Re: non-free software requirement

Le 09/12/2016 à 00:46, Mark Fletcher a écrit : that: 1) some drivers, for esoteric reasons, don't work as modules and have to be compiled into the kernel image, AFAIK, none of built-in drivers need any out-of-kernel firmware. How could such firmware be loaded before a root filesystem is

Re: non-free software requirement

On Fri, 09 Dec 2016, Mark Fletcher wrote: > So, if your computer is generally working it's possible that the device > driver that is complaining about missing firmware is actually a driver > you don't need... and if that turns out to be the case, you have the Not in this case, the BCM43xx

Re: non-free software requirement

On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 08:34:49PM +0100, Yvan Masson wrote: > So, from the result of: > # dmesg | grep firmware > -> you know that kernel module "b43" is missing some firmware > (ucode15.fw) > > After enabling contrib and non-free repository, you can search for > related packages: > $ apt

Re: non-free software requirement

So, from the result of: # dmesg | grep firmware -> you know that kernel module "b43" is missing some firmware (ucode15.fw) After enabling contrib and non-free repository, you can search for related packages: $ apt search b43 This lists interesting packages: "firmware-b43-installer" and

Re: non-free software requirement

Thanks for your help. Responses to your suggestions are given below. Ben Finney: Detect network hardware. Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick or floppy. The missing firmware files are: b43/ucode15.fw

Re: non-free software requirement

On Wed, 07 Dec 2016, Steve Greig wrote: > When I installed debian I got a message saying my computer (emachines > laptop AMD Athlon X2 64bit) needed some non-free software. The names of the The output of "lspci" and cat "/proc/cpuinfo" would tell us a lot more. I don't recall the name of the

Re: non-free software requirement

Hi, > I would appreciate any advice on this. Is it possible to run a test > to see what that software was and install it now. Although I would > prefer not have any non-free software I would have it if it was > something quite important such as controlling the fan. As said Santiago Vila, it is

Re: non-free software requirement

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 11:11:29AM +, Steve Greig wrote: > When I installed debian I got a message saying my computer (emachines > laptop AMD Athlon X2 64bit) needed some non-free software. The names of the > software were given although I did not record the names. I decided to go > ahead

Re: non-free software requirement

Steve Greig writes: > When I installed debian I got a message saying my computer (emachines > laptop AMD Athlon X2 64bit) needed some non-free software. The names of the > software were given although I did not record the names. That's important information. Could you try

non-free software requirement

When I installed debian I got a message saying my computer (emachines laptop AMD Athlon X2 64bit) needed some non-free software. The names of the software were given although I did not record the names. I decided to go ahead without the non-free software as I would have needed it on a media and I