FreeBSD Install Kernel Panic on WiFi Setup RTL8852BE

zzfs6

zzfs6

I was reinstalling FreeBSD 15.0 on a laptop and the installer repeatedly fails (edit: Fatal trap 12: page fault) on WiFi configuration. I had installed FreeBSD 15.0 without issues on this machine 4 months ago without issue which is the weirdest part to me. It installs fine in safe mode, but when following the handbook chapter on configuring WiFi on the new install it does not detect the card.

Thanks for your help!
 
tingo said:
Are you using a driver installed from packages? (on the previous system, the one installed 4 months ago)
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No. It worked fine OOTB. I got around it by installing without wifi, then loading the firmware for rtw89 from a flash drive after installing. It seems to me like an issue with the installer.
 
Does it happen at a particular installer action? Could be a incompatible network interface kernel module but also a lot of other things. I would try to activate it manually from the installer live shell. Create the wlan device and /etc/wpa_suppliicant.conf with ee or vi. You should encounter the actual problem.
 
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