wifi/network issues base debian install

[cathal]

ok so im having wifi issues right now on a fresh debian install specifcally firmware-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso iso. I got errors on installation about missing firmware packages and the same errors unsurprisingly persisted after installing. it sais that i am missing ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin
i cannot connect to the wifi and ip a returns the following
manually typed so forgive misspelling;

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state down group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 5c:61:99:20:b9:7d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

the contents of /etc/network/interfaces are as follows:

# *usual comments*

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

wpa is running also
I have not done anything to this fresh install
when I lspci I also find the following line

Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

I have heard of the firware-atheros package
Although I am not sure how I might find it and install on a usb
then I could maybe install it on the system via that
edit: I have installed firmware-atheros package through external usb and found that I already had the package.

These are my hardware specifications from dell btw:

https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/inspiron-14-5415-laptop_users-guide_en-us.pdf

update: I have new error message on boot :

acp_pdm_mach acp_pdm_mach.0: snd_soc_register_card(acp) failed: -517

I figured out how to run iwconfig(needed sudo) it returned the following:

lo             no wireless extensions.

wlp2s0    IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
               Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated    Tx-Power=-2147483648 dBm
               Retry short limit:7    RTS thr:off    Fragment thr:off
               Encryption key:off
               Power Management:on

Sorry if I am adding too much. I have an unrelated manjaro install on an sd card that has wifi still working. Im wondering if some commands their would be helpful.

ip a

cmd is different.

*note this is on a seperate  manjaro install*
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST ,MULTICASR ,UP ,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 5c:61:99:20:b9:7d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.0.88/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlp2s0
        valid_lft 86364sec preferred_lft 86364sec
    inet6 fe80::f158:f4f:b732:7f13/64 scope link noprefixroute
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

UPDATE, looking promising. I followed this guide and can now install packages
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/283722/how-to-connect-to-wifi-from-command-line
I have not tried rebooting as I will set up all I need first of course
thank you all so much for the help( fyi: I am a past arch user and got no help, you guys were great though )

 

[wizardfromoz]

@cathal welcome to linux.org

I haven't the answer to your question, but you could tell us what version of Debian you are using, and provide the content of

inxi -Fxz

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[Brickwizard]

Welcome to the forums
Do you have inxi installed?
if so please run inxi -N and paste back the results, [note space between inxi and -]

if not installed try sudo apt-install inxi


Bwiz

 

[Linuxembourg]

Did you install using the usual Debian iso, or did you use the (much harder to find) non-free version?

This package contains the relevant drivers but I am too drunk to work out how to install it

 

[cathal]

@cathal welcome to linux.org

I haven't the answer to your question, but you could tell us what version of Debian you are using, and provide the content of

inxi -Fxz

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

i dont seem to have inxi
and I am running debian 11.2.0 i believe

 

[cathal]

Did you install using the usual Debian iso, or did you use the (much harder to find) non-free version?

This package contains the relevant drivers but I am too drunk to work out how to install it

I intalled the non-free firmware-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso

 

[cathal]

Did you install using the usual Debian iso, or did you use the (much harder to find) non-free version?

This package contains the relevant drivers but I am too drunk to work out how to install it

yes I actually installed that and reliased that I already had it, in fact that package was a downgrade now

 

[cathal]

Welcome to the forums
Do you have inxi installed?
if so please run inxi -N and paste back the results, [note space between inxi and -]

if not installed try sudo apt-install inxi


Bwiz

I dont have internet to install that unfortunately

 

[cathal]

Welcome to the forums
Do you have inxi installed?
if so please run inxi -N and paste back the results, [note space between inxi and -]

if not installed try sudo apt-install inxi


Bwiz

I dont have internet to install that unfortunately

 

[Brickwizard]

it should be in the install package you downloaded
[you may find it in the software manager]

 

[cathal]

it it should be in the install package you downloaded

[you may find it in the software manager]

I have it installed though. Do you know how to use wpa_supplicant on debian, is it the same as arch?

 

[wizardfromoz]

Should be, although some of the components may be stored in a different location.

I guess an obvious question we should have asked is do you have access to an ethernet connection?

Wiz

 

[cathal]

Should be, although some of the components may be stored in a different location.

I guess an obvious question we should have asked is do you have access to an ethernet connection?

Wiz

I will tomorrow, I am getting an ethernet dongle. Ill try install iwd then

 

[wizardfromoz]

OK, that would be good to have as an alternative.

Sing out when you are up and running. We have a couple of Debian gurus here I can flag tomorrow if you need them. They are both British so you may have to allow for timezone differences. I am from Australia.

Cheers

Wiz

 

[cathal]

OK, that would be good to have as an alternative.

Sing out when you are up and running. We have a couple of Debian gurus here I can flag tomorrow if you need them. They are both British so you may have to allow for timezone differences. I am from Australia.

Cheers

Wiz

Hi again, just tryed to connect with ethernet via a usb c dongle. This dongle is working on my phone but not on the computer. Once again I get:

 ping: debian.org: Temporary failure in name resolution

this is also the same errors I get when trying to install packages, just the sites are the mirrors.

 

[Brickwizard]

CONFUSED
you initially said Debian your now trying |Arch.org..... please clarify the full distribution name and build number

 

[cathal]

CONFUSED
you initially said Debian your now trying |Arch.org..... please clarify the full distribution name and build number

that was a ping command the website name is arbitrary
changed it there so as not to cause confusion

 

[Linuxembourg]

Hi again, just tryed to connect with ethernet via a usb c dongle. This dongle is working on my phone but not on the computer. Once again I get:

 ping: debian.org: Temporary failure in name resolution

this is also the same errors I get when trying to install packages, just the sites are the mirrors.

Seems like DNS isn't it?

What is the output of

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

?

What happens if you ping google.com via the IP 216.58.212.174

 

[cathal]

Seems like DNS isn't it?

What is the output of

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

?

What happens if you ping google.com via the IP 216.58.212.174

/etc/resolv.conf contains the following:

nameserver 89.101.160.4
nameserver 89.101.160.5

when I ping direct addr i get the following(same output on ethernet too):

ping: connect: Network is unreachable

check my latest edits, I have shown the output of ip a from another linux install on the same hardware

 

[Linuxembourg]

Not sure if its much help but here is my ip a output (from Debian 11) which looks a bit like your working Manjaro install.

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: enp1s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:1d:ba:ec:49:6f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:24:2b:ef:db:27 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.178.184/24 brd 192.168.178.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlp4s0
       valid_lft 863387sec preferred_lft 863387sec
    inet6 2001:7e8:c6bf:1d01:e1cc:51c9:6862:300d/64 scope global dynamic noprefixroute
       valid_lft 7156sec preferred_lft 3556sec
    inet6 fe80::7ab5:a8bd:5218:9817/64 scope link noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Per this you may want to try

ip route add default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0

which is NOT pesistent and if it works you can follow the answer to make it so.