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by ddyer
2021-01-12 02:08
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: getting full functionality from Insignia notebook
Replies: 13
Views: 10184

Re: getting full functionality from Insignia notebook

lshw doesn't exist. what package should I load?
by ddyer
2021-01-12 00:11
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: getting full functionality from Insignia notebook
Replies: 13
Views: 10184

Re: getting full functionality from Insignia notebook

Can you run lspci -vv And post back what you get. Also what DE are you using? DE?ddyer@kali:~$ sudo lspci -vv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 0f) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction...
by ddyer
2021-01-11 22:11
Forum: Installation
Topic: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config
Replies: 35
Views: 14157

Re: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config

[1] The search for firmware files stops at the first volume which can be mounted. The search for firmware packages stops at the first volume which can be mounted and contains *.{deb,udeb,ude} files in its root or /firmware directory. My experience is that success or failure depends on the enumerati...
by ddyer
2021-01-11 20:03
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: getting full functionality from Insignia notebook
Replies: 13
Views: 10184

getting full functionality from Insignia notebook

I'm repurposing an old 32b insignia notebook as a linux laptop. I've got the OS and desktop running, and the touch screen is functional, but other pieces of hardware are not recognized. I'm looking for audio in/out, camera, battery charge monitor (very impotant!) and a virtual keyboard, not necessar...
by ddyer
2021-01-11 20:00
Forum: Installation
Topic: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config
Replies: 35
Views: 14157

Re: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config

They also apparently need to be packaged in a .deb wrapper, whatever that is. The raw .bin files are just ignored. The incantation I found that eventually worked is to install without network, then copy the .bin file to /lib/firmware/brcm/ reboot and the network works! My particular card also needed...
by ddyer
2021-01-08 22:31
Forum: Installation
Topic: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config
Replies: 35
Views: 14157

Re: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config

The image to which I have linked already includes non-free firmware. Do you have a Broadcom card? Yea, it's a broadcom card, the message says it needs brcm/brcmxxxxx.bin and I can load it from removable media, but I've so far failed to guess exactly how that can be done. I tried adding the requeste...
by ddyer
2021-01-08 21:32
Forum: Installation
Topic: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config
Replies: 35
Views: 14157

Re: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config

Are you sure it's a 32-bit machine? Have you tried booting a 64-bit live ISO image? Perhaps try the multi-arch netinstall image: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.7.0+nonfree/multi-arch/iso-cd/ One of the problems I'm dealing with is that the network ne...
by ddyer
2021-01-08 21:30
Forum: Installation
Topic: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config
Replies: 35
Views: 14157

Re: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:Are you sure it's a 32-bit machine? Have you tried booting a 64-bit live ISO image?

Perhaps try the multi-arch netinstall image: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unof ... ch/iso-cd/
Yes, it's a 32 bit oldie
by ddyer
2021-01-08 18:03
Forum: Installation
Topic: debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config
Replies: 35
Views: 14157

debian x86 install failed - bootloader-config

installing debian-live-10.7.0-i386-kde+nonfree.iso Attempting to build debian on an old x86 notebook, installation fails with an informative message, bootloader-config failed, package grub-efi-amd64 is not available. this looks like a goof related to the fact that this is a 32bit machine, but whatev...