On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:18:41 +0200 (CEST), [email protected] wrote: > Dear Sir Grant > > Option 3 is not an option because the hardware has a mechanism that > prevents > the computer from booting if you change the wireless device. Some has been > > written on that on the fsf.org website but no solution is being offered.
Hi, I would like to invite you to document all this issues with you machine at h-node.com, since it prevents users to use it in freedom and that way people would be advise before they think about buying that model or from that manufacturer. > > Option 2 - I agree! But when I tried to do that I got stuck because the > trisquel distro has no menu for hardware drivers. I don't know how to do > it > and feel bad asking for help on here with installing a non free driver. In short words, you can't, i mean even if you try. AFAIK the deblob scripts from Linux-libre that are run over the trisquel's kernel prevent non free firmware or drivers to be enabled. > > Short of getting rid of the computer or not going online which is what > it's > there for I have no option. Longterm somebody has to reverse engineer the > b43 > driver for broadcom as there seem to be millions of people in this dilemma. Indeed it's a problem, once again if you help us to point it out on h-node we would appreciated. Cheers! -- Luis A. Guzmán García http://ark.switnet.org ¡Se Libre! -- http://fsfla.org/selibre/ The Hardware Database Project -- http://www.h-node.com Distribuciones libres de GNU/Linux -- http://ur1.ca/3e8gu
