Public bug reported: When plugging in a zd1201 wireless stick in dapper / edgy dmesg gives the following output: [17180378.728000] usb 1-9: Failed to load zd1201.fw firmware file! [17180378.728000] usb 1-9: Make sure the hotplug firmware loader is installed. [17180378.728000] usb 1-9: Goto http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net for more info [17180378.728000] usb 1-9: zd1201 firmware upload failed: -2 [17180378.728000] zd1201: probe of 1-9:1.0 failed with error -2 [17180378.728000] usbcore: registered new driver zd1201
It seems the firmware file is missing, so all zd1201 sticks are, altough the driver was included in the kernel almost a year ago, still unsupported. Since a lot of usb wireless cards are zd1201-based (see http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net), the firmware should be at least packaged in universe (multiverse?) or, if possible, included and installed by default in main (restricted?). The client-mode firmware file is only 69 kiB big, so it would easily fit on the install cd. The accesspoint-mode firmware file (61 kiB) doesn't really need to be included by default, because most users won't need it, and the users who do need it will be experienced enough to apt-get it. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- zd1201 wireless card firmware should be included / installed by default https://launchpad.net/bugs/66909 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
