From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maxim Cournoyer Subject: Re: Why 'iw dev' does not show wireless device? Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:36:18 -0400 Message-ID: <87ftjvp42l.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87a7adloxr.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58900) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iK5Cj-0007ye-7B for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:36:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iK5Cg-0003Eh-RQ for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:36:25 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-x742.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::742]:42055) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iK5Cg-0003EV-Jm for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:36:22 -0400 Received: by mail-qk1-x742.google.com with SMTP id f16so16764259qkl.9 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:36:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (znavko@disroot.org's message of "Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:38:44 +0000") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: znavko@disroot.org Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Hello ZNavko, znavko@disroot.org writes: > (Double). Yes, Tobias, I've dug this finally. This wifi card is not suppo= rted by LinuxLibre. > > Please, would you give me advice, what to choose from mass-market ( in Ru= ssia dns-shop.ru ) > for LinuxLibre and Guix in price under 540 euro ( 40.000 Roubles ) ??? > > I found this https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop > But not sure it will exactly work with LinuxLibre. Also h-node lack some = contemporary models. > > October 6, 2019 6:17 PM, "Tobias Geerinckx-Rice" wrote: > >> Znavko, >>=20 >> znavko@disroot.org =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A >>=20 >>> # lspci -vvnn > wifi >>> # nano wifi >>> ... >>> Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless >>> Network Adapter >>> ... >>> Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci >>> Kernel modules: ath10k_pci >>> Please, what to do? I cannot get the name of the network device. >>=20 >> All ath10k devices of which I'm aware require proprietary firmware >> blobs that Guix won't ship and Linux-Libre won't load. Even >> though the kernel driver is loaded, I suspect you'll find some >> firmware-related errors in dmesg. >>=20 >> I'm sorry, >>=20 >> T G-R You could try finding a device certified by the FSF's Respect Your Freedom (RYF) program, see: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw. FWIW, I'm using one such device [0], and it works great. Alternatively, you could purchase a device using a supported chipset (the device linked uses the Atheros AR9271 chipset); the hardware vendor shouldn't matter much if the kernel has free drivers (and/or firmware) for the chip used by it. HTH, Maxim [0]: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter= -gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb