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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: Wired networking problems after guix system reconfigure
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:50:51 +0100
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Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> skribis:

> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:
>
>> Perfect.  To avoid modifying files in the Guix tree itself, you could
>> put this =E2=80=98linux-libre-4.3=E2=80=99 in a module of its own that y=
ou keep in
>> $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH, just for your own uses.
>
> OK. I'll try that! Can you tell me why commit adddd5b updates
> Makefile.am?

It=E2=80=99s just because it adds new kernel configuration files.  You don=
=E2=80=99t
have to worry about that if you maintain things out of the tree.

> To help others in the future find this thread if they encounter the same
> problem, here are my wired network card specs, according to lspci:
>
> Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1520
> Network card: Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Bas=
e-TX (rev 02)
>
> Oh, by the way: there is a wireless network card, also, but it has never
> worked (dmesg shows iwl3945 complaining: "Direct firmware load for
> /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ failed")), so that isn't a viable alternative for me.

Right, that means that there is no free firmware for this NIC.

I would recommend using one of the WiFi dongles that has the Respect
Your Freedom stamp, typically things based on Atheros chipsets (the
=E2=80=98ath9k=E2=80=99 driver) for which there exists free firmware.  See =
for instance:

  https://www.fsf.org/news/ryf-certification-thinkpenguin-usb-with-atheros-=
chip

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.