Richard Owlett wrote:
Brian wrote:
On Thu 26 Jul 2012 at 09:27:44 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Brian wrote:
A possible failure to associate with the wireless access
point. What
does lspci (or lsusb) say the card is?
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc.
AR5212
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Encouraging. The Debian Live connection was set up and
established
after the OS had been booted?
And happily connects after full install from liveCD -
always has.
The AR5212 doesn't require non-free firmware so, at the
'Detect network
hardware' stage, eth0 and wlan0 should be found and
presented to you
when the network is configured. You'll have chosen wlan0,
put the type
of wireless network as 'Managed' and input an ESSID and
WPA/WPA2 PSK.
When next you do this switch to console 4, where you
should see
'authenticated', 'associated' and 'SUCCESS' as part of the
output log.
If this succeeds you can look at console 4 while DHCP is
set up. Watch
for ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE) and 'Got IP . . .' from udhcp.
Reported
failure to get an address should have the log information
with it.
I usually choose expert mode more to expose what's happening
than specifying non-default option {EXCEPT always choose
manual partition due to other experiments on that laptop].
Yesterday circumstances had me choosing the more fully
automated path that would be used by a casual user.
This time the install went to completion.
Unfortunately I did not keep a record of what choices I made
so I don't now exactly what was done differently. I've a gut
feeling the problem may be more a "man-machine interface"
than "software" problem. "Operator error" is not ruled out ;/
It could take me a half dozen trial installs to verify where
actual and potential problems lie. Due to logistical
constraints, successful installs will occupy a day. If my
gut is correct as to the root problem, I should be able to
have as many as THREE failures per day
Did another install yesterday, again using the more fully
automated path. [I didn't like the result of which packages
I had chosen to install.] It _apparently_ ran to normal
completion. I say "apparently" because on rebooting there
were error messages saying:
something had not been properly unmounted
several problems being "fixed"
I then got the grub rescue prompt :{
Conclusion: the path which would be followed by typical user
(the 1st menu item on netinst boot screen and choosing
default options) works.
I've also discovered that the WiFi hotspot at one end of the
library is more reliable than the one at the end I normally
use (served by different hardware).
I've ordered a complete set of DVD's. I'll set up a network
at home where I monitor both ends. I'll also take a long
look at script(s) controlling the install process. With the
full DVD set I'll be able to set things up to match MY
definition of a useable install.
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