Surface Pro 6 Wifi

[silent fulcrum]

I posted in general but I assume this is a better place, I Just have a question. During install I can see my Surface Pro 6 wifi in lspci and I even download the firmware from Debian and installed it with dpkg I'm just lost in making it work during the net install for reference it is a Marvell Technology 88W8897 AVASTAR 802.11ac Wireless

[cobalt basin]

Which debian package is that?

[silent fulcrum]

Firmware-Libertas

I know there's a whole surface-Linux GitHub but I'm not exactly sure how to use that kernel to boot up and install vanilla OS. I know enough with Linux to get myself in trouble lol. But not always enough to get myself out 🤣

[cobalt basin]

Hm, if you have can, I would recommend using USB tethering with a phone.
Then in the installation, do:

abroot pkg add firmware-libertas
abroot pkg apply
reboot

[silent fulcrum]

Will that add the firmware to the installation media? Or would I install the OS using the tethered phone.

[cobalt basin]

I thought you were able to install the package in the live environment?

[silent fulcrum]

I downloaded the .Deb and installed it with Dpkg

Vanilla won't let me install without Wi-Fi

It won't even let me install tethered... I have an active internet but it thinks the cable is unplugged

[cobalt basin]

Ah, I guess since it's firmware it would need a regeneration of the initramfs which is not possible in a live environment.

[cobalt basin]

Could you go one page back and then to the network pagae again to see if that changes anything?

[silent fulcrum]

Still shows cable unplugged

[cobalt basin]

Hm, you can try:
Alt+F2
killall vanilla-installer
Alt+F2
vanilla-installer

to restart it

But not sure what's going on here

[silent fulcrum]

Trying that now

I'm guessing because this uses a Debian installer those wireless drivers aren't available out of the box

That actually worked it let me proceed

Hopefully I can get it installed and then just install the needed firmware

[silent fulcrum]

Now that Ive got vanilla installed Via tethering. These commands did install the Wi-Fi adapter so everything is operational thus far!