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Author: Olaf Meeuwissen
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To: Walter Dnes
CC: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Questions about dmesg output at bootup
Hi,

Walter Dnes <waltdnes@???> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 03:42:04PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote
>
>> The error number -2 means the file could not be found, so I would ask whether
>> you have the following packages installed:
>>
>> - firmware-linux
>> - firmware-linux-nonfree
>> - firmware-misc-nonfree
>
> Thank you. I ran "apt install firmware-misc-nonfree" as root. Google
> indicates that as the home of the missing driver. I don't reboot often.
> so this may have to wait a bit to take effect.


Glad you found it but instead of Google I

apt-file search <filename>

Alternatively, consult

https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents

which should be mostly usable even for Devuan installs.

Hope this helps,
--
Olaf Meeuwissen