[Solved] All installations fail at network adpter selection

[RonJ]

I have a New HP Envy 17.3" laptop (New Hardware) and when I try to install Debian 12, I get as far as the network adapter portion of the install the installer does not see my wifi adapter and asks if I have divers (iwlwifi) on removable media. Of course I don't.
I have been able to install 12.7.0 using the live testing media and all devices are working using kernel 6.11.4. I have been able to track down the iwlwifi drivers in backports. I guess my question is an I load these drivers to a usb stick and use them in a stable installation? If so how. Or am I stuck using a testing build until "Trixie" is upgraded to stable?

[Aki]

Hello,

I have a New HP Envy 17.3" laptop (New Hardware) and when I try to install Debian 12, I get as far as the network adapter portion of the install the installer does not see my wifi adapter and asks if I have divers (iwlwifi) on removable media. Of course I don't.
I have been able to install 12.7.0 using the live testing media and all devices are working using kernel 6.11.4. I have been able to track down the iwlwifi drivers in backports. I guess my question is an I load these drivers to a usb stick and use them in a stable installation? If so how. Or am I stuck using a testing build until "Trixie" is upgraded to stable?

You can use the kernel version from Debian Backports repository with Debian Stable (Bookworm 12.7), but the version currently available is 6.10.11 (instead of the 6.11.4-1 you are currently using). It depends on the kernel version that supports your wireless network adapter.

What is your wireless network adapter ? You can check with the following command:

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lspci -vnn -d ::0280

[RonJ]

True i could upgrade kernel from stable. but I am not able to get passed wifi adapter in the installer (no driver). No wifi I can not get to backports. Or am I missing something?

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lspci -vnn -d ::0280 produces 
00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi [8086:7e40] (rev 20)
        DeviceName: WLAN
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz [8086:0094]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18, IOMMU group 11
        Memory at 48192c4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: iwlwifi

[arzgi]

Depends what installer you use, network-installer almost surely will not work if your are not connected.

But if you use the first cd/dvd of Debian installl disks, you can install Debian without network, and toubleshoot that later.

[RonJ]

I have installed the 12.7.0 amd64 dvd installer and it is true it installs, but nothing works, no touch pad, no wifi, keyboard will not tab, search at top of screen does nothing. It seem this metor-lake hardware will not accept the current divers for anything.
The drivers in 12.7.0 testing work! Not sure if they will work in stable or what dependencies it would break, but I would like to try, but I can not find them.

[arzgi]

Install inxi, and run

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inxi -FAz

Post the result here, just remember to use code tags.

Above tells details of your hardware, it is easier for the rest of us to comment after that. And if you don't have net, you have to use the installlation disk, apt will advice you.

[RonJ]

This is output from 12.7.0 kde testing:

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ronj1@ronj-hpenvylaptop17tda000:~$ inxi -FAz
System:
  Kernel: 6.11.2-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.11 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Envy Laptop 17t-da000
    v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8C67 v: 02.28 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
    v: F.05 date: 07/31/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 84.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 84.1/83.0 Wh (101.3%)
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (6-mt/10-st) model: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP cache: 24 MiB note: check
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4500:4800:3800:2500 cores: 1: 400
    2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400
    12: 400 13: 400 14: 400 15: 400 16: 400 17: 400 18: 400 19: 400 20: 400
    21: 400 22: 400
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Quanta HP 5MP Camera driver: hid-sensor-hub,usbhid,uvcvideo
    type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 24.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.3
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.4-1
    renderer: Mesa Intel Arc Graphics (MTL)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.290 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
  API: ALSA v: k6.11.2-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 9.65 GiB (1.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: KIOXIA model: N/A size: 953.87 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 904.18 GiB used: 9.65 GiB (1.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 6.9 MiB (2.3%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 33.88 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.8 GiB used: 1.95 GiB (6.3%)
  Processes: 432 Uptime: 25m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.36

[RonJ]

Update:
I have been able to install from the full 12.7 DVD installer and get to a terminal. I up upgraded to the latest kernel 6.10.11 and dependencies. But Debian is still not showing me much love. Touch pad now works, Touch screen works, but no wifi adapter and no sound. Still Searching.

[arzgi]

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Network:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter

Seems to be up. Try

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sudo dhclient

EDIT: Of course you need wpasupplicant or iwd to hande wifi.

[RonJ]

Well.....I got the wifi to work by following the instructions here: https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless ... -p/1626836
It seems that it was working fine, but no sound. I was trying to install latest audio drivers from backports and broke everything. Just have a blank black screen. So I will reinstall install latest kernal the install wifi drivers and start sound investigation. I will report back then.
Any Idea what sound drivers to use?

[RonJ]

Ok I have reinstalled everthing and system is working fine with wifi. Now on to the sound problem. Here is the output from the latest install. If you compare the output above (working sound on 12.7.0 Trixie) to the output from latest install below, the only difference in audio is the PulseAudio version witch is 16.1 in "trixe" and is Pipewire version 0.3.65 on latest install.
I have looked on backports and there is a file for the PulseAudio 16.1 version.
Can someone give some advise on how to update to the Pulseaudio 16.1 version? Am I on the right or wrong track?

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ronj@HP-Envy-17-Debian:~$ inxi -FAzh 
System:
  Kernel: 6.10.11+bpo-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasmav
    v: 5.27.5 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:from the
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Envy Laptop 17t-da000
    v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8C67 v: 02.28 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
    v: F.05 date: 07/31/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 84.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 84.7/83.0 Wh (102.0%)
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (6-mt/10-st) model: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP cache: 24 MiB note: check
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4500:4800:3800:2500 cores: 1: 400
    2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400
    12: 400 13: 400 14: 400 15: 400 16: 400 17: 400 18: 400 19: 400 20: 400
    21: 400 22: 400
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Quanta HP 5MP Camera type: USB
    driver: hid-sensor-hub,usbhid,uvcvideo
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 1.22.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: vesa unloaded: fbdev,modesetting
    dri: swrast gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6 256 bits)
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.11+bpo-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 7.8 GiB (0.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: KIOXIA model: N/A size: 953.87 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 936.39 GiB used: 7.8 GiB (0.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.8 MiB (1.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 977 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
  Processes: 405 Uptime: 1h 9m Memory: 30.8 GiB used: 3.16 GiB (10.3%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.26

[sunrat]

You don't want PulseAudio on a Pipewire system, they will conflict. Applications which use PulseAudio are handled by pipewire-pulse in Pipewire, install it if you don't have it.
You also have the positively ancient Bookworm Pipewire version. In Trixie PW is currently v.1.2.6. For a Bookworm system it's highly recommended to install the version from Backports which is currently v.1.2.5-1~bpo12+1 .

[RonJ]

I have upgraded to the backports version 1.2.5 and as you can see it also installed PulseAudio 16.1. when I run :

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ronj@debian:~$ apt list -i PulseAudio
Listing... Done
pulseaudio/stable,now 16.1+dfsg1-2+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

PulseAudio was installed automtic.

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Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.11+bpo-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: active
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active

Still no sound. I feel like I am close. Any suggestions?

[sunrat]

I said above you don't want Pulseaudio and Pipewire together. Try this:

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apt install -t bookworm-backports pipewire-audio

It should install the needed packages like pipewire-pulse and removes pulseaudio.

[RonJ]

I ran the above command and now have updated version of pipewire only.

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Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.11+bpo-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: active

Still no audio.

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ronj@debian:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:274: no soundcards found...

[RonJ]

I think I will mark this thread as Solved as the issue of the network adapter has been resolved. I am going to open a new thread about the sound problem and link to this thread for reference.
Thank You to all that have helped me. The Debian community is the best!