Hi there HTH
I came unstuck last time I gave "slaine" a go, but I might try again.
Thanks for the pointer.
Here's another one though...
UNR 9.04 is installed on my Mini9 right now, and it's great. Under hardware
drivers the Broadcom STA wireless drivers are listed as Proprietary. This
is preceded by the comment -
"Proprietary drivers do not have the public source code that Ubuntu
developers are free to modify. They represent a risk to you because they are
only available on the types of computer chosen by the manufacturer, and
security updates to them depend solely on the responsiveness of the
manufacturer."
This would suggest to me that Broadcom chose to allow the drivers to be used
on the Dell Mini 9, so why should they not be used on Moblin instead of
Ubuntu, on the Mini 9?
Sorry if this is a silly question.
Cheers, Steve
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From: "Glen Gray" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:55 PM
To: "Steve Archer" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Moblin v2.0 beta refresh for Netbooks - June 16
I can't see that the Moblin release will EVER have the broadcom driver
due to the licensing problems. However, I have a guide that helps with
installing in on the installed version (i.e. not live off the usb key)
http://slaine.org/_slaine/Dell_Mini_9.html
However, there will be releases of the Moblin UI on other distros. Novell
are working on one as are Canonical (Ubuntu Moblin Remix or some such)
which may well bridge that gap (as well as some of the more common
applications).
HTH
On 18 Jun 2009, at 21:49, Steve Archer wrote:
So given the wireless still doesn't work for the Mini9 straight off the
USB when would it be reasonable to expect the drivers to be rolled into
a release?
I love what I see, and I've tried the various instructions to get the
wireless going but to no avail, so I'm not going to trash my UNR install
just yet...
Cheers, Steve
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From: "Glen Gray" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:25 PM
To: "Shaver, Michael R" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Moblin v2.0 beta refresh for Netbooks - June
16
Thanks Michael, is there a list of those new features ?
On 18 Jun 2009, at 16:45, "Shaver, Michael R"
<[email protected]
> wrote:
A refresh of the Moblin v2.0 beta for Netbooks image is available for
download and testing. This release fixes a number of bugs and adds new
features.
Current Download
http://mirrors.kernel.org/moblin/releases/test/beta//images/moblin-netbook-b
eta-refresh-20090616-001.img
MD5 Sum
http://repo.moblin.org/moblin/releases/test/beta/images/md5sum.txt
Instructions
http://moblin.org/documentation/test-drive-moblin/using-moblin-live-image
Issues
Known issues:
http://moblin.org/documentation/test-drive-moblin/known-issues
Report a bug: http://bugzilla.moblin.org/
Discuss on mailing list: https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
System Requirements
* CPU: Intel Atom or Intel(r) Core(tm) 2 CPU (support for SSSE3)
(Note: Moblin will not work on non-SSSE3 CPUs)
* Graphics: Integrated Intel graphics (915/945/965)
* Network Adaptors:
* LAN/Wired:
- Intel e100/e1000/e1000e/iXGB
- PCNet32 (Vmware)
- RealTek 8139/8169
- SIS 900/190
- Broadcom ATL1/ATL2
* Wireless/Wifi:
- Intel 3945/4965/5000
- Atheros 5K/9K
- Broadcom 4300
- RealTek 8180/8187
- Ralink 2400/2500/61/73
Moblin also supports various external, USB-based Wifi devices.
Tested Platforms
* Acer Aspire*One
* Asus eeePC* 901
* Dell Mini 9
* MSI Wind
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