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I just installed Debian 9 on my laptop, however Wifi isn't working and I'm not sure if my graphic card is either. I'm sure that it's just a lack of drivers, but I've never actually had to update drivers on Linux before. So how do I do that?
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In Debian, if you run into issues with wi-fi or graphics support, there are usually two things to check.
The first is the kernel, especially for graphics. You can usually get a newer kernel by looking at backports; currently, the Debian 9 kernel is 4.9.168, but 4.19.37 is available as a backport with better support for newer graphics adapters. This is particularly true for Intel GPUs. To install a kernel from backports, proceed as follows:
- Add the backports repository:(Yes, we’re adding
contrib
andnon-free
, they’ll come in handy later...) - Install the backported kernel:This won’t replace your current kernel, so you can always boot that instead if things go wrong.
The second is firmware. Most GPUs, and many wi-fi adapters, need firmware, which might not be installed by default (because source code is generally not available, so it’s not made available as part of Debian, but instead in the
non-free
repositories). To install the available firmware, from backports too (might as well):- Install the AMD Drivers. Now, you can install the non-free Linux firmware from the Debian repository. In addition to that, it's a good idea to install several other key Mesa packages to ensure that your system has everything that it needs. # apt install firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree libdrm-amdgpu1 xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu.
- Ubuntu uses a graphical user interface called jockey or 'Additional Drivers' to manage and install hardware drivers that are not natively supported by Ubuntu. To open it hit Alt+F2 and type jockey-gtk. A window will then open that will allow you to select additional drivers for sound, video, wireless etc.
- I just installed Debian 9 on my laptop, however Wifi isn't working and I'm not sure if my graphic card is either. I'm sure that it's just a lack of drivers, but I've never actually had to update dr.
In both cases, reboot to pick up the new or improved hardware support...
Stephen KittIn this tutorial I will show you how to properly install nvidia drivers on debian 9 or ubuntu 17.04 system. Note: If you are using ubuntu you can skip directly to Install nvidia-detect step.
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Open up a terminal and try
Here you can look at all your PCI devices. I notice in my output these two devices:
Take note of what the name of the device is, e.g. Radeon HD3870. See that I have appropriate drivers/modules listed (asterisks around them are mine) - what have you got?
Debian favour free software over guaranteed full function out of the box. If your wifi is not working, connect over ethernet and fix your problems first. Good luck!
CupánTaeCupánTae
Recently issued the same problem and after four days of research:
Reconfigure sources.list:
then add (contrib + non-free):
Configure Sudo
Login as root and install sudo
Now add your subuser to sudo users and use that user from now on.
Update
Examine, other possible firmwares missing:
Debian Install Wireless Drivers
Identify the Packages:
or
Debian Auto Install Drivers
Search for Graphic Adapters:
or
or
or
for Intel CPU,
sudo apt install intel-microcode
(for Intel i686 and Intel X86-64 processors)for AMD64
sudo apt install amd64-microcode
(necessary to install with graphics AMD only)or
Debian Install Ati Drivers
Reboot
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