Comment 26 for bug 197819

Hi I have this problem as well. My applicable LSPCI information is: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

After enabling restricted drivers in Beta, and installing bcm43xx-fwcutter (after which it did not work and rebooting did not help)....
I noticed an error that I would get every once in a while when watching (whatever terminal you get when you press ctrl+alt+f1):

[ 2563.664354] b43-phy5 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 2563.664367] b43-phy5 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 4).

after doing what you said in this thread:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/197819/comments/7

the blue light instantly turned on and my computer began noticing wireless networks. (Can't connect to 128-bit WEP wireless here on campus though, but that probably belongs in another bug report).

Running 2.6.24-12-generic on HH Beta.

I should also mention that in Alpha 6 what I got to work apparently was something along the lines of what this guy wrote here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/197819/comments/14

I would bumble around installing/uninstalling that using the restricted drivers option in HH and the Synaptic manager, while continually installing bcm43xx-fwcutter. Not sure which it was that would get it to work, it just mysteriously would work after rebooting.

I want to get this stamped out so if there's anything I can do to help please let me know, I've signed up for emails, or email me directly if it shows my email address (new to this).