Adding BOXNUC6CAYH Wifi/BT drivers

[xgeeks.ca]

Intel Wifi Drivers not present, and I have no idea how to enable the Wifi module (on-board)

I am completely new to linux, I have google searched for the last 50 minutes and really only found drivers for Windows. I guess I also found linux drivers, but they need to be compiled so I dunno.

NMCLI reports : Network Controller: Intel Corporation Device 24fb (rev 10).

Where do I go from here?

I am assuming this will likely be an easy question for experienced users?

Thank you in advance.

Will

 

[Alwin]

Proxmox does not include the firmware. This package conflicts and can't be installed as is, you need to unpack (dpkg -x) it and copy it to the right directory.
https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi

 

[Rafael Solano]

Yes, Alwin is right. It has package conflicts. You should definitely checkout that Debian Wiki guide for WiFi

 

[xgeeks.ca]

I really appreciate the responses. I am completed new to linux so I'll do the required reading.

Stuck at Fatal Error: iwlwifi is in use:

# modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi
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generates this warning
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W: (pve-apt-hook) !! WARNING !!
W: (pve-apt-hook) You are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!

W: (pve-apt-hook) touch '/please-remove-proxmox-ve'

Should I do this?

E: Sub-process /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook returned an error code (1)
E: Failure running script /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook

Will I lose my current VMs?

 

[xgeeks.ca]

Ok, I removed proxmox-ve and installed the iwlwifi driver. Following the instructions (using pve > shell) I ran in to the same error as below, and followed these instructions to overcome. It really feels like this is a lot to get an Internal Wifi driver working.

My USB RALINK card was USB plug and play and easily passed hardware from HOST to VM.

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I know this is an older post but I figured I would post a temporary, possibly dangerous solution since it might circumvent dependencies. I got this error when I downgraded proxmox-ve then tried to re-upgrade it at a later date. This likely applies to anyone having issues related to:
Code:
/bin/sh: 1: /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook: not found
Which I believe is related to this patch https://pve.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-devel/2018-April/031338.html regarding the addition of a hook script to prevent users from messing with conflicting dependencies (which I suppose I am doing, so do this at your own risk ).
I simply created the file pve-apt-hook by executing the command
Code:
# mkdir /usr/share/proxmox-ve
# nano /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook
I wrote empty lines to the script, then saved it with ctrl+o ctrl+x. I then made it executable with
Code:
chmod u+x /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook
Then re-installed proxmox-ve with
Code:
apt install proxmox-ve
and it worked. I then removed the hook file when I was done. Hope this helps somebody.
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I ran iwconfig and I now see wlp2s0 driver available. How to I make this adapter available to my VM?
* The VM will continue to connect via Ethernet, but will create a Hotspot on demand using Wifi.

Thank you.

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

as you already write - this is a bit problematic and will most likely lead to broken dependencies.

An alternative would have been to unpack the debian-package for the iwl-firmware and place the firmware file in '/lib/firmware'