Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-10 Thread Emanuel Berg
Doug wrote: > I am primarily a PCLOS user, and I also have > Mint 17 LTS. I can tell you that it is very > tricky to get a Broadcom wireless interface > to work on PCLOS, but on the Mint system it > works "out of the box" with no installation > whatever. So what I can say is that you may > need so

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-10 Thread Doug
On 08/10/2017 07:11 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Dejan Jocic wrote: Also, you mentioned that you need your ethernet to work, these b43 packages are for Broadcom wireless cards. Yes, that is what I meant in my OP, the lacking firmware for wireless should not influence Ethernet not working, right?

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-10 Thread Emanuel Berg
Dejan Jocic wrote: > Also, you mentioned that you need your > ethernet to work, these b43 packages are for > Broadcom wireless cards. Yes, that is what I meant in my OP, the lacking firmware for wireless should not influence Ethernet not working, right? Anyway, to manually install it seems unnec

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-10 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 10-08-17, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Dejan Jocic wrote: > > > Also, once, for reason unknown to me, > > firmware from usb did not work, but installer > > with firmware on it did. Could be that it was > > USB fault, though not sure about it. > > Was using that USB without problem > > after that. > >

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-10 Thread Emanuel Berg
Dejan Jocic wrote: > Also, once, for reason unknown to me, > firmware from usb did not work, but installer > with firmware on it did. Could be that it was > USB fault, though not sure about it. > Was using that USB without problem > after that. What should I do with the installer? Do you mean th

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-09 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 09-08-17, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Dejan Jocic wrote: > > > Well, you should have write down what was > > missing during installation, those messages > > you get for reason. Also, when you have > > firmware and you get note that it is missing, > > it is best to abort installation and download > >

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-09 Thread Emanuel Berg
Dejan Jocic wrote: > Well, you should have write down what was > missing during installation, those messages > you get for reason. Also, when you have > firmware and you get note that it is missing, > it is best to abort installation and download > needed firmware and put in USB you can insert > d

Re: no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-09 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 09-08-17, Emanuel Berg wrote: > I installed a 32-bit Debian on an HP laptop the > other day, and during installation it said > non-free components were not installed as not > on the disc, for political reasons I suppose, > and then the network couldn't be set up > correctly despite the cable in

no non-free firmware on lapton, no Ethernet, related?

2017-08-09 Thread Emanuel Berg
I installed a 32-bit Debian on an HP laptop the other day, and during installation it said non-free components were not installed as not on the disc, for political reasons I suppose, and then the network couldn't be set up correctly despite the cable in place. When done, I couldn't get Internet to