Bug#612349: Patch that mentions release notes
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 19:48:11, Karl O. Pinc wrote: Hi, Attached is a patch that mentions installing firmware. I've not verified that apt-file is usable or installable at this point in the upgrade process, but I'm not sure what else to recommend. AFAICT all firmware packages mention the files in the description, which means apt-cache should find the correct package. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#612349: Patch that mentions release notes
Hi, Attached is a patch that mentions installing firmware. I've not verified that apt-file is usable or installable at this point in the upgrade process, but I'm not sure what else to recommend. I am also presuming that free firmware is installed automatically, which now that I think of it is probably not the case. It would be really nice if the kernel upgrade process informed the user as to exactly what package should be installed. Perhaps this bug should be shifted to them? Karl k...@meme.com Free Software: You don't pay back, you pay forward. -- Robert A. Heinlein diff -ruN release-notes/en/upgrading.dbk release-notes-new/en/upgrading.dbk --- release-notes/en/upgrading.dbk 2011-02-06 23:52:05.0 -0600 +++ release-notes-new/en/upgrading.dbk 2011-02-09 19:40:22.0 -0600 @@ -1248,6 +1248,15 @@ opportunity to get the benefits provided by the new kernel version. /para para +Some hardware may require non-free firmware. Adding +literalnon-free/literal to the lines in +filename/etc/apt/sources.list/filename and running +literalapt-get update/literal enables the non-free section. The +literalapt-file/literal program can then be used to search for +package(s) containing the driver(s) recommended during installation of +the new kernel. +/para +para For the more adventurous there is an easy way to compile your own custom kernel on debian;. Install the systemitem role=packagekernel-package/systemitem tool and read the documentation in
