[PVE-User] PVE 6, wireless and regulatory database...

[Alwin Antreich]

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:44:30PM +0200, Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> Mandi! Alwin Antreich
>   In chel di` si favelave...
> 
> > It is not an issue with the package. I forgot about the alternatives in
> > Debian (thanks Thomas). Once you set the alternative (tool:
> > update-alternatives) to the regulatory.db-upstream it will be loaded
> > without complaining.
> > I suppose Debian can't switch to the signed database yet, since their
> > shipped kernel version might not yet know how to handle the signed
> > regulatory.db.
> 
>  root at ino:~# dpkg -l | grep wireless-regdb
>  ii  wireless-regdb                       2016.06.10-1                        all          wireless regulatory database
>  root at ino:~# update-alternatives --display wireless-regdb
>  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for wireless-regdb
> 
> But:
> 
>  root at ino:~# update-alternatives --display regulatory.db 
>  update-alternatives: warning: alternative /lib/firmware/regulatory.db-debian (part of link group regulatory.db) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
>  update-alternatives: warning: alternative /lib/firmware/regulatory.db-upstream (part of link group regulatory.db) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
>  regulatory.db - auto mode
>    link best version not available
>    link currently points to /lib/firmware/regulatory.db-debian
>    link regulatory.db is /lib/firmware/regulatory.db
>    slave regulatory.db.p7s is /lib/firmware/regulatory.db.p7s
> 
> but anyway:
> 
>  root at ino:~# update-alternatives --config regulatory.db
>  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for regulatory.db
> 
> (boh, seems also /lib/firmware/regulatory.db-debian is missing...
> strange...)
> 
> 
> I need to download manually the regulatory DB?
You need the Debian package for the alternatives to work. IIRC, you
finally installed the ubuntu package.

```
update-alternatives --display regulatory.db
```

--
Cheers,
Alwin