On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 10:04:28PM +0100, Edward Bartolo via Dng wrote:
> [...]
>
> I still have yet not figured out how to avoid having to use snapd and
> install the firmware for the oscilloscope, Hantek 6000B (USB). I have
> successfully extracted .hex files from the MS Windows drivers but have
> no idea what to do with these hex files which are supposed to contain
> the oscilloscope's firmware. The openhantek package has a .rules udev
> file to enable detection of the oscilloscope. However, the kernel
> still wants to know where to look for the oscilloscope's firmware, and
> that particular information is missing.

Firmware file for the linux kernel usually reside in /lib/firmware. You
could try to copy your hex files there. Make sure to use proper name as
expected by kernel.

What do you need snapd for?

cheers,
Andreas
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