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Old 09-09-2010
OpenSolaris, Wireless won't work, help please!
I just installed a fork of opensolaris, and I really like it.
I would hate going back to Ubuntu, But one issue, I cannot get my Dell Wireless 1450 Wireless USB Adapter working.
On Ubuntu 10.4 I just installed nonfree firmware, but I guess it doesn't work that way on Solaris, any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Just really hate windows, the sooner I get it working the better.
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Old 09-09-2010
Do you have the source of this firmware ? you can compile it for open solaris.

And don't forget that OpenSolaris support will be finished Smilie
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Old 09-09-2010
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Originally Posted by Stormos
I just installed a fork of opensolaris, and I really like it.
Which one ?
Quote:
I would hate going back to Ubuntu, But one issue, I cannot get my Dell Wireless 1450 Wireless USB Adapter working.
On Ubuntu 10.4 I just installed nonfree firmware, but I guess it doesn't work that way on Solaris, any help would be greatly appreciated!
What reports the device driver utility ?
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Old 09-09-2010
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Originally Posted by Stormos
On Ubuntu 10.4 I just installed nonfree firmware, but I guess it doesn't work that way on Solaris, any help would be greatly appreciated!

---------- Post updated at 10:05 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:48 PM ----------

Just really hate windows, the sooner I get it working the better.
Please don't bump.

If solaris doesn't support your hardware, it doesn't support your hardware. There's next to no third-party support for consumer level things.
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Old 09-09-2010
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Originally Posted by Corona688
There's next to no third-party support for consumer level things.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with this statement. There are 27 third party Solaris/OpenSolaris consumer level network drivers on that site: Free NIC drivers for OpenSolaris

Some Windows proprietary network drivers can also be installed on OpenSolaris based OSes using the NDIS wrapper:
ndis wrapper (Community Group laptop.ndis) - XWiki
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Old 09-09-2010
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Originally Posted by Stormos
Just really hate windows, the sooner I get it working the better.
Just curious if your previous OS was Ubuntu how is is that "windows"?

check the HCL Oracle Solaris OS: Hardware Compatibility Lists
 
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