Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-17 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> Will trade Acer Aspire E-15 for a Debian-compatible laptop if it does > 802.11a :-) On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Dekks Herton wrote: Can you not swap the wifi card out for a better one? On 17.07.17 08:02, Dave Horsfall wrote: On a laptop? Thou jests... I suppose I could look for a USB one thoug

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-16 Thread Dekks Herton
DI Florian Reitmeir writes: Am 16.07.2017 um 10:07 schrieb Dekks Herton: Dave Horsfall writes: On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, DI Florian Reitmeir wrote: > Quoting from Wikipedia: "802.11n can use either the 2.4 GHz > > or the 5 > GHz band"; does that not mean what it seems to say? this is not wron

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-16 Thread Josh Blagden
FYI, theFSF has a list of wireless cards that will work . Though, specifically they have open-source firmware. The FSF refers to them as "hardware which Respects Your Freedom (RSF)". I'm not a big fan of the FSF (I prefer OSI), but that lis

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-16 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Josh Blagden wrote: > On most laptops, you can replace the wireless card. It's usually what's > called a Field Replaceable Unit (FRU), meaning it can actually be > replaced. Well, unless you're using an ultrabook or some other > super-thin laptop. OK, thanks; I'll check it

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-16 Thread Josh Blagden
On most laptops, you can replace the wireless card. It's usually what's called a Field Replaceable Unit (FRU), meaning it can actually be replaced. Well, unless you're using an ultrabook or some other super-thin laptop. On 7/16/17 6:02 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Dekks Herton

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-16 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Dekks Herton wrote: > > Will trade Acer Aspire E-15 for a Debian-compatible laptop if it does > > 802.11a :-) > > Can you not swap the wifi card out for a better one? On a laptop? Thou jests... I suppose I could look for a USB one though. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-16 Thread DI Florian Reitmeir
Am 16.07.2017 um 10:07 schrieb Dekks Herton: > Dave Horsfall writes: >> On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, DI Florian Reitmeir wrote: >>> > Quoting from Wikipedia: "802.11n can use either the 2.4 GHz > or >>> the 5 > GHz band"; does that not mean what it seems to say? >>> >>> this is not wrong, but nearly all a

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-16 Thread Dekks Herton
Dave Horsfall writes: On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, DI Florian Reitmeir wrote: > Quoting from Wikipedia: "802.11n can use either the 2.4 GHz > or the 5 > GHz band"; does that not mean what it seems to say? this is not wrong, but nearly all adapters support wireless to the very old 801.11b for co

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-15 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, DI Florian Reitmeir wrote: > > Quoting from Wikipedia: "802.11n can use either the 2.4 GHz or the 5 > > GHz band"; does that not mean what it seems to say? > > this is not wrong, but nearly all adapters support wireless to the very > old 801.11b for compatibility. so if an

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-15 Thread DI Florian Reitmeir
Am 15.07.2017 um 03:34 schrieb Dave Horsfall: > On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, DI Florian Reitmeir wrote: > >> 802.11bgn is only 2,4ghz, for 5ghz you would 802.11abgn or 802.11ac > Quoting from Wikipedia: "802.11n can use either the 2.4 GHz or the 5 GHz > band"; does that not mean what it seems to say? this

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-14 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, DI Florian Reitmeir wrote: > 802.11bgn is only 2,4ghz, for 5ghz you would 802.11abgn or 802.11ac Quoting from Wikipedia: "802.11n can use either the 2.4 GHz or the 5 GHz band"; does that not mean what it seems to say? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't underst

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-14 Thread DI Florian Reitmeir
Am 12.07.2017 um 03:44 schrieb Dave Horsfall: > On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: > >> Acer Aspire E15, running Jessie (latest). >> >> At boot, it bleats: "drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* radeon kernel >> modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware-linux-nonfree" so I >> installed it wi

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-12 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > did you reboot after installing the firmware? Yep... > It's possible that after FW installation problem won't appear again (I > hate this kind of problems too) It was likely something odd with my environment at the time; I vaguely recall se

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-12 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: Acer Aspire E15, running Jessie (latest). At boot, it bleats: "drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware-linux-nonfree" so I installed it with "apt-get install ...", but it made no difference. What else n

Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-11 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Acer Aspire E15, running Jessie (latest). > > At boot, it bleats: "drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* radeon kernel > modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware-linux-nonfree" so I > installed it with "apt-get install ...", but it made no difference.

How to install firmware-linux-nonfree

2017-07-11 Thread Dave Horsfall
Acer Aspire E15, running Jessie (latest). At boot, it bleats: "drm:radeon_pci_probe] *ERROR* radeon kernel modesetting for R600 or later requires firmware-linux-nonfree" so I installed it with "apt-get install ...", but it made no difference. What else needs to be done? Also, the WiFi does no