Re: Filing a bug report via Windows?
On 2013-01-30 17:41 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 January 2013 15:03:51 Jack Wilborn wrote:
>> When I install Debian 6.0 on my machine it does not detect this card,
>> but is detected when I run "lspci" from the command line within Debian
>> after the install.
It would be nice to see the output of "lspci".
> I don't know how to properly report this bug. I
>> picked this card because others have stated they run this card under
>> the same version of Debian and it works properly.
>
> Are you sure that it is a bug? it is a feature of Debian 6 upwards that
> proprietary drivers (binary blobs) are not in the default install kernel.
Proprietary drivers have never been in the Debian kernel, you probably
mean firmware instead.
> There are various ways round this. I use the Japanese gentleman's
> alternative installer with a newer kernel. (Have gone blank on his name.
> After the hard work he has done for me and others you would think that the
> least I could do was remember his name. :-( )
It is also possible to install a newer kernel after the installation,
although this is a bit cumbersome if the network does not work.
Cheers,
Sven
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