Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: bcm43xx-fwcutter
I installed Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Beta today, and the wireless card does
not work.
dmesg output contains lots of lines like the following:
[ 5207.616000] bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available
or load failed.
[ 5330.832000] bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available
or load failed.
[ 5382.528000] bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available
or load failed.
[ 5454.052000] bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available
or load failed.
The output of lshw is below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lshw -class network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 4
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:04.0
logical name: eth0
version: 91
serial: 00:16:36:59:29:88
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=sis900 driverversion=v1.08.10 Apr. 2
2006 ip=192.168.1.116 latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 multicast=yes
resources: ioport:1800-18ff iomemory:e2005000-e2005fff irq:16
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0b.0
logical name: eth1
version: 02
serial: 00:16:ce:87:79:37
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx
driverversion=2.6.20-12-generic latency=64 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
resources: iomemory:e2000000-e2001fff irq:22
Some package Info:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache showpkg bcm43xx-fwcutter
Package: bcm43xx-fwcutter
Versions:
1:006-1
(/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_feisty_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
Description Language:
File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_feisty_universe_binary-i386_Packages
MD5: 94adb5ad95aceb5dcbd45de22a91b617
Reverse Depends:
Dependencies:
1:006-1 - libc6 (2 2.5-0ubuntu1) debconf (18 0.5) debconf-2.0 (0 (null)) wget
(16 (null)) curl (0 (null))
Provides:
1:006-1 -
Reverse Provides:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show bcm43xx-fwcutter
Package: bcm43xx-fwcutter
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <[email protected]>
Original-Maintainer: Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1:006-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-0ubuntu1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: wget | curl
Filename: pool/universe/b/bcm43xx-fwcutter/bcm43xx-fwcutter_006-1_i386.deb
Size: 25598
MD5sum: 7077056506c2f87bd7763310c150bc6e
SHA1: f5419ed8e8c420b05852eadba75da546e47d263d
SHA256: a8eb3eb64c53759056164c8802f177619c75b9a641ea6a03d30198a66df7c9d3
Description: Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
fwcutter is a tool which can extract firmware from various source files.
It's written for BCM43xx driver files.
.
The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
Bugs: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Origin: Ubuntu
Please let me know if any other information is required. Thank you!
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 28 22:08:12 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux milan 2.6.20-12-generic #2 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:55:46 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
** Affects: bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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bcm43xx firmware not available - bcm 4318 wireless card not working
https://launchpad.net/bugs/97682
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