Bug 1082

Summary:	Missing Wireless driver on installation media rt2860-firmware.bin
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Mike Crecelius <mike.crecelius>
Component:	Release (media or process)	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	dvgevers, marja11, sysadmin-bugs
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	USABILITY
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	meta-task	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Mike Crecelius 2011-05-01 01:12:42 CEST

Description of problem:
After installation of Mageia Beta 2, I am unable to use the wireless card.  I get an error when trying to enable it:

"Some packages (rt2860-firmware) are required but aren't available.  These packages can be found in non-free, or in the official package repository

The following component is missing: /lib/firmware/rt2860.bin"


I can get around the problem by running the ethernet cable over to my system and then adding the non-free repo.

But what about people that can't easily run a wire to their system, or uncertain how?
Should this driver be on the disk, so the network can be enabled easily and conveniently automatically?

Comment 1 Ahmad Samir 2011-05-02 01:34:23 CEST

The DVD can only have free open source software... however the firmware has been a sticky subject..

I think this bug report will be fixed by a similar solution to the one propose by Wolfgang Bornath in bug 523.

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-11 23:57:10 CEST

@ Mike

Am I correct to think this was still an issue when installing Mageia 1? If so, did you indeed use the DVD?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO, USABILITY
CC: (none) => marja11

Manuel Hiebel 2011-10-30 02:55:17 CET

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs
Component: Installer => Release (media or process)
Source RPM: (none) => meta-task

Comment 3 Mike Crecelius 2011-10-30 23:57:41 CET

Hi,
   Yes I was using Mageia 1 32 bit DVD.  In order to get the required wireless firmware I had to connect to the internet on a wire, the firmware is not on the DVD.  But I guess that is by current design since the DVD must only contain free open source software.
Thanks

Comment 4 Dick Gevers 2011-12-09 20:08:08 CET

IMO a duplicate of 523. If you disagree please reopen with a good argument, thanks :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 523 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => dvgevers
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE