06-16-2016, 04:01 PM
(06-14-2016, 08:00 PM)jacobscarter Wrote:(06-14-2016, 03:37 PM)CaptainZalo Wrote: I just used a vanilla debian distro with longsleep 101 kernel and did a 'sudo apt-get install linux-firmware'. It got my NetGear USB wifi dongle and my old dlink dongle running after a reboot. Did you try it?
Unless you have a very close relationship with your current linux-installation, you might want to consider reimaging the microsd-card with a current debian build and use the scripts in /usr/local/sbin to update uboot and kernel first, enlarge sd-card and then do a 'sudo apt-get update' before you install linux-firmware package.
It takes about an hour if you have a decent broadband connection (mine is 30/10 and it took 50 minutes).
Thanks Zalo. I might just do that. Sorry if this is a silly question, is the Debian distro headless or does it have the GUI? I like the headless distros and was hoping to stay with that.
I downloaded a tiny distro (Debian Base (3.10.65 BSP) from here @ only about 180 megs) and got just what I wanted - a GUI-less working Debian that I could customize as I wanted. The Mate Desktop Environment downloads and installs was the slow part. The rest worked as intended. Shellscripts and all.