Subject: devuan-installer: beta 3 server iso does not load firmware-iwlwifi

From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 17:17:20 +0900 (JST)

Package: devuan-installer
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I installed Devuan by Beta 3 server iso image released on May 2020.
My laptop needs firmware-iwlwifi package to use its built-in wifi.

https://files.devuan.org/devuan_beowulf/Release_notes.txt says:
### Non-free firmware

All Devuan 3 Beowulf install media make non-free firmware packages
available at install time. These are only installed if your networking
hardware requires them in order to function. You can avoid the
automatic installation of non-free firmware by selecting the
"Expert install" option in the installation menu.

But firmware-iwlwifi package is not installed on my laptop
by beta3 server iso.
The wifi is unavailable at the installation, and I had to use Ethernet.

Best regards, Ryutaroh Matsumoto

-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)
Release:	3
Codename:	beowulf
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

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From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 11:32:50 +0900 (JST)

Control: retitle -1 RC netinstall iso does not load firmware-iwlwifi neither

I checked the RC netinstall ISO released on May 17,
and the symptom remains the same.
Screenshots on tty1 and tty4 is attached.

On the other hand, Debian (not Devuan) Buster
unofficial ISO with firmware allows me to use wifi in the installation.
The Debian installer stores ESSID and its password to
a file used by NetworkManager, and the ESSID and the password
used for installation continues to be available
after rebooting Debian Buster from HDD.

Best regards, Ryutaroh

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From: Ryutaroh Matsumoto <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 13:16:50 +0900 (JST)

iwlwifi firmware is loaded by the Debian (not Devuan) Buster Installer when
"Detect Network Hardware" is selected.
When the iwlwifi firmware is loaded by the Debian Installer,
tty4 looks like the attached screenshot.
Best regards, Ryutaroh