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WLAN firmware not installing
WLAN firmware not installing
I have a Broadcom wireless interface and know that I need the b43 firmware. I followed the instructions on the debian website both for the regular install and for the fwcutter. Neither of them installed the firmware files to /lib/firmware/
I am not sure what to do from here. Can anyone help? Thanks
I am not sure what to do from here. Can anyone help? Thanks
Re: WLAN firmware not installing
Please show us -
You may have to run one or more of the above commands as root to get output.
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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
modinfo b43
ls /lib/firmware/b43/*
Did you notice any errors during either processes? Anything significant that you remember?namda wrote:Neither of them installed the firmware files to /lib/firmware/
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Re: WLAN firmware not installing
You could try either firmware-b43-installer or firmware-b43legacy-installer depending on the card you have.
Re: WLAN firmware not installing
v&n wrote:Please show us -You may have to run one or more of the above commands as root to get output.Code: Select all
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net modinfo b43 ls /lib/firmware/b43/*
Did you notice any errors during either processes? Anything significant that you remember?namda wrote:Neither of them installed the firmware files to /lib/firmware/
V&N, here is the output of the commands you told me to run. I did not include anything that has to do with my ethernet card.
sudo lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net:
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0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
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filename: /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
firmware: b43/ucode9.fw
firmware: b43/ucode5.fw
firmware: b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
firmware: b43/ucode15.fw
firmware: b43/ucode14.fw
firmware: b43/ucode13.fw
firmware: b43/ucode11.fw
license: GPL
author: Rafał Miłecki
author: Gábor Stefanik
author: Michael Buesch
author: Stefano Brivio
author: Martin Langer
description: Broadcom B43 wireless driver
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev10*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0F*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0D*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0C*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0B*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev0A*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev09*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev07*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev06*
alias: ssb:v4243id0812rev05*
alias: bcma:m04BFid0812rev1Dcl*
alias: bcma:m04BFid0812rev18cl*
alias: bcma:m04BFid0812rev17cl*
alias: bcma:m04BFid0812rev11cl*
alias: pcmcia:m02D0c0476f*fn*pfn*pa*pb*pc*pd*
alias: pcmcia:m02D0c0448f*fn*pfn*pa*pb*pc*pd*
depends: bcma,ssb,pcmcia,mac80211,mmc_core,cfg80211,rng-core
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.16.0-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: bad_frames_preempt:enable(1) / disable(0) Bad Frames Preemption (int)
parm: fwpostfix:Postfix for the .fw files to load. (string)
parm: hwpctl:Enable hardware-side power control (default off) (int)
parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (int)
parm: hwtkip:Enable hardware tkip. (int)
parm: qos:Enable QOS support (default on) (int)
parm: btcoex:Enable Bluetooth coexistence (default on) (int)
parm: verbose:Log message verbosity: 0=error, 1=warn, 2=info(default), 3=debug (int)
parm: pio:Use PIO accesses by default: 0=DMA, 1=PIO (int)
parm: allhwsupport:Enable support for all hardware (even it if overlaps with the brcmsmac driver) (int)
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ls: cannot access /lib/firmware/b43/*: No such file or directory
I ran
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sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
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Re: WLAN firmware not installing
Dai_trying, the issue is that the firmware installer does not seem to be installing the firmware files. Rebooting would not help in this case.
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Re: WLAN firmware not installing
I thought this meant that it had installed the firmware successfully?? My mistake...namda wrote:I ranand it seemed to have done what it was supposed to. Is there something I have to run after that?Code: Select all
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
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Re: WLAN firmware not installing
I have the same card in my old Dell Inspiron 32 bit machine, I can zip up the b43 folder and post it somewhere for you if it will help.
Re: WLAN firmware not installing
Please run the command again, and post its complete output.namda wrote:sudo ls /lib/firmware/b43/*I do not remember any sort of error when it was installing.Code: Select all
ls: cannot access /lib/firmware/b43/*: No such file or directory
I ranand it seemed to have done what it was supposed to.Code: Select all
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
Yes it will definitely help, and so will extracting and copying the same files from this ubuntu package : https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/linu ... re-nonfreeDai_trying wrote:I have the same card in my old Dell Inspiron 32 bit machine, I can zip up the b43 folder and post it somewhere for you if it will help.
But I'd recommend to try the official method first, so we can find out if it could be some bug to be reported.
Re: WLAN firmware not installing
Ok so I figured it out. When I went to install the firmware package I was not being observant and did not see that the firmware came up with a message. It basically said to install a different package because I have a low power wifi card. I did that and now it works. Thanks for the help from those who responded!
Re: WLAN firmware not installing
That is exactly what I was anticipating, but wasn't sure as the description of 'firmware-b43-installer' mentioned that it did support BCM4312 (LP).namda wrote:Ok so I figured it out. When I went to install the firmware package I was not being observant and did not see that the firmware came up with a message. It basically said to install a different package because I have a low power wifi card. I did that and now it works. Thanks for the help from those who responded!
It would make this thread much more useful if you could share with us the exact package name you finally succeeded with.