Re: update firmware?? [solved]
On Saturday 30 April 2011 05:16:03 pm Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2011-04-30 22:52 +0200, mark wrote:
> > Running Lenny 5.06. I need to install wine, and went through the
> > process, but I got an error that said that I needed to update
> > firmware for my nic. This is the text that I saw:
> >
> > r8169: rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw
> >
> > This is due to changing the kernel from 2.6.26-2-486 to
> > 2.6.35-5-486
> >
> > I was advised to add contrib and non-free to my config (which I
> > did). Now what do I download to update the firmware? (I normally
> > use synaptic)
>
> You can search on for files on packages.debian.org, here is a link
> for you:
> http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=rtl816
>8d-2.fw&mode=path&suite=stable&arch=any
>
> Following that, you'll need the firmware-realtek package.
>
> Sven
Thank you. That made it very easy.
Mark
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