Control: reassign -1 firmware-libertas Control: severity -1 wishlist On Ma, 17 iun 14, 18:49:42, Adrian Venditti wrote: > Package: libertas-firmwareVersion: 9.70.7.p0.0-1 > > > > hi, > To write this email I'm using Suse linux 11.4 with the ndiswrapper package for a windows driver for my wireless adapter. The rest of this email refers to the latest version of Debian linux. > I've downloaded and installed the latest version of Debian linux - on a separate partition with dual-boot - and am trying to get a Debian driver for my wireless LAN adapter to work. It's based on the Marvell chipset 88w8338. Here's the output from lsusb: > > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1286:1fab Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. 88W8338 [Libertas] 802.11g > output from dmesg: > adrian@home:~> cat debian-dmesg.txt | grep "usb 1-7" [ 17.653166] usb 1-7: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd[ 17.855860] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=1286, idProduct=1fab[ 17.871647] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0[ 17.887432] usb 1-7: Product: MARVELL Wireless Device V1.0.1.2[ 17.903208] usb 1-7: Manufacturer: MARVELL > What's missing from the package contents page:https://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/firmware-libertas > is a reference to 8338 as a driver code. > Can this be fixed please? > thanks, > Adrian -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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