SOLVED - HP ProBook

[Hallvor]

I include on USB media during installation that files when it pop me up window: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin and rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw

I think you need this one to get the wifi working. Install and reboot:

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root@debian-hp:/home/hallvor# aptitude search realtek
p   firmware-realtek                                                                        - Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters 

[kepler19]

Nope. did not helped. I tried also this: https://www.linux.com/answers/how-do-i- ... ee-my-wifi but same.

There are no wifi list to connect.

[kepler19]

My wifi is that: lspci -nn | grep Network
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:b723]

But there is not network to select and connect. please help me to solve it. sorry for many questions. I resolved graphic problem today.

[Hallvor]

As root, try

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ifconfig

If the driver for the wifi card is correctly installed, you should get something like this:

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root@debian-hp:/home/hallvor# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17 Memory:d4700000-d4720000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:15672 (15.3 KiB)  TX bytes:15672 (15.3 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr a4:4e:31:90:8b:68  
          inet addr:192.168.1.199  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3889 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2171 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2171433 (2.0 MiB)  TX bytes:348067 (339.9 KiB)

root@debian-hp:/home/hallvor# 

As you can see, my wifi interface is wlan0

Test if your wifi interface can be enabled with

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ifup wlan0

Please try this and post the output of both commands.

If no luck, try the package from backports:
https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw ... -backports

[kepler19]

Hallvor

Ok i did as you told me

ifconfig output: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 10:08:b1:48:fc:29
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

ifup wlan0 output:
Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.

I add backports on etc source list. but no connection yet.
what is problem?

[pylkko]

Did you install it? How did you install it? Show

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apt policy firmware-realtek

[Hallvor]

Please put your output in code tags. It makes it easier to read.

Try adding these lines to the file /etc/network/interfaces

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auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

Reboot.

[kepler19]

i insert that code on /etc/network/interfaces and reboot but after reboot system load was very slow and after loaded i had not had Internet even with wired.

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auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

[kepler19]

what is that error? it was when i try to install firefox. i did everything as it was debian wiki.

W: GPG error: http://mozilla.debian.net jessie-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 85A3D26506C4AE2A

Thanks for your supports.

[Hallvor]

Sorry it didn't work. What is the output of:

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dmesg | grep firmware

https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse

[kepler19]

This the output of dmesg:

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kepler19@GELAPIR:~$  dmesg | grep firmware
[   11.028399] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_pfp.bin
[   11.066302] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_me.bin
[   11.067177] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_ce.bin
[   11.067596] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_mec.bin
[   11.082824] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_rlc.bin
[   11.084088] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_sdma.bin
[   11.113432] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/BONAIRE_uvd.bin
[   11.132365] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/BONAIRE_vce.bin
[   11.136864] [drm] Found VCE firmware/feedback version 40.2.2 / 15!
[   11.709113] rtl8723be: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin
[   11.738065] rtl8723be 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin
[   20.574964] r8169 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw

[kepler19]

Any suggestions?

[kepler19]

Hallover,
So it is not possible to solve it?

[Hallvor]

Well, it looks like the correct firmware is loaded. It "should" work.

Just to make sure, try a few more things and post the output in code tags:

Shows the wifi interface

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# ip link show wlan0

Brings up the wifi interface

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# ip link set wlan0 up

Scan to see if you can detect wireless networks. (You don't have to post output for this one, just say the result.)

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# iw wlan0 scan

[stevepusser]

What desktop did you install? If you installed the default GNOME 3, aren't the connections handled by the network-manager applet, and you only mess things up by fiddling around with the interfaces file?

Is there any keyboard hotkey to turn the wifi on and off, or a physical switch? Have you tried those?

Assuming your wired network access is working, install rfkill and post the output of

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rfkill list

[kepler19]

Is there any keyboard hotkey to turn the wifi on and off, or a physical switch? Have you tried those?

it has physical button and it is on.

[kepler19]

Just to make sure, try a few more things and post the output in code tags:

Ok Hallvor i will try it and will post here. Thanks.

[kepler19]

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ip link show wlan0
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 10:08:b1:48:fc:29 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

this is a output

[stevepusser]

What desktop are you using?
Is there any widget anywhere that is supposed to manage network connections?
Have you tested any other Debian derivative Live Session to see if they can use the wifi out of the box? If so, it's usually able to get it working on Debian.

Other things might be trying a newer kernel, since they have updated drivers. A last resort would be trying to see if you can use the Windows drivers via ndiswrapper.

[Hallvor]

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ip link show wlan0
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 10:08:b1:48:fc:29 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

this is a output

You only had time for one? Try the next ones too! What happens when you try to activate the device? (Output shows that it is deactivated.)