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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 package

Atheros card not detected during alternate install

Bug #85362 reported by Stephen Drake
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Colin Watson
Ubuntu ubuntu-7.04

Bug Description

Installing using Feisty Alternate 20070215.2 and found my Atheros based wifi card was not detected during the search for network cards.

This meant after installation I had to install the linux-restricted-modules packages to make it work.

Although this shows that at least the madwifi modules are working on the 2.6.20 kernel series, it is a regression from Edgy which at least detected it during install. Even though Edgy didn't make it work after install like Dapper did.

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Stephen Drake (spd106) wrote :
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Mikhail Gusarov (dottedmag) wrote :

Confirmed on herd4.

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Anita (a-lewis) wrote :

I just installed Herd5 and my atheros card was not found either.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Thanks for your report! I think this is because the linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 source package isn't building nic-restricted-* udebs for the generic flavour on i386, which is what we use in the installer now (a change from Edgy). I'll fix this ASAP.

Changed in debian-installer:
assignee: nobody → kamion
importance: Undecided → High
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 (2.6.20.4-13.13) feisty; urgency=low

  * Build generic flavour udebs for i386 (LP: #85362).
  * Ship debian/control.stub as debian/control, and build the real control
    file on the fly with the udebs for just the current architecture. This
    is nasty, I know, but kernel-wedge can't consolidate the multiple
    stanzas for nic-restricted-*-generic-di and debhelper doesn't like there
    being more than one stanza for a given package name.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 2 Apr 2007 01:31:28 +0100

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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