The Xorg and noX flavors come with a new tool to connect your wireless devices. Intels iNet wireless daemon (iwd) sends WPA-Supplicant into well-earned retirement. Ten times smaller and a lot faster, iwd will be the successor. Further information can be found in the Arch Linux wiki.
You can start an interactive shell by running iwctl
from a terminal. Entering 'help' in the shell gives you all the options to list, scan and connect to your device or simply use nmtui
or nmcli
on the command line or the graphical-interface of Network-Manager
You can also use the following command to connect, without the interaktiv shell, to your Wi-Fi:
iwctl --passphrase T0pS3ckr3t station wlan0 connect Home-OfficeIf it is a hidden network, use the 'connect-hidden' option.
To find out which station you need to point out, use the 'iwctl station list' command.
If you want to use wpa_supplicant instead of iwd follow the steps below.
First stop and mask iwd.service, stop NetworkManager.service, rename /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/nm.conf, unmask and start wpa_supplicant.service, start NetworkManager.service again:
sudo systemctl stop iwd.service sudo systemctl mask iwd.service sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service sudo mv /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/nm.conf /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/nm.conf~ sudo systemctl unmask wpa_supplicant.service sudo systemctl enable --now wpa_supplicant.service sudo systemctl start NetworkManager.service
Now you should be able to connect your wireless device with wpa_supplicant.
Installing iwd
If you like, you can use iwd
in the other flavors too, either on its own or within Network-Manager.
To easily set iwd up, use these steps:
sudo apt update sudo apt install iwd sudo systemctl stop wpa_supplicant.service sudo systemctl mask wpa_supplicant.service sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service sudo touch /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/nm.conf sudo echo -e "[device]\nwifi.backend=iwd" > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/nm.conf sudo touch /etc/iwd/main.conf sudo echo -e "[General]\nEnableNetworkConfiguration=true\n\n[Network]\nNameResolvingService=systemd" > /etc/iwd/main.conf sudo systemctl enable --now iwd.service sudo systemctl start NetworkManager.service
The following non-free and contrib packages are installed by default:
Non-free
- amd64-microcode - Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
- firmware-amd-graphics - Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
- firmware-atheros - Binary firmware for Atheros wireless cards
- firmware-bnx2 - Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtremeII
- firmware-bnx2x - Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb
- firmware-brcm80211 - Binary firmware for Broadcom 802.11 wireless card
- firmware-crystalhd - Crystal HD Video Decoder (firmware)
- firmware-intelwimax - Binary firmware for Intel WiMAX Connection
- firmware-iwlwifi - Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
- firmware-libertas - Binary firmware for Marvell Libertas 8xxx wireless card
- firmware-linux-nonfree - Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
- firmware-misc-nonfree - Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
- firmware-myricom - Binary firmware for Myri-10G Ethernet adapters
- firmware-netxen - Binary firmware for QLogic Intelligent Ethernet (3000)
- firmware-qlogic - Binary firmware for QLogic HBAs
- firmware-realtek - Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters
- firmware-ti-connectivity - Binary firmware for TI Connectivity wireless network
- firmware-zd1211 - binary firmware for the zd1211rw wireless driver
- intel-microcode - Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
Contrib
- b43-fwcutter - utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
- firmware-b43-installer - firmware installer for the b43 driver
- firmware-b43legacy-installer - firmware installer for the b43legacy driver
- iucode-tool - Intel processor microcode
Return to non-free
Right now the installer does not offer an opt-out for packages that do not comply with DFSG, the Debian Free Software Guidelines. That means that non-free packages like unfree firmware will be installed by default on the system. The command vrms
will list these packages for you. You can remove not wanted packages manually or remove them all by issuing apt purge $(vrms -s)
before or after installation. Else our script remove-nonfree
can do that for you.
Installation hints and known issues
- If you want to reuse your existing home (or any other data) partition, it would be wise to do so after installation and not in the Calamares Installer.
- Encryption setups like LUKS and others are not yet supported by the Installer Framework, you should prepare your partition setup beforehand and might better use the
cli-installer
in a terminal. - With some Intel GPUs on some devices, you might encounter a frozen system on Live shortly after boot. To fix this you need to set the kernel parameter
intel_iommu=igfx_off
before booting again.
Credits for siduction 2021.2.0
Core Team
Alf Gaida (agaida), vanished from the face of the earth
Axel Beu (ab) †, In memoriam
Torsten Wohlfarth (towo)
Hendrik Lehmbruch (hendrikL)
Ferdinand Thommes (devil)
Vinzenz Vietzke (vinzv)
Code, ideas and support:
der_bud
Stefan Tell (cryptosteve)
Markus Meyer (coruja)
akli (for his work on getting the manual back in shape)
Thank you!
We want to thank all testers and all the people giving us support over the years. This is also your achievement. We also want to thank Debian, as we are standing on the shoulders of giants.
And now enjoy!
On behalf of the siduction team: