Wifi not found

I really want to install butterknife, but my wifi is not found. My laptop has no wired network, only wifi. I changed the rfkill in /sys/class/rfkill but still i get the message no network. If I check radio it says that hardware is missing. I have a Mediatek MT7921 card. Works with all distros without problems .

How do I get butterknife installed?

For now I have installed Butterbian. Just because I am a big fan of Drew and his works

If you do not have an Ethernet port and your Wi-Fi is completely broken, you will need to download the .deb file on another computer (or your phone) and transfer it via a USB flash drive.

1: First, confirm the exact MediaTek chipset (e.g., MT7921, MT7922) by opening your terminal and running:

lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

2: Download the correct Debian Package Search for firmware-misc-nonfree or the specific Firmware-mediatek Download for Linux.

3: Transfer the .deb file to your Debian machine via USB.

4: Open a terminal where the file is located and install it with:

sudo dpkg -i firmware-misc-nonfree_*.deb

5: Reboot your system

Thanks for your answer. This will only work after installing the system. Can i do that without network? Is all i need in the iso. I’m afraid not.

It would require another computer to download the .deb and transfer it from that PC to a USB drive, then copy it to the PC with Butterbian installed on it. So yes the OS would need to be installed prior to doing this.

I might be a little late to the party, but I found the bug. The live ISO was missing firmware-mediatek, which is exactly where your MT7921’s Wi-Fi firmware lives, so the card came up dead. Nothing you did wrong.

Fixed in butterknife 0.2.11, up now at get.butterbian.org. Grab the new ISO and your Wi-Fi should show up.

Thanks for the report, and for running Butterbian in the meantime!

I was just about to say you need the mediatek firmware. :slight_smile: Had same issue on my new laptop

Thanks Drew, now running Butterknife bspwm. Install went flawless.

Keep up the good work. I love it. Greetz from the Netherlands.

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