Question about firmware in Debian packaging system
Some time during March I made a fresh install of Wheezy on old HP
hardware using netinst v. 7.4 (the most recent version, I think).
During the install, I remember reading a warning message to the
effect that I might need to install non-free firmware and/or drivers.
I don't remember the exact wording, and there was no opportunity
to do anything but either 'go-back' or 'continue' , so I selected
'continue' and the rest of the install completed without error.
The issue of possible non-free (soft|firm)ware has remained un-resolved
in my mind until today when I looked into what was installed in Aptitude.
In Aptitude I see a number of firmware packages and none of them are
installed, so apparently they were not needed, so why was the warning
issued? Is there a place where this is all explained? Is there a generic
set of drivers that usually work or at least can possibly work. And I was
lucky enough to have them work, or what? I'm curious.
TIA
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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