Hi, al3xu5 via Dng <[email protected]> writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hi > > This is to report an istallation issue with Chimaera (net install). > > The setup process halted at the beginning asking the "firmware"(???) > package for 'regulatory.db'. I've encountered this too, for Daedalus even. I had no problem installing via a wireless connection *without* this file. YMMV. > After some investigation I found it is related to a wireless-regdb package: > >> wireless regulatory database for Linux >> This package provides a machine-readable database of legal >> regulations on radio emissions that affect use of wireless networking. >> The Linux kernel and drivers use this to maintain compliance with >> those regulations. > > I (was in doubt and) provided (on a USB key) two packages: > > wireless-regdb_2020.04.29-2_all.deb > wireless-regdb-udeb_2020.04.29-2_all.udeb > > Then the setup process went ahead. > > Maybe this should be handled by the setup program. I agree. The installer should not prompt people to provide "firmware" files that are available from packages that are in main. I do seem to remember that the handling of the file changed a bit and that now the kernel loads it instead of whatever used happen before that. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
