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[Julian Wiedmann <561062@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks. This initally was a licensing issue, Ubuntu had to split the firmware into a seperate package that's not being installed by default.
I believe there's some functionality in update-notifier that's supposed to notify the user when a device requires non-free firmware (and offer to manually install it). But that didn't happen in my case (with a similar device that requires the same firmware, on a Natty system).

** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu)

** Summary changed:

- Belkin USB adaptor is recognised under lsusb but not in iwconfig
+ Missing notification when a device driver requires linux-firmware-nonfree

** Also affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Missing notification when a device driver requires linux-firmware-
  nonfree

Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Using latest version of Lucid, if I plug in my Belkin USB adaptor.
  lsusb gives Belkin F5D7050 ver 1000 but I get error messages, ending with cannot load firmware isl3886usb.
  Regression since Karmic

  ProblemType: Bug
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Architecture: i386
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Date: Sun Apr 11 23:22:11 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ab640bb9-c8ee-431f-8ad8-8a8ea8c95078
  InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  Lsusb:
   Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:7050 Belkin Components F5D7050 ver 1000 WiFi
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Sony Corporation PCV-RX401(CE)
  Package: linux-image-2.6.32-19-generic-pae 2.6.32-19.28
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic-pae root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic-pae 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
  Regression: Yes
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.33
  Reproducible: Yes
  RfKill:
   
  SourcePackage: linux
  Tags: lucid networking regression-potential needs-upstream-testing
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic-pae i686
  dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2002
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: ACPI BIOS Revision 1001
  dmi.board.name: P4S533VX
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: REV 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ASSET-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 7
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: EU
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftware,Inc.:bvrACPIBIOSRevision1001:bd08/20/2002:svnSonyCorporation:pnPCV-RX401(CE):pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP4S533VX:rvrREV1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct7:cvrEU:
  dmi.product.name: PCV-RX401(CE)
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

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