Package: installation-reports I have a laptop here which needs firmware for the wireless LAN card Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (PCI-ID: 8086:1043). It seems the process of requesting, loading and using firmware is not fully functional: When it comes to the d-i step "Detecting network hardware", there is lot of output on the 4th console regarding "BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ce8ec00c" and "Oops: 0002 [#1] and "Call Trace:" " ? ipw2100_down+0x9e/ox10 [ipw2100] and the like. I have attached a syslog of this installation try. But I am able to proceed with the installation steps, d-i requests firmware file, so I plug in my usbstick, the relevant firmware package is installed (the firmware files end up in /lib/firmware), but the device is not able to operate. It is not shown in the list of available network devices in the d-i UI. To investigate this, I started the installation again, but before the step "Detect network hardware" is started, I mount my usbstick, copy the needed firmware file into /lib/firmware by hand and then start the step "Detect network hardware". And now the device is working, it is shown as available nework device, it scans and shows available WLANs, so the hardware seems to work. So it calms down to the firmware not being available, when the module is loaded. (Please note, that the needed firmware is detected correctly, and the correct package is installed, so the newly created way of detecting missing firmware seems to work fine!) Regards Holger -- ============================================================ Created with Sylpheed 3.2.0 under D E B I A N L I N U X 7 . 0 W H E E Z Y ! Registered Linux User #311290 - https://linuxcounter.net/ ============================================================
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