On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 10:15:41 +0100 Maurizio Marini <mau...@datalogica.com> wrote:
> Hello there > I am trying to get my fedora cleaned up with some house keeping: > Fedora housewife home works :P > > I am noting that I have a bunch of very obsolete firmware files: > > ipw2100-firmware-1.3-17.fc21.noarch > ipw2200-firmware-3.1-10.fc21.noarch > zd1211-firmware-1.4-10.fc21.noarch > ivtv-firmware-20080701-28.noarch > aic94xx-firmware-30-6.fc20.noarch > ar9170-firmware-2009.05.28-4.fc17.noarch > atmel-firmware-1.3-13.fc21.noarch > > This is an Asus notebook X73B and using lsmod I see that wifi chipset > is athereos > > ath9k_hw 458752 2 ath9k_common,ath9k > ath 28672 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw > > Can I safely remove that obsolete firmware packages, according to > you ? I would. Store those package names in a file. Then remove them, and reboot. If everything works, you're home free. If not, install each in turn until you find the missing ingredient (using the file you saved to keep track of them). But it looks to me like you should have no worries removing them. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
