Bug#502997: package could be named better
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 19:02 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 05:25:26PM +0100, Daniel Watkins wrote:
> > A name (or alias) like 'iwlwifi-firmware' would be helpful (as I assumed that
> > would be roughly what the package name for any firmware I was missing would be).
>
> Please explain what you try to fix.
When I installed etch on my laptop and subsequently upgraded it to sid,
I was without working wireless. I was getting messages on the console
regarding missing firmware, but wasn't able to diagnose what the problem
was easily, as I couldn't see a package to do with 'iwl3945' that was
missing. In the end, I resorted to 'apt-get install iwl<TAB>', to no
avail. I was finally able to resolve the problem, but it took me much
longer than was necessary.
If this has a more obvious name, it would make life easier.
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