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slow_...@att.net
Aug 19, 2019, 12:20:02 PM8/19/19
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You may be interested to know that the iso's listed at
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/10.0.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/
are missing some firmware information.
I selected the debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso for my Dell
Studio XPS notebook computer. It always had complained that it needed
the B43 Broadcom firmware files of b43/ucode16_mimo.fw and
b43-open/ucode16_mimo.fw.
Whenever I would install Debian Buster it would look for those. It
never made any difference if I added the missing files to another flash
drive in another USB port or swapped into the same port, they were never
found by the install process.
With the new iso, it did exactly the same thing. Evidently the non-free
version does not contain the missing firmware anyway.
Please advise as to how to get the install to look for the *.deb or
other files containing the necessary firmware.
Thank you.
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/10.0.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/
are missing some firmware information.
I selected the debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso for my Dell
Studio XPS notebook computer. It always had complained that it needed
the B43 Broadcom firmware files of b43/ucode16_mimo.fw and
b43-open/ucode16_mimo.fw.
Whenever I would install Debian Buster it would look for those. It
never made any difference if I added the missing files to another flash
drive in another USB port or swapped into the same port, they were never
found by the install process.
With the new iso, it did exactly the same thing. Evidently the non-free
version does not contain the missing firmware anyway.
Please advise as to how to get the install to look for the *.deb or
other files containing the necessary firmware.
Thank you.
Andy Simpkins
Aug 20, 2019, 6:50:02 AM8/20/19
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A quick note to acknowledge your post.
The B43 firmware resides in the following packages in the non-free
section of the repository:
b43-fwcutter_019-4_amd64.deb
firmware-b43-installer_019-4_all.deb
firmware-b43legacy-installer_019-4_all.deb
*IF*
You are wanting to install onto your laptop, the firmware *IS* part of
the manifest for the non-free installation image
i.e.https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/
*BUT IF*
You just want to run a live image at this point in time I agree with you
that this appears to be missing.
Looking at the manifest of the 'live' images I do not see mention of the
B43 drivers...
<< Highvoltage >> Can you confirm this please?
BR
/Andy
slow_...@att.net
Aug 20, 2019, 10:00:02 AM8/20/19
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Have the maintainers figured out what went wrong with the missing B43
packages in the iso?
packages in the iso?
Steve McIntyre
Aug 20, 2019, 10:10:02 AM8/20/19
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Andy, it's probably more helpful if you respond to the reporter too -
they're most likely not subscribed to the mailing list...
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com
"I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of
course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torvalds
they're most likely not subscribed to the mailing list...
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com
"I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of
course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torvalds
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