• Read this conversation very carefully. Whatever the issues may be, most of the new/inexperienced users of Gnu/Linux system are facing their wireless devises do not working properly (I am talking about Debian Live). At least two or three users requested me to fix this over phone.
• But personally, I do not like to include non-free modules in Debian, which will corrupt the system. • Is there any other alternatives to fix this issue? I'm so curious. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/02/2010 11:30 PM, Diederik de Haas wrote: > > 1. Create a wireless.README (or sth) which explains what to do to enable > wireless > > do you volunteer to write one? > > > 2. Include build-essential and linux-headers-$(uname -r) packages in the > livecd, so that building > > modules (if needed) is as easy as possible. > > waste of space; users of the default images should read the readme and > install them when needed. > > people building their own should get the required firmware packages > through the packages list with enabled non-free, just as Richard said. > > -- > Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist > Email: [email protected] > Internet: > http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/<http://people.panthera-systems.net/%7Edaniel-baumann/> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- go -> www.debianway.co.cc
