missing /lib/firmware/files

[Ford Prefect]

Hi

I'm an happy user of :  Armbian_5.14_Orangepipc_Debian_jessie_3.4.112_desktop.7z.

I don't know if it is bad luck or some obscure legal reason but 2 of my USB dongles needed to add

firmware files from other distributions before they worked perfectly:

They are :

TerraTec Electronic GmbH Cinergy T RC MKII                               using  dvb_usb_af9015   missing    dvb-usb-af9015.fw   15913 bytes from 30/03/2015

 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless   Adapter    using  rt73usb module     missing    rt73.bin                       2048 bytes from  24/11/2014             
I hope those files can be added to ease the life of newbies.

[Da Alchemist]

A simple

sudo apt-get install firmware-ralink 

should solve the problem with your wifi dongle, here you will get the firmware for your DVB Stick:  http://www.digittrade.de/shop/info/stick_treiber/linux/ubuntu/dvb-usb-af9015.fwYust copy it as user  sudo to /lib/firmware

 

Regards

[zador.blood.stained]

Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless   Adapter    using  rt73usb module     missing    rt73.bin

Debian:

➜  ~  % apt-file search rt73.bin
firmware-misc-nonfree: /lib/firmware/rt73.bin

Ubuntu:

➜  ~  % apt-file search rt73.bin
linux-firmware: /lib/firmware/rt73.bin

TerraTec Electronic GmbH Cinergy T RC MKII                               using  dvb_usb_af9015   missing    dvb-usb-af9015.fw   15913 bytes from 30/03/2015

Pcckage "linux-firmware-nonfree", should be installable on any distribution.

[Ford Prefect]

Thanks but I had no problems myself I simply took the files from a PC ubuntu installation.

It is just that it would ease the life of newbies if they were included.

[zador.blood.stained]

It is just that it would ease the life of newbies if they were included.

There is no reason to include files that are available through package manager, especially for DVB hardware.

[RagnerBG]

A simple

sudo apt-get install firmware-ralink 

 

Thank you, this solve my problem with Ralink Wifi module i use in Debian Jessie. Unfortunately in Ubuntu Xenial there is no such package, but it used to worked in my build from about 2 weeks ago. I guess i have to manually install package from Jessie, but strange things happen with Armbian lately and there is a lot of haywire functionality. For example when i try "apt-get build-dep" for no matter what, i receive a message for missing address in apt list. I guess we talking about non free stuff. And about Xenial there is the following message when i execute "apt-get update":

 

 

W: http://apt.armbian.com/dists/xenial/InRelease:Signature by key DF00FAF1C577104B50BF1D0093D6889F9F0E78D5 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)

 

don't know if it affects anything.

[zador.blood.stained]

Unfortunately in Ubuntu Xenial there is no such package, but it used to worked in my build from about 2 weeks ago.

Non-free firmware package was removed from Xenial due to license issues. Since it doesn't have any dependencies, you can manually install package, for example, for Wily.

 

For example when i try "apt-get build-dep" for no matter what, i receive a message for missing address in apt list.

For build-dep you have to uncomment or add deb-src entries for each deb entry, check this for example. 

 

And about Xenial there is the following message when i execute "apt-get update":

don't know if it affects anything.

SHA1 is considered "not secure enough" currently, new APT keys should use more secure hashing algorithms. It is just a warning though, it should not affect anything.

[RagnerBG]

Thanks for the solutions. Removing license issues and non open source stuff, is surely the right thing to do. The problem is, it can't be avoided in all cases.