Re: debian wifi too complex
Jude DaShiell <[email protected]>
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To the best of my knowledge that firmware image never did talk. That may have been changed by now, but that's the way it was the last time I asked on the debian-user list.On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, John G Heim wrote: > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:37:17 > From: John G Heim <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: debian wifi too complex > > Are you using the debian installer image that includes the non-free firmware? > > On 09/14/2015 01:45 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: >> I found out I have a ralink 8270 wifi adapter and got the ralink >> firmware driver installed. Unfortunately this also needs a bunch of >> broadcom files and the information I found so far is incorrect. I will >> gladly wipe out debian on this laptop and replace it with archlinux if >> the install process is a little simpler! I ot the b43cutter utility >> instaled but don't know where to point it for the firmware-b43-installer >> or firmware-b43legacy-installer files which I also dwnloadd onto this >> system. Apparently b43cutter will have to work on one or both of those. >> I wish the debian installer people would spell nonfree firmware packages >> correctly too but that didn't happen either. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > --