Debian 12 installed via usb. cant use apt or wifi.

InvaderSumo said:
that couldn't be the case, because ive downloaded kali linux, parrot os, debian 10, and every single time i always run into this problem.. im pretty sure its just the linux distros not being able to recognize my wifi card.
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It works in Windows?

If yes, then what we really need to know is chipset of your WI-FI adapter, then correct drivers can be download from here and compiled manually.

I see no other way.
 


InvaderSumo said:
so i read on another post that the driver i need for wifi on this gwtc116-2bk gateway laptop is the rtl8723du driver
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so how do i download the driver and install it to work
GatorsFan said:
Kali and Parrot are based on Debian so the issue is the same

your INXI file shows from post #22

Network:
Message: No PCI device data found.
IF-ID-1: enxcacb61209565 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half
mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Motorola PCS moto g power (2022) type: USB driver: rndis_host
v: kernel bus-ID: 1-6:6
Device-2: Realtek 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-7:3

So make sure firmware-realtek is installed sudo apt install firmware-realtek and sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi
Then reboot
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did those commans about to reboot now and will come back and update what happend
 
InvaderSumo said:
rtl8723du
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that.

But I'm also thinking that your previous command sudo apt install firmware-linux did nothing so I suggest trying to reinstall it with:

Bash: 
sudo apt reinstall firmware-linux

Also also do check if there is a wi-fi switch on your laptop which might be turned off and so the adapter might as well be turned off.
 
HOLD ON WE MAY BE MISSING THE OBVIOUS

@InvaderSumo check that hard block [flight mode is not switched on
 
GatorsFan said:
Kali and Parrot are based on Debian so the issue is the same

your INXI file shows from post #22

Network:
Message: No PCI device data found.
IF-ID-1: enxcacb61209565 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half
mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Motorola PCS moto g power (2022) type: USB driver: rndis_host
v: kernel bus-ID: 1-6:6
Device-2: Realtek 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-7:3

So make sure firmware-realtek is installed sudo apt install firmware-realtek and sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi
Then reboot
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did that. rebooted. still shows no options for wifi. only wired connections.... but the bluetooth works now lmaooo
 
CaffeineAddict said:
that.

But I'm also thinking that your previous command sudo apt install firmware-linux did nothing so I suggest trying to reinstall it with:

Bash: 
sudo apt reinstall firmware-linux

Also also do check if there is a wi-fi switch on your laptop which might be turned off and so the adapter might as well be turned off.
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no wifi switch.... but for other gateway laptops the wifi swtich is Fn + f2 and that didnt work also
 
InvaderSumo said:
no wifi switch.... but for other gateway laptops the wifi swtich is Fn + f2 and that didnt work also
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also i did the reinstall firware with apt and it gave me this

Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 49.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware amd64 firmware-linux all 20230210-5 [49.7 kB]
Fetched 49.7 kB in 1s (98.6 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 153970 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../firmware-linux_20230210-5_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-linux (20230210-5) over (20230210-5) ...
Setting up firmware-linux (20230210-5) ...
 
InvaderSumo said:
no wifi switch
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it's very small though (physical not keyboard shortcut) hard to spot it in front of a laptop, usually next to led indicators which show disk status, wi-fi status etc.

But if wi-fi worked on Widnows then it's unlikely to be turned of by you (if it exists).
 
CaffeineAddict said:
it's very small though (physical not keyboard shortcut) hard to spot it in front of a laptop, usually next to led indicators which show disk status, wi-fi status etc.

But if wi-fi worked on Widnows then it's unlikely to be turned of by you (if it exists).
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nah theirs no wifi switch... no button next to led indicator.. only led light.. not even on sides of computer or under
 
GatorsFan said:
Once finished and you have rebooted - Use the command lsmod | grep rtw and check if there are any conflicting drivers.
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lsmod | grep rtw
rtw_8723du 16384 0
rtw_usb 24576 1 rtw_8723du
rtw_8723d 53248 1 rtw_8723du
rtw_8723x 24576 1 rtw_8723d
rtw_core 266240 3 rtw_8723d,rtw_usb,rtw_8723x
mac80211 1175552 2 rtw_usb,rtw_core
cfg80211 1142784 2 rtw_core,mac80211
usbcore 348160 10 xhci_hcd,rtw_usb,usbnet,rtsx_usb,rndis_host,uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_pci,cdc_ether,rtw_8723du
 
InvaderSumo said:
lsmod | grep rtw
rtw_8723du 16384 0
rtw_usb 24576 1 rtw_8723du
rtw_8723d 53248 1 rtw_8723du
rtw_8723x 24576 1 rtw_8723d
rtw_core 266240 3 rtw_8723d,rtw_usb,rtw_8723x
mac80211 1175552 2 rtw_usb,rtw_core
cfg80211 1142784 2 rtw_core,mac80211
usbcore 348160 10 xhci_hcd,rtw_usb,usbnet,rtsx_usb,rndis_host,uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_pci,cdc_ether,rtw_8723du
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and now it shows me the option for WIFi. AWESOME... now its time to check to see if the wifi works
 
InvaderSumo said:
lsmod | grep rtw
rtw_8723du 16384 0
rtw_usb 24576 1 rtw_8723du
rtw_8723d 53248 1 rtw_8723du
rtw_8723x 24576 1 rtw_8723d
rtw_core 266240 3 rtw_8723d,rtw_usb,rtw_8723x
mac80211 1175552 2 rtw_usb,rtw_core
cfg80211 1142784 2 rtw_core,mac80211
usbcore 348160 10 xhci_hcd,rtw_usb,usbnet,rtsx_usb,rndis_host,uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_pci,cdc_ether,rtw_8723du
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Glad it is working please mark this as Solved if you please
 
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