DavidDutch1964 wrote: > I love debian. I guess we all do here. Yes, but please don't crosspost to so many lists.
> Recently, thoguh, I had to switch to Kubuntu =only= because wireless > on my laptop JUST WORKED. > > I have an HP zt3000 with one of those Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG > wireless cards built in. It has been horrible to try to get working > despite any instructions found on the Internet. The instruction on > the site for this (http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/) was tricky as it > only focused on getting that one piece working and not networking as > a whole. The Intel wireless hardware requires binary blobs to be loaded. They don't meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines and therefore cannot be included in Debian. Ubuntu has a looser set of rules and allows those binary blobs to be shipped. It is a simple matter to copy the firmware into place if that is what you desire. (I did. I have the Intel wireless too.) > Im sure debian would shoot to the top of the list if a few more > things (like wireless) "just worked" like it does with my Kbuntu. > > Couldn't someone work on this problem for debian - or talk to the > ubuntu people to get a copy to be included in the next release and > apt sources? It is a legal/philosophical thing and not a technical thing. The problem is not deducing how to make it work. The problem is making a free driver. > Somethings I don't mind figuring out and there is a great sense of > accomplishment; but getting wireless working is not one of them. Perhaps more clear instructions need to be posted... Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
