Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:45 -0500, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:18:38 +0000, Brian wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun 05 Feb 2012 at 21:09:26 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:12:26 +0000, Brian wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Your proposal fits the remit of debian-doc@lists.debian.org.
>>>>>
>>>>> Agree.
>>>>>
>>>>> But first we should know if it's a supported feature and that's why I
>>>>> suggested asking first to devels at debian-boot mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> This is where we came in!
>>>>
>>>> No need to ask; WPA/WPA2 is known to be available in a Wheezy install.
>>>> Booting a debian-testing netinst iso should dispel all doubts.
>>>
>>> I wonder how did you reach that conclusion given that it has not been
>>> published anyhwere... black magic, mind reading? (just kidding) :-)
>>
>> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/wpasupplicant-udeb
>>
>> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/i386/daily/build_netboot.log
>>
>> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/build_netboot.log
>
> That's not the kind of sources users tend to read (i.e., Debian wiki,
> Debian News, debian-devel, debian-boot, Debian planet, Debian blogs...).
I dont' read these either. I just knew that there was a
wpasupplicant-udeb (I'm not sure from where) and I pointed to its
existence as a package as well as to the fact that it's being included
in the installer.
In looking at the debian-boot archives, I've found two relevant bugs:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327309
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610931
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