i understand. i think is not possible in the future too... ok, i use the
wifi-pen, like now...
Then it probably needs a proprietary program in order to function, which is
why it does not work. It should be possible to confirm this by doing:
dmesg | grep -i deblobbed
And then share the output.
If (information on) legacy hardware is still important to free/libre software
users, I'd like to summarize something, but mainly about legacy ThinkPads.
I haven't used many computing devices other than ThinkPads, and have been
troubled by the whitelist restrictions for many years. Yet there
this is a collage of infos trisquel and ubuntu mixed (for the wlan0 i don't
know how show you)
thanks at all, i have installed the latest kernel-libre 5.4.1-gnu2 019-11-29
15:57 (linux-libre), but not see the device, the pc is a hp G4 with rtl8723be
wifi-card
Processor 2x Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3050 @ 1.60GHz Memory 3877MB (669MB
used) Operating System Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0,
> Unfortunately, HP notebooks are heavily encumbered by whitelist
> restrictions. Unless this series has ath5k/9k cards approved by HP's
> firmware, it's impossible to replace the WLAN card with a free/libre
> one.
Do you have a list of which laptop manufacturers do and don't impose
whitelist
He said that his notebook belongs to the HP G4 series.
Unfortunately, HP notebooks are heavily encumbered by whitelist restrictions.
Unless this series has ath5k/9k cards approved by HP's firmware, it's
impossible to replace the WLAN card with a free/libre one.
> i have a notebook hp (G4) with a pci wifi card who need a non-free
> software rtl8723be driver
Some Realtek WiFi cards do work without non-free firmware. A friend of
mine has an rtl8188ee, which is functional, though not always reliable,
with Trisquel. I have not tested the rtl8723be, so I
Most non-Atheros WLAN cards do have free/libre drivers, and I believe that
these free/libre drivers do exist in the kernel.
But non-Atheros cards can't work without non-free firmware. In other words,
without non-free firmware, those free/libre drivers are useless.
i have a notebook hp (G4) with a pci wifi card who need a non-free software
rtl8723be driver
i use this with a usb wifi-pen free (ar9170), but is possible to have
thertl-driver in a new kernel-libre in the future??
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