07-30-2023, 05:46 PM
(07-23-2023, 08:30 PM)Cornelia Xaos Wrote:diederik Wrote:Can you share the exact type of network/wifi adapters?
The 'friendly' identifier is hopefully enough, but `lsusb` also outputs a USB ID in the form of <4-numbers-or-a-to-f>:<4-numbers-or-a-to-f> and that uniquely (and precisely) identifies the device.
The Mobian system has 2 types of issues:
- Missing kernel modules for several devices
- The 'non-free-firmware' archive component is not enabled and thus no firmware is available or installed. Especially wifi devices often require it to function at all
Wifi Adapter: Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:c811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11ac NIC
Ethernet Adapter: Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
Unfortunate about the Mobian kernel missing all those features.. I get it's for mobile devices usually so having all the firmware support for additional peripherals can be very unnecessary.. but.. I'd take a bloated option if it was available (at least right now until the wifi driver for the built-in hardware is cleaned up and ready for dkms or however they plan on distributing it..)
Thanks again for any input you all have. If it does end up that I just need to wait a lot longer before I can start using the tablet daily, so be it. (I am a lot more comfortable with debian-based systems than arch ones.. and also think phosh looks way better than plasma mobile.. or at least how it was configued for danctnix.. The UX is definitely more akin to what wanted with phosh.)
https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0bda-c811 indicates that a 6.2/6.3 kernel with the right configuration should be enough for your wifi device. And you very likely need the firmware-realtek package. The 'normal' Debian kernel has support for that device since 6.4.1-1~exp1.
https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0b95-1790 indicates any non-ancient kernel could work ... but looking a bit further hints that it may be trickier then initially thought.
You could try building a kernel from this branch: https://salsa.debian.org/diederik/linux/...aster-next which is based on Debian's 6.5-rc3 kernel (which hasn't been released yet)
