#41 2016-01-15 18:35:54

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Ralink wireless cards in Debian jessie

447

What does it mean?

It means that wpa_supplicant is running (with a PID of 447), if nothing was returned from that command then the program would not be running

I'm really sorry about this IP but I think I've been leading you astray

Stupidly, I had presumed that you were using a non-free ISO image but you didn't, did you?

I think you have to follow this guide:
https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci

The package you need is firmware-ralink

Again, my humble apologies for leading you around the garden path with this simple query :8

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Inodoro Pereyra

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Re: [SOLVED] Ralink wireless cards in Debian jessie

I'm really sorry about this IP but I think I've been leading you astray

Stupidly, I had presumed that you were using a non-free ISO image but you didn't, did you?

I think you have to follow this guide:
https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci

The package you need is firmware-ralink

Again, my humble apologies for leading you around the garden path with this simple query :8

I think you haven't.

I didn't use the non-free iso, but I did install the non-free firmware the installer was asking for (which incidentally, was the wireless driver), so there shouldn't be any difference... I think...

In any case, no apologies needed. I have learned more from this thread than in the last few years and most of it thanks to you.

Anyway, I'm done trying to get the live iso running. Tomorrow I'm getting the netinstall.
I'm about to open a thread with a few questions about it. Feel free to visit.

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Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Ralink wireless cards in Debian jessie

Solution

For any users of WiFi devices based on Ralink 802.11n PCI chipsets, such as @Inodoro Pereyra, the only package required is indeed the firmware-ralink package and this package would have given the OP a fully functional internet connection.

See this page for full instructions:
https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci

The confusion in this thread arose because the OP presumed that if the firmware was supplied (on a USB stick) during the installation process then that firmware would also be included in the installed system.

This, of course, does not apply if the official Debian ISO image is used because the official Debian repositories used by the installer do not contain any non-free software (or firmware), as per Debian policy. [1]

If users wish the firmware to be included in the installed system then they must either copy the raw firmware files from the USB stick to the installed system (to /lib/firmware) or they should use one of the unofficial ISO images instead:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unoff … -firmware/

Hopefully, this will clear up any confusion for Ralink users and reassure them that Debian does indeed work just fine with their cards provided the user is prepared to read TFM:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ … 04.html.en

[1] https://www.debian.org/social_contract

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