Hardware • [solved] Missing firmware for network adapter

This is a rather unconventional way of installing packages. This is not the way to do it. You need to download it from the Debian repositories and then install it; a possible shortcut could be:

Actually, i did.
My other machine doesn't have realtek LAN.
Therefore i got the package from the bookworm repository file

http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/pool/no ... -5_all.deb

and transferred that to the disconnected machine into /var/cache/apt/archives,
so that aptitude had it available. Installed then without a hitch.

Is it possible that you have installed the wrong firmware?

Well, the log specifically complained about

r8169: ... firmware ... rtl8168g-2.fw failed to load

and this is listed in the mentioned firmware-realtek's information page as pertaining to RTL8168G.
This package up to now was not installed.

On the next reboot, i tried a live Distro from USB stick, which failed to boot, also citing error -110 about the stick.

What Live Distribution?

SparkyLinux stable AMD64

https://sourceforge.net/projects/sparky ... o/download

the one i used to install the afflicted machine.
Sparky is based on Debian and uses Debian's repo's preferentially, adding their own repo's.
Sadly, USBsticks i bought in the last 2 years appear to suck.
regards, rec00k

Statistics: Posted by re00k — 2024-04-20 10:31 — Replies 8 — Views 53946

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