Debian on Intel NUC7i3BNH - Network Driver

[hausi]

Hi,
I am trying to install Debian 8.7.1 64-bit on my new Intel NUC Baby Lake - NUC7i3BNH

Problem #1: Ethernet Driver not found/available - the device is an Intel I219-V (e1000e ??) identifies as 8086:15d8
Problem #2: Wifi Drive not available either - the device is an AC8265 identifies as 24fd
I could get hold of an "iwlwifi-8265-22.ucode" but failed to install so far....maybe my knowledge how to install blank ".ucode" Files

Anyone out there have similar issues ? And did solve if ?
Any chance to the the Ethernet Driver ?

thanks
Hausi

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http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/E1000E.html

Your device 8086:15d8 is supported since kernel 4.6.

Installing firmware is as simple as copying it over to /lib/firmware/. Check the dmesg, it will tell you exactly where the driver is looking for it, sometimes it has to be in a subdirectory.

[hausi]

Thanks for your fast reply
Will have a look into this...

[hausi]

One question comes up:
- How do I upgrade to kernel >4.6 on a system that is not connected to the network ?

Any ideas ?

regards
Gerhard

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There are certainly many ways to skin this cat. You could use SystemRescueCD or similar to boot and chroot into your Debian for kernel upgrade, for instance.

[hausi]

Yes I already managed.....

Network is now running (4.9 kernel)
Now: X makes troubles "(WW) intel(0): Unknown chipset", "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration"
but it works with 3.16 kernel

regards
Hausi

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You need to pastebin the full Xorg log, dmesg can contain useful info, too.

[hausi]

Hi
the Xorg.0.log is here http://pastebin.com/YpTMkQji
dimes is here: http://pastebin.com/pRa2YbAq

Thanks for helping!

[Segfault]

Hmmm ... looks like old kernel had no support for your graphics and Xorg defaulted to a generic driver. Now your kernel can use the Intel graphics but Intel Xorg driver is too old ... The whole Xorg probably is too old to make your NUC work properly. As a side note, there is firmware required for your Intel graphics, but it is not the showstopper at the moment.

[stevepusser]

The Jessie xorg seems to work well with up to and including the latest Kaby Lake (7th generation) graphics--my bet is that the rest of the packages in jessie-backports (newer Intel driver, Mesa, firmware-iwlwifi, firmware-misc-nonfree) are also necessary for full functionality.

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1185

[hausi]

Thanks for the hint!

installed "apt-get install --target-release jessie-backports xserver-xorg-video-intel libegl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri"

and Xorg now works as well!

regards
Hausi

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Well done!
I wish all support requests were this intelligent, all needed information was in initial post. And kudos for providing solution!