I edited the new debian.sources file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d according to debian instructions, started to upgrade and successfuly upgraded to 13.0, at least core debian (can use mpv, vlc, thunar, libreoffice…)

Problem is, this notebook with debian 13.0 doesnt have a working network manager and there are still 900 packages that need upgrading.

The command I entered in the terminal: sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service returns: unit NetworkManager.service could not be found.

I have an android phone I thought I could use as a network hotspot or maybe tether, but debian 13.0 doesnt recognize it, so I really dont know what to do

Lan cable didnt work either.

Help appreciated

ETA: THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR AWESOME HELP!!!

special thanks to InnerScientist and stuner for their approach but what worked was what IHave69XiBucks proposed.

  • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
    2·
    5 days ago

    It is possible you have downloaded the new network manager package but not installed it. I would try to run

    sudo apt --fix-broken install

    sudo apt full-upgrade

    and see if it can install anything that is pre-downloaded. This may fix your network issues. If not it’ll be a much more annoying fix.

      • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
        4·
        5 days ago

        Alright try to plug in the ethernet cable and run

        ip link show

        sudo dhclient eth0 (Replace “eth0” with your interface name check with ip link)

        If you see the interface, but its not managed run

        sudo ip link set eth0 up

        sudo dhclient eth0

        (Once again use the interface from ip link)

        Assuming you have network connection again run

        sudo apt install --reinstall network-manager

        sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager

        If all that works run

        sudo apt update

        sudo apt full-upgrade

        sudo apt autoremove

        If that doesn’t work run

        journalctl -b -p 3 --no-pager

        and tell me what that says