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bug #29534: Need Support For Atheros

Submitted by:  Das <dasfox>
Submitted on:  Tue 13 Apr 2010 03:29:03 AM UTC  
 
Category: gNewSense 3Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: NoneStatus: Need Info
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: None
Open/Closed: Closed

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Sun 18 Apr 2010 03:56:38 AM UTC, comment #11:

I believe someone is working on a backported kernel. Would you like to help? :)

Jason Self <jxself>
Project Member
Sat 17 Apr 2010 09:32:12 PM UTC, comment #10:

I personally don't get this. I know that gNewSense is based off Debian, but you just use the kernel Debian uses?

All we are talking about here is the latest kernel support, so why wouldn't gNewSense just compile their own Libre kernel and just add the support and be done with it for now?

THANKS

Das <dasfox>
Sat 17 Apr 2010 12:12:52 AM UTC, comment #9:

It was originally going to be frozen in December 2009, then March 2010. Both were missed, so who can say? Debian never has an official schedule. Even if they mention a date, the project never meets it. So, when it's ready. :)

Jason Self <jxself>
Project Member
Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:57:16 PM UTC, comment #8:

Any ideas on when they'll being freezing it for release?

THANKS

Das <dasfox>
Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:40:55 PM UTC, comment #7:

Whenever Debian freezes the current "testing" repository (aka "Squeeze") for release.

Jason Self <jxself>
Project Member
Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:36:20 PM UTC, comment #6:

When will the newer kernel be in 3 so I can download that iso and give it a go?

THANKS

Das <dasfox>
Fri 16 Apr 2010 12:36:18 PM UTC, comment #5:

"My laptop has ethernet and wifi support working on 2.6.32.xx, so .33 will be just fine, no need to compile it, just to see if it works, it does. :) "

It's good that 2.6.32 works, because that's what's used in the upstream Debian Squeeze & what gNewSense 3 will eventually be based on when it's released. It seems that your hardware will eventually work out of the box.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2010-03/msg00109.html

"Sine I know the newer kernels support the hardware, just install 2.3 and then do a dist upgrade, this will upgrade it to 3?"

Well, you'll need to change your sources.list, etc. but yes.

"By the way, will this dist upgrade do a good job at this point in time to 3, without leaving a lot of cruft, or things behind, broken syms etc.?"

It should but feedback & bug reports are always appreciated if any problems do arrive.

Since we now know the issue is just that your hardware depends on a newer kernel version than what's presently available in gNewSense 3 and not really a "bug" I'll go ahead & close this.

Jason Self <jxself>
Project Member
Fri 16 Apr 2010 06:31:55 AM UTC, comment #4:

Sorry I didn't have my creative beanie on, hehe... :)

My laptop has ethernet and wifi support working on 2.6.32.xx, so .33 will be just fine, no need to compile it, just to see if it works, it does. :)

Sine I know the newer kernels support the hardware, just install 2.3 and then do a dist upgrade, this will upgrade it to 3?

By the way, will this dist upgrade do a good job at this point in time to 3, without leaving a lot of cruft, or things behind, broken syms etc.?

THANKS

Das <dasfox>
Thu 15 Apr 2010 11:12:54 PM UTC, comment #3:

Sometimes you have to think creatively: For testing if a newer kernel would resolve this, you could install gNewSense 2.3 (which doesn't require an internet connection to complete) and then compile that newer kernel I mentioned (after getting the kernel sources from another machine with access to the internet, perhaps transporting them back to the freshly-installed machine via a USB drive or something) to see if your networking hardware then comes alive after you install the newer kernel and restart.

Assuming it works, you could then do a dist-upgrade to get gNewSense 3.0 (and perhaps provide feedback on how the upgrade process works.) :)

Jason Self <jxself>
Project Member
Thu 15 Apr 2010 11:03:51 PM UTC, comment #2:

Well, 3 is a net install mini iso, so how am I going to get a kernel installed if I can't even do the net install to get 3 installed? That's seems a bit odd if you ask me... :(

THANKS

Das <dasfox>
Thu 15 Apr 2010 05:31:05 PM UTC, comment #1:

Does it work if you try a newer kernel version?

Try this & report back, please.

http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/2.6.33.2-libre/

Jason Self <jxself>
Project Member
Tue 13 Apr 2010 03:29:03 AM UTC, original submission:

Right now gNewSense 3 does not support the Atheros AR81 Family for ethernet or wifi.

I hope we will see support for this soon.

I personally use AR8132/ethernet & AR5B95/wifi.

THANKS

Das <dasfox>

 

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