slight update, though probably not good news:
i reinstalled debian without connecting to the internet for just a basic command line system. after figuring out how to connect that to wifi it works a lot more reliably, i can ping websites all i want, i can connect and disconnect to different wifi networks. i managed to install lynx and access some websites, but iwlwifi crashes as soon as i try to download a file bigger than a few dozen megabytes. installed ssh server and connected to the machine from my main desktop and that crashed it almost immediately. some other people ive talked to think it may be a problem with the hardware itself or perhaps this computer's weird uefi firmware, which i would not doubt. i may fool around with it some more, but at this point i'm not hopeful the problem can actually be fixed.
i reinstalled debian without connecting to the internet for just a basic command line system. after figuring out how to connect that to wifi it works a lot more reliably, i can ping websites all i want, i can connect and disconnect to different wifi networks. i managed to install lynx and access some websites, but iwlwifi crashes as soon as i try to download a file bigger than a few dozen megabytes. installed ssh server and connected to the machine from my main desktop and that crashed it almost immediately. some other people ive talked to think it may be a problem with the hardware itself or perhaps this computer's weird uefi firmware, which i would not doubt. i may fool around with it some more, but at this point i'm not hopeful the problem can actually be fixed.
Statistics: Posted by flyod — 2024-12-21 16:18 — Replies 3 — Views 98