Re: Firware drivers?
On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:03:43 -0800, Arthur Barlow wrote:
> Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with very
> little problems. I noticed that "Squeeze" was just officially released.
> I also noticed that suddenly had about 200 upgradeable packages. So
> fine, I do the upgrade. Reboot, and find I can't get on the network.
>
> After some hunting around, I realize the Intel e100 firmware has been
> removed. What!!! Just because it's part of the "non-free"
> packages??!!! My PC is now "bricked!!" I'm going to have to go to
> another computer download the deb package, transfer and reload it.
>
> Does this have some nonsense to do with the "philosophy" of "free"
> software. If so, it's absurd.
Please, calm down. No one is here is responsible for any decission taken
by devels nor for any bug it can appear after an upgrade :-/
Did you check the packages that were going to be removed before clicking
on "yes, upgrade"? Review your logs to find out what hapenned.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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