The problem was resolved with the release 8.04 Hardy...

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Luke Hoersten <email address hidden> wrote:
> Apr 28 09:18:21 mcclaike-laptop firmware_helper[7590]: main: error loading '/lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode4.fw' for device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:02.0/ssb0:0/firmware/ssb0:0' with driver '(unknown)'
>  Apr 28 09:18:21 mcclaike-laptop kernel: [ 1812.558893] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
>  Apr 28 09:18:21 mcclaike-laptop kernel: [ 1812.558903] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
>  Apr 28 09:18:23 mcclaike-laptop NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): (eth1): could not trigger wireless scan: Network is down
>
>  My friend is having this same problem even after updating today. She
>  doesn't know how to use the advanced package manager and she's hours
>  away so I can't help her with it. Will this just be fixed automatically
>  at any point? Otherwise, I'm going to need a super easy fix to tell her
>  over the phone.
>
>  ** Attachment added: "syslog"
>    http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14005480/syslog
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>  [Hardy]b43-fwcutter install script fails to fetch firmware in first run
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819
>  You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>  of a duplicate bug.
>
>  Status in Source Package "b43-fwcutter" in Ubuntu: Invalid
>  Status in Source Package "jockey" in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>  Status in b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu Hardy: Invalid
>  Status in jockey in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
>
>  Bug description:
>  flick@lil-spooky:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
>  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
>  DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
>  DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
>  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"
>  flick@lil-spooky:~$ uname -a
>  Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  flick@lil-spooky:~$ apt-cache policy b43-fwcutter
>  b43-fwcutter:
>   Installed: 1:008-2
>   Candidate: 1:008-2
>   Version table:
>   *** 1:008-2 0
>         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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>  what I expected to happen : after doing a fresh install of Hardy Alpha 5, I started the Restricted Driver Manager to install the broadcom firmware to get my wireless working, just like I did in Gutsy. I expected the fwcutter package to download and install the correct firmware, which is what happened under Gutsy. In Gutsy, the little orange light turned blue right away ( my machine is an HP dv6000 series laptop ) indicating that wireless is up and running.
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>  what happened instead : started the Restricted Driver manager now called "Hardware Drivers" under System-->Administration, clicked the checkbox for the Broadcom firmware to be downloaded and installed. The Hardware Driver manager told me it had downloaded and installed the firmware, however, the orange light did not turn blue. I tried rebooting to see if that would make a difference. It did not make a difference. No working wireless. This page : http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 seems to indicate that various kernel versions need not just different versions of the firmware, but different versions of the fwcutter program/package itself, as well. Would be great if that could be integrated into Hardy before final release.
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