** Description changed:
I have a broadcom 4312 chip that requires firmware to be loaded in order for
the wireless card to work. Under regular Ubuntu with Unity, I opt out of using
the b43 driver and use the restricted Broadcom STA wireless driver wl provided
by the Additional Drivers application. Unfortunately this driver does not
appear after using Kubuntu live CD install, so I installed the b43 driver using
the package: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer.
- It downloads (I'm connected using the ethernet cable) the
broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 file from
openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 and extracts the firmware to
/lib/firmware/b43/ folder.
+ It downloads (I'm connected using the ethernet cable) the
broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 file from
openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 and extracts the firmware to
/lib/firmware/b43/ folder.
After this my wireless works.
The latest version of linux-firmware-nonfree version 1.11 for Oneric Ocelot
includes all firmware files:
linux-firmware-nonfree (1.11) oneiric; urgency=low
- * Get _all_ of the b43 firmware files.
- http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware
- wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
- tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
- b43-fwcutter -w . broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
+ * Get _all_ of the b43 firmware files.
+ http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware
+ wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
+ tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
+ b43-fwcutter -w . broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
- -- Tim Gardner tim.gard...@canonical.com Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:40:08
+ -- Tim Gardner tim.gard...@canonical.com Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:40:08
-0600
linux-firmware-nonfree (1.10) oneiric; urgency=low
- * Added b43 firmware files now that the in-kernel driver
- is becoming more capable.
+ * Added b43 firmware files now that the in-kernel driver
+ is becoming more capable.
- -- Tim Gardner tim.gard...@canonical.com Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:06:19
+ -- Tim Gardner tim.gard...@canonical.com Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:06:19
-0600
This overwrites the files from firmware-b43-lpphy-installer package and
upon reboot I am not able to connect using wireless. The wifi light on
the laptop lights up but I can't connect using network manager, there is
no list of available networks.
I removed linux-firmware-nonfree and reinstalled using command:
- sudo apt-get --reinstall firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
+ sudo apt-get install --reinstall firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
after a reboot wireless works again.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: linux-firmware-nonfree 1.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 26 03:56:39 2011
Dependencies:
-
+
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
- LANGUAGE=
- LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ LANGUAGE=
+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-firmware-nonfree
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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