On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Graziano Sorbaioli <[email protected]> wrote: > If I install Ubuntu 8.10, my wifi functions but there is no proprietary > driver listed on the "Driver Hardware" windows of Ubuntu.
The driver for the wireless chipset is free and included in Linux. However, the chipset requires (non-free[1]) binary firmware in order to function. The binary firmware is included in the Ubuntu package linux-firmware, but not included in gNewSense for obvious reasons. As a side note, linux-firmware is in Ubuntu main (meant for free Canonical-supported software), but there is a bug[2] open for it to be moved to restricted (meant for non-free Canonical-supported software). Cheers, Dara [1] http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=FAQ&s=license [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/179139 _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
