• Debian 12.7 amd64 no Wi-Fi after installation

    From Kenneth Schack Banner@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 22 19:50:02 2024
    Hi,

    im blind and been told to write to this list about an issue. I just
    installed Debian 12.7 with espeak and during the installation i used
    Wi-Fi, but after installation and rebooted, the computer was now
    offline. I plugged in a network cable and found out, that the package network-manager was not installed. - I installed with LXDE desktop
    enovirement if that could be the reason for this behaviour..

    Best kinds regards
    Kenneth

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  • From Cyril Brulebois@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 22 20:20:01 2024
    Hi,

    Kenneth Schack Banner <ksb@fasb.dk> (2024-10-22):
    im blind and been told to write to this list about an issue. I just
    installed Debian 12.7 with espeak and during the installation i used Wi-Fi, but after installation and rebooted, the computer was now offline. I plugged in a network cable and found out, that the package network-manager was not installed. - I installed with LXDE desktop enovirement if that could be the reason for this behaviour..

    Most desktop environments offered in Debian Installer use
    NetworkManager, but LXDE and lxqt use connman instead. There,
    the installer configures ifupdown during the installation (i.e. /etc/network/interfaces).


    Cheers,
    --
    Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
    D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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  • From Samuel Thibault@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 24 01:20:01 2024
    Hello,

    Cyril Brulebois, le mar. 22 oct. 2024 20:19:09 +0200, a ecrit:
    Kenneth Schack Banner <ksb@fasb.dk> (2024-10-22):
    im blind and been told to write to this list about an issue. I just installed Debian 12.7 with espeak and during the installation i used Wi-Fi, but after installation and rebooted, the computer was now offline. I plugged
    in a network cable and found out, that the package network-manager was not installed. - I installed with LXDE desktop enovirement if that could be the reason for this behaviour..

    Most desktop environments offered in Debian Installer use
    NetworkManager, but LXDE and lxqt use connman instead. There,
    the installer configures ifupdown during the installation (i.e. /etc/network/interfaces).

    But it apparently does not make it auto-connect at boot?

    Samuel

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  • From Cyril Brulebois@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 24 04:30:01 2024
    Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> (2024-10-24):
    Cyril Brulebois, le mar. 22 oct. 2024 20:19:09 +0200, a ecrit:
    Most desktop environments offered in Debian Installer use
    NetworkManager, but LXDE and lxqt use connman instead. There,
    the installer configures ifupdown during the installation (i.e. /etc/network/interfaces).

    But it apparently does not make it auto-connect at boot?

    I'm not sure why that'd be different from say an installation without
    a network environment? d-i configures ifupdown, therefore the network
    is expected to come up automatically.

    Having checked that, using a d-i amd64 netinst, installing over Wi-Fi
    (WPA2), picking only LXDE and standard in pkgsel/tasksel, I'm seeing
    a seemingly correct /etc/network/interfaces configuration, but logging
    in on tty1 (without opening the graphical session), I'm seeing no IP configuration.

    Interestingly, networking.service doesn't report any issues. connman
    doesn't seem to do much either. But the link is down. Trying to up it
    manually, that's impossible because of RF-kill. Hitting the right key
    on that laptop lets me up the link, then get DHCP and RA after a
    little battle against ifdown, ifup, etc.

    Looking for rf & kill (case-insensitive-ly) in journalctl gives such
    things:

    oct. 24 03:59:33 di systemd[1]: Listening on systemd-rfkill.socket - Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch.
    oct. 24 03:59:33 di systemd[1]: Starting systemd-rfkill.service - Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
    oct. 24 03:59:33 di systemd[1]: Started systemd-rfkill.service - Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
    oct. 24 03:59:34 di wpa_supplicant[674]: rfkill: WLAN soft blocked
    oct. 24 03:59:34 di wpa_supplicant[782]: rfkill: WLAN soft blocked
    oct. 24 03:59:34 di sh[796]: RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
    oct. 24 03:59:39 di systemd[1]: systemd-rfkill.service: Deactivated successfully.
    oct. 24 04:00:35 di avahi-autoipd(wlp0s20f3)[950]: SIOCSIFFLAGS failed: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
    oct. 24 04:02:00 di systemd[1]: Starting systemd-rfkill.service - Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
    oct. 24 04:02:00 di systemd[1]: Started systemd-rfkill.service - Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
    oct. 24 04:02:05 di systemd[1]: systemd-rfkill.service: Deactivated successfully.

    For some reason, the soft block comes back up at reboot, even after a
    clean shutdown after RF-kill was turned off, so I suppose some magic
    is needed to get the state stored.

    Also, at least when disabling RF-kill with the right key soon after
    boot-up, the network comes up without any further actions (no fiddling
    with ip link, ifupdown, connman, or logging in into the graphical
    session).


    That's a fun one, rfkill doesn't appear anywhere in the many, repeated
    test installs I've performed (I mean within d-i); and e.g. after a
    text-only installation, I'm getting the IP configuration stored by d-i
    up and running via ifupdown and wpa_supplicant without having to worry
    about hitting the right key.


    Cheers,
    --
    Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
    D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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