Re: How to install firmware-linux-nonfree
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> did you reboot after installing the firmware?
Yep...
> It's possible that after FW installation problem won't appear again (I
> hate this kind of problems too)
It was likely something odd with my environment at the time; I vaguely
recall seeing a message about "ldconfig: not found" flashing by.
> > > Also, the WiFi does not work on 5GHz; is there an update for that?
> >
> > The 802.11b/g/n still doesn't see my 5GHz AP (but my obsolete MacBook
> > does).
>
> I think that one requires firmware-atheros, did you install this one?
Yes, unless there's a more recent one. It works just fine on 2.4GHz.
I'll try re-installing it, and hey! It's updating it to 0.43! But no,
it's still not seeing my 5GHz network, only the 2.4GHz one; I guess I'll
have to wait for someone to reverse-engineer the chip even further (or
dump the thing in favour of one that's a little less proprietary).
Thanks for your help anyway.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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