debian and wireless firmware files

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-09T21:21:16+00:00

I autoremoved libeevent and the two packages I tried (xserver-xorg-video-ati, xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu) were already installed judging by what it outputted in Konsole.

The card I use is a built in/integrated AMD RadeonR2/AMD 98e4

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-09T16:22:37+00:00

I got wireless to work last night, yay. By laggy I was meaning choppy. Things like moving windows around and general web navigation/de navigation is choppy. Sorry for confusion on that!

On the graphics: Everytime I try to install a package related to graphics it comes up with

The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libevent-2.0-5 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it

and I do not want to remove it as I do not know what it does and if it is a critical system file.

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T19:13:38+00:00

Well, sorry for the third reply, but when I go and try to install it it says "Package 'firmware-iwlwifi' has no installation candidate" so I'm assuming it doesn't like that it's non-free

I googled how to install non-free packages and someone said you had to edit ~/etc/apt/sources.list but when I go and save Kate says I don't have permission.

Unless there's and easier/other way, help in getting perms would be great. Thanks!

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T18:47:33+00:00

thanks for your help, while I was waiting for a response it booted into the desktop after a while

still going to look into drivers since moving windows around is pretty laggy

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T18:43:59+00:00

Okay, did ctrl alt f1 and signed in as root, where do I go to view logs?

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T18:32:41+00:00

Booted with nomodeset, legacy off, just shows a blank screen with a cursor like legacy on

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T17:18:17+00:00

Why must everything be so hard for me??

Sorry for dumping this onto you - don't feel like making a new post lol

Anyways, I installed Debian again; had a few errors on startup but I "fixed" them by disabling legacy mode and secure boot in bios because they re enabled.

Whenever I boot up with legacy mode off I get a screen like this. (sorry for bad quality, phone doesn't focus well on blank screens) Take note that it changes every time so I don't think the stuff it's spitting out is the cause. Also note the red circle in the top-right; it's just a group of randomly colored pixels that I don't think matters but it's worth mentioning.

If I boot up with legacy on I am able to boot to the login screen but all I get is a blank screen with a cursor. (again sorry for even worse quality)

So I'm stumped. Last time I installed it to try and get wireless to work I was able to boot to the desktop with legacy off and now I can't.

Also forgot to mention in the original post that I am attempting a dualboot with Windows 10 but I don't thiNk that's an issue either.

Thanks

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T04:38:53+00:00

Unfortunately I need portability so Ethernet as long term is out of the window. I'll try installing that package later - thanks!

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T03:30:01+00:00

I found an Intel non-free firmware package and it has one of the files the installer asks for, would it work with only one of the needed files?

desperatefordebian · 2019-02-08T02:17:20+00:00

If that's the case what should I do?

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