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[Kidplayer_666]

So, I’m installing intel wireless 3945ABG, there are only proprietary drivers. So I followed a Debian.org tutorial about this, but the directory given in the tutorial doesn’t have a release.main, so it’s automagically ignored for “security reasons” . How do I allow this specific directory, (or everything in general) to work.

[TheGlenlivet]

7 minutes ago, Kidplayer_666 said:

So, I’m installing intel wireless 3945ABG, there are only proprietary drivers. So I followed a Debian.org tutorial about this, but the directory given in the tutorial doesn’t have a release.main, so it’s automagically ignored for “security reasons” . How do I allow this specific directory, (or everything in general) to work.

What is the error message you get when trying to install?  How do you know it is being ignored?

[Sauron]

1 hour ago, Kidplayer_666 said:

So, I’m installing intel wireless 3945ABG, there are only proprietary drivers. So I followed a Debian.org tutorial about this, but the directory given in the tutorial doesn’t have a release.main, so it’s automagically ignored for “security reasons” . How do I allow this specific directory, (or everything in general) to work.

• What guide did you follow?
• What exact commands did you use?
• What exact error did you get?
• What release of Debian is this?

[Kidplayer_666]

This is the tutorial https://wiki.debian.org/iwlegacy#Installation

used the exact command shown the version is probably the most recent one since the install is quite recent. Added with root notepad  the command shown to the right file and it gives me the following error:

Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease [65.4 kB]
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                            
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease [49.3 kB]          
Ign:4 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main InRelease                        
Err:5 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.134.133 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

And yes, of course I have a wired internet connection that actually works

(Note, this Debian partition is just so that anyone who wants to access it can have a decent exxperience. The actual files are safe in Windows 7 partition ( "safe" sure...)

[Kidplayer_666]

Forget, now the problem is the problem is that the server apparently doesn't have it

etadata
Ign:28 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/allow-insecure=yes DEP-11 48x48 Icons
Ign:29 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/allow-insecure=yes DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:6 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib all Packages
Err:7 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.134.133 80]
Ign:8 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib Translation-en_GB
Ign:9 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib Translation-en
Ign:10 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib all DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:11 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:12 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib DEP-11 48x48 Icons
Ign:13 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/contrib DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:14 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign:15 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/non-free all Packages
Ign:16 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/non-free Translation-en_GB
Ign:17 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian main/non-free Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/main/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages 404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.134.133 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

 

[Kidplayer_666]

Update, got a file that apparently is it, now how in this beautiful world do I install it

 

[Koeshi]

If you mean you downloaded a local file for it to your computer and want to install it, it would be

apt install /name/of/package.deb

[plus]

As a general hint:

Use https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ for debian installations and have less troubles with non-free drivers.

 

For your current installation:

The iwlwifi driver needs some binary blobs at runtime, in your case /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode

It's the same file in non-free firmware packages or from kernel.org.

 

If your device has a working secondary/wired/mobile-usb/... internet connection:

sudo wget -O /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode

Otherwise, download elsewhere and copy the file manually.

 

The actual iwlwifi driver is part of the vanilla kernel and should be available on any generic kernel installation. Check `sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi`. If there is something about missing firmware, put iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode in /lib/firmware and reload the module (or just restart).

[Kidplayer_666]

done thanks