does not get mounted.
Do you have any suggestions on how to access my data on the hdd?
the root filesystem on /dev/mapper/e-vg-root requires a manual fsck ie without -a or -p options
Have you done that? I guess you can use GNOME Disks if you want a GUI.
If I take the hdd and connect it to another gnu linux computer by usb or sata, the hdd will display as a device in the file explorer.
There is no need for another computer. You could simply use a live system (and install in it GNOME Disks if you wish).