Re: strange problem with usb wifi adapter
On 2021-12-15, Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, December 12, 2021, 8:31:17 AM EST, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> Does this mean the official Buster netinstall kernel contains a free driver for your wireless card but the subsequently installed Buster user kernel does not?
>
>
> Sorry, Curt, I see your reply today, it's too late
>
> i think official buster debian-10.11.0-i386-netinst.iso has non-free firmware, but it isn't installed to user's target device
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> apparently both use non-free mt7601u firmware
>
> if they have free driver for my adapter, surely they shall install to my target device
>
No problem; I was thinking later my remark was actually pretty stupid
(ruining my stellar reputation here), but I'd seen this (believing if
there was a kernel driver that meant it was open source or something)
https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/MT7601U.html
and also experienced mild incredulity in discovering the official netinstaller
might contain a non-free entity (that it inexplicably deprives the
obliviously "tainted" user once its job is done), which got me to
wondering what in heaven's sake the *unofficial* netinstaller was for,
the official one already being a little bit pregnant anyway, as it were.
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