Fresh Install of Voyager 11 Debian No WiFi Adapter Found

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Hi:
I just did a fresh installation of Voyager 11 Debian Gnome and the WiFi is not working.

During the installation I selected my network and typed in my passphrase so I don't get why the wireless isn't working.

When I go to the WiFi setting manager it says:
NO WiFi Adapter Found
Make sure you have a wifi adapter plugged in and turned on.

I have an Intel Corporation Wireless-AC9260 adapter.

My other install (Debian 10 Buster Gnome) on this machine works fine and the wifi works as well.

Any ideas how I can get the wifi working?
 


I went here and downloaded the firmware for my AC9260.

The instructions say to copy the files to /lib/firmware.

How do I copy those files in the terminal to mv them to /lib/firmware?
 
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if you have inxi
then in a terminal put inxi -Fnx scroll down to network copy and paste that whole section here

Bwiz
 
if you have inxi
then in a terminal put inxi -Fnx scroll down to network copy and paste that whole section here

Bwiz
This is what I have for inxi:

debian:~$ inxi


CPU: 6-Core AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 2195/2200/3800 MHz


Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 Up: 3m Mem: 1376.9/15976.8 MiB (8.6%)


Storage: 1.59 TiB (0.6% used) Procs: 296 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.01

I have to boot back into Voyager and run inxi -Fnx be back in a few minutes with that.
 
Network:


Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 04:00.0


IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: 24:ee:9a:22:5a:79


Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet


vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 05:00.0


IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: 04:d9:f5:f6:c7:1b


Device-3: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb


bus ID: 3-5:2





Bluetooth:


Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb


v: 0.8 bus ID: 3-5:2


Report: ID: hci0 state: up running bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.0


address: 24:EE:9A:22:5A:7D


Drives:


Local Storage: total: 1.62 TiB used: 23.26 GiB (1.4%)


ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB


size: 232.89 GiB temp: 33.9 C


ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST31000524NS size: 931.51 GiB


ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0


size: 465.76 GiB


ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB model: N/A size: 29.89 GiB


Partition:


ID-1: / size: 411.45 GiB used: 10.35 GiB (2.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1


Swap:


ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)


dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2


ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2


ID-3: swap-3 type: partition size: 1.86 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)


dev: /dev/sdb2


Sensors:


System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 38.0 C


Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A


Info:


Processes: 278 Uptime: 7m Memory: 15.6 GiB used: 1.16 GiB (7.4%)


Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 2708


Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.01
 
Try installing firmware-iwlwifi from the non-free repo.
Code:
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 0 rev 1) Bluetooth configuration,
   version 20.10 (intel/ibt-18-0-1.ddc)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 0 rev 1) Bluetooth firmware, version
   20.30.0.1 (intel/ibt-18-0-1.sfi)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 16 rev 1) Bluetooth configuration,
   version 20.60.0.2 (intel/ibt-18-16-1.ddc)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 16 rev 1) Bluetooth firmware, version
 
Butting in a second, but if you just want to copy the firmware files,
- sudo -i
- cd to your the directory you downloaded them in.
- cp "<filename>" /lib/firmware.
- update-initramfs
- reboot
Notes:
1. You may be able to get the firmware in backports, non-free -- as @f33dm3bits pointed out while I was typing this reply, ROFL.
2. Check the modules are loaded before you go through all that stress. It can sometimes be the most obvious things we miss coz they're so obvious.
 
Try installing firmware-iwlwifi from the non-free repo.
Code:
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 0 rev 1) Bluetooth configuration,
   version 20.10 (intel/ibt-18-0-1.ddc)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 0 rev 1) Bluetooth firmware, version
   20.30.0.1 (intel/ibt-18-0-1.sfi)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 16 rev 1) Bluetooth configuration,
   version 20.60.0.2 (intel/ibt-18-16-1.ddc)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 16 rev 1) Bluetooth firmware, version
Ok, I downloaded the firmware-iwlwifi-20210315-3_all.deb

So all I need to do is install that and than reboot?
 
Ok, I downloaded the firmware-iwlwifi-20210315-3_all.deb

So all I need to do is install that and than reboot?
No don't download the package manually, install it using your package manager.
1. add non-free to your sources file: See the example: /etc/apt/sources.list
2. apt update && apt install firmware-iwlwifi
3. modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi or reboot
 
Try installing firmware-iwlwifi from the non-free repo.
Code:
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 0 rev 1) Bluetooth configuration,
   version 20.10 (intel/ibt-18-0-1.ddc)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 0 rev 1) Bluetooth firmware, version
   20.30.0.1 (intel/ibt-18-0-1.sfi)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 16 rev 1) Bluetooth configuration,
   version 20.60.0.2 (intel/ibt-18-16-1.ddc)
* Intel Wireless 9160/9260 (var 16 rev 1) Bluetooth firmware, version
Ok, I downloaded the firmware-iwlwifi-20210315-3_all.deb

So all I need to do is install that and than reboot?
 
I
No don't download the package manually, install it using your package manager.
1. add non-free to your sources file: See the example: /etc/apt/sources.list
2. apt update && apt install firmware-iwlwifi
3. modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi or reboot
I'll try editing my sources list and add the non-free, update and reboot.
 
No don't download the package manually, install it using your package manager.
1. add non-free to your sources file: See the example: /etc/apt/sources.list
2. apt update && apt install firmware-iwlwifi
3. modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi or reboot
I added non-free to my sources.list than tried apt update && apt install firmware-iwlwifi and the terminal returned:

firmware-iwlwifi is already the newest version (20210315-3)
 
What should I try now?

Are you sure I don't need the Intel driver?
 
What's the output of: modprobe | grep wifi

Did you try loading/reloading the module:

I doubt you need intel's driver, try adding "<your distro ver name>-backports" to sources.list. Then:
apt-get update && apt-get -t <your distro ver name>-backports install firmware-iwlwifi -y

If you want to install the .deb from intel:
dpkg --install <filename>.deb

Edit: before installing intel fw with dpkg, update your kernel from backports: apt-get update && apt-get -t <your distro ver name>-backports install linux-headers-amd64
 
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What's the output of: modprobe | grep wifi

Did you try loading/reloading the module:

I doubt you need intel's driver, try adding "<your distro ver name>-backports" to sources.list. Then:
apt-get update && apt-get -t <your distro ver name>-backports install firmware-iwlwifi -y

If you want to install the .deb from intel:
dpkg --install <filename>.deb

Edit: before installing intel fw with dpkg, update your kernel from backports: apt-get update && apt-get -t <your distro ver name>-backports install linux-headers-amd64
The .deb is already installed and the newest version.

Any ideas?
 
Get a different wireless adapter it ain't worth the headache imo.

Some hardware may have worked 100% on a previous distro and then new release and new kernel no longer supports certain hardware.

Has happened to me quite a lot with some of newer releases of Linux.
 
Get a different wireless adapter it ain't worth the headache imo.

Some hardware may have worked 100% on a previous distro and then new release and new kernel no longer supports certain hardware.

Has happened to me quite a lot with some of newer releases of Linux.

If I have to get a new adapter I might as well go back to Linux Mint.
Mint worked before I install Voyager.
Thanks.

It's getting late I'll be back tomorrow.
 
What's the output of the following.
Code:
lsmod | grep wifi
lsusb -nn
ip a
 
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What's the output of the following.
Code:
lsmod | grep wifi
lsusb -nn
ip a
debian:~$ lsmod | grep wifi


iwlwifi 294912 1 iwlmvm


cfg80211 970752 3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211


@debian:~$ lsusb -nn


lsusb: invalid option -- 'n'


lsusb: invalid option -- 'n'


Usage: lsusb [options]...


List USB devices


-v, --verbose


Increase verbosity (show descriptors)


-s [[bus]:][devnum]


Show only devices with specified device and/or


bus numbers (in decimal)


-d vendor:[product]


Show only devices with the specified vendor and


product ID numbers (in hexadecimal)


-D device


Selects which device lsusb will examine


-t, --tree


Dump the physical USB device hierarchy as a tree


-V, --version


Show version of program


-h, --help


Show usage and help


@debian:~$ ip a


1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000


link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00


inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo


valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever


inet6 ::1/128 scope host


valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever


2: enp5s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000


link/ether 04:d9:f5:f6:c7:1b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff


3: wlp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000


link/ether 24:ee:9a:22:5a:79 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
 

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