WMP54G out of the box?
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Hello, I recently moved and due to complications I can no longer use an ethernet connection and have to depend on wireless. I have a Linksys WMP54G card installed in my desktop, and I checked these forums if anyone else had success with the card:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/wifi-linksys-wireless-g-pci-adaptertower-netgear-wndr3700-router-works
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/linksys-wmp54g
Supposedly, the card is supposed to work if you have an ethernet connection first, but this is not possible for me at the moment. Is there any other way for me to get Trisquel to recognize my card?
After entering "WMP54G ubuntu" in DuckDuckGo, the first result is http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/WMP54G_Wireless_how-to_for_Ubuntu_8.10
It is written "The necessary ucode4.fw firmware is not included on the Ubuntu LiveCD because of copyright issues." However, I have read that Broadcom (the chipset manufacturer of your card) has recently (after the release of the kernel Trisquel 4.5 uses) changed its licensing to be compatible with the GPL ( http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/55418 ). That is why I took a look at the driver source code: http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-014.tar.bz2
The license looks OK (i.e., respects your freedoms). However the file fwcutter_list.h includes some non-understandable (although not that long) structs that *might* be considered proprietary blobs. If I were you, I would try Trisquel 5.0 alpha ( http://devel.trisquel.info/dagda/iso/ ) and see if the card works in the Live system. That would mean the freedom issues were fixed.
I am actually quite pessimistic because the package b43-fwcutter still exists in Ubuntu Natty's repositories and the next Trisquel, based on this version of Ubuntu, does not have it in its repository:
* http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/b43-fwcutter
* http://packages.trisquel.info/search?suite=dagda&searchon=names&keywords=b43-fwcutter
I know it is blasphemy in this community, but I'm willing to accept even a half-free solution. I think 1 hole in a Trisquel system is better than using Windows 7 or a less free GNU/Linux distro.
What happens when you try to access a wireless network using the network manager applet?
Nothing shows up.
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