On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-11-19 11:00 +0100, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > >> I struggled to get 4965 wireless working on my TravelMate 6592, and >> succeeded only once having installed firmware-iwlwifi from non-free. >> Is there a way to achieve this without going the non-free route? > > Surely, buy a WLAN card that does not require non-free firmware. The > Free Software Foundation has a list of them: > http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html. > > BTW, why exactly does the firmware bug you?
Debian doesn't distribute such and that means folks installing from discs won't get their wireless working out-of-the-box. It makes it even harder if those don't have immediate connection to the wild web. Luckily for me I had Ubuntu installation disc handy, which managed to connect with that card, me supposing that they using the same firmware, only much more accessible (installed by default). -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
