Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Debian 7.1 x64 installing firmware

Debian need firmware installed to make hardware can operated perfectly. During boot time, it informs the user that the system may required particular firmware installed. Here is the steps to install particular firmware:
  1. add this line into /etc/apt/sources.list
    # non free
    deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy main non-free
  2. run update by issuing
    # apt-get update
  3. list available firmware
    # aptitude search firmware
  4. install your firmware
    # apt-get install firmware-realtek  firmware-atheros

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