Re: Re(2): [SOLVED] bcm43xx issues an error message every minute

[Mark Brown]

On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 11:00:01PM +0200, Georg Heinrich wrote:

> Unfortunately I could not get the fwcutter with apt-get. I needed to download
> bcm43xx-fwcutter_006-1_powerpc.deb
> instead/

Since it is only useful with the non-free Broadcomm firmware the package
is in the contrib archive rather than the main Debian archive.  By
default apt is not configured to use anything except the main archive -
if you add the contrib section to /etc/apt/sources.list then you can
install the package using apt.  It may be an idea to do this in order
to help with any firmware upgrades that may be required in future.

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Re(2): [SOLVED] bcm43xx issues an error message every minute

[Georg Heinrich]

Andrew J. Barr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26 May 2007
14:57:21 -0400:

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>On Sat, 26 May 2007 17:42:54 +0200
>"Georg Heinrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> 
>> I get the following error messages about every minute on the console:
>> 
>> bcm43xx: PHY connected
>> bcm43xx: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load
>> failed bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
>> 
>> The HW is:
>> Apple PowerBook G4 12" (PowerBook 6,8) 1,5 GHz
>> Airport Extreme, Firmware version 405.1 (3.90.34.0.p18)
>> 
>> What do I have to do to solve the error?
>
>1) Connect to the Internet (via Ethernet or Bluetooth or whatever).
>2) Install the bcm43xx-fwcutter pacakge.
>
>Alternately, read the bcm43xx-fwcutter package documentation for
>information on how to install the firmware off line.

Thanks for the hint. That did it.
Unfortunately I could not get the fwcutter with apt-get. I needed to download
bcm43xx-fwcutter_006-1_powerpc.deb
instead/
Thanks again,

G. Heinrich



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