Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: > > I made sure that the 'Ethernet' tab had the mac addr of the right device > --- it's a usb/ethernet cable, and has a long name, so it would be hard to > confuse it with enp2s0 (the connection to the 'internet-modem'). > > In the 'IPv4 Settings' tab,

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Nothing immediate for the former, but for the latter, you may want to > look at the 'vrms' package. Yes, I use that as well. But that's an "opt-in", and it's rather crude (and operates after the fact). I think Debian would benefit from having this kind of mechanism be much more "in your face"

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:52:25 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:25:10PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > > I have a laptop with a QCA9377 Atheros AC wifi card. When I install > > debian 10.7 amd64 I get a warning about missing non-free firmware and > > the wifi doesn't wor

Re: Toshiba Tecra 8000 Installation report

2021-01-16 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:44:07 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > How about filing a bug against the pseudo-package > 'installation-reports', preferably with 'reportbug' from the > installed system so it can collect information and logs? Done. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=980271

Re: Debian and Android

2021-01-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
When my Galaxy A10e updated to Android 10 last year MTP no longer worked on this desktop with Buster, however it did work on the laptop with Bullseye. I did have to configure some obscure USB setting on the phone to get it to work at all. Now that both computers are running Bullseye MTP works fin

Re: Debian and Android

2021-01-16 Thread riveravaldez
On 1/16/21, Dale Amon wrote: > I just upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to a Note 9 and find > that the file mounting no longer 'just works'. > It appears that the auto mount on mtp may (or may not?) still work > on the Note 9. I do get an automount, but it has no files in it. > I simply wa

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-01-16 at 16:55, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/01/msg00151.html >> Very informative. > > Yes, I agree with Ted Tso's suggestion. > > I think the `non-free` repository needs to be significantly improved, so > that the user is properly warned/informed

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/01/msg00151.html > Very informative. Yes, I agree with Ted Tso's suggestion. I think the `non-free` repository needs to be significantly improved, so that the user is properly warned/informed when something is installed from there (in both senses: "i

Debian and Android

2021-01-16 Thread Dale Amon
I just upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to a Note 9 and find that the file mounting no longer 'just works'. I've spent the last two hours going through assorted discussions of problems that may or many not be the same and none of them have actually been all that helpful. It appears that the

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 16 January 2021 12:25:10 Steven Mainor wrote: > I have a laptop with a QCA9377 Atheros AC wifi card. When I install > debian 10.7 amd64 I get a warning about missing non-free firmware and > the wifi doesn't work. It was my understanding that ath10k was open > source and included in lin

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 07:30:16PM +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 18:27:58 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > > > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a security > > > standpoint, what is th

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Reco
Please do not top post. On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a > security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card > with built in closed source firmware, and closed source firmware that

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a > security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi > card with built in closed source firmware, and closed source > firmware that is loaded by the kerne

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, January 16, 2021 01:28:43 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:57 PM Andrei POPESCU > RH --- thanks for the information about Ubiquiti, i will have to > investigate it. I have to be careful with new hardware connected to the > ancient stuff (as with the UNIfi system). You

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Brian
On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 18:27:58 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a security > > standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card with built in > > closed s

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread Dan Hitt
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:57 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 15 ian 21, 21:02:58, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So i just need to know what to do on the debian box so that it can field > > requests to get ips from host names on the internet, and forward packets > to > > the internet modem. Hopefull

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a security > standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card with built in > closed source firmware, and closed source firmware that is loaded by the > kerne

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Steven Mainor
My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card with built in closed source firmware, and closed source firmware that is loaded by the kernel like ath10k. Either way the firmware is only running on the card,

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:25:10PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > I have a laptop with a QCA9377 Atheros AC wifi card. When I install > debian 10.7 amd64 I get a warning about missing non-free firmware and > the wifi doesn't work. It was my understanding that ath10k was open > source an

Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Steven Mainor
I have a laptop with a QCA9377 Atheros AC wifi card. When I install debian 10.7 amd64 I get a warning about missing non-free firmware and the wifi doesn't work. It was my understanding that ath10k was open source and included in linux. Is this not the case? If not is there any wireless AC card

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread Michael Howard
On 16/01/2021 05:02, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem.  There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the i

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, January 16, 2021 05:01:23 AM David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-01-15 21:02, Dan Hitt wrote: > > In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), > > and it was connected to an internet modem. There was a super simple gui > > on it that i could use to share that

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-15 21:02, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem. There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the int