Missing firmware for bcm43xx/b43 driver during install
Bug #29566 reported by
Arthur Peters
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firmware-nonfree (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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linux-firmware-nonfree (Baltix) |
In Progress
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Medium
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Mantas Kriaučiūnas | ||
linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
There are instructions at http://
On AMD64 using daily dapper 20050124.
During the install the installer offers to configure the bcm43xx device on my laptop, but the search for wireless networks fails to find any networks. The message simply says no networks could be found, but investigation shows that the firmware for the device could not be loaded, because it is not available.
Ideally the firmware should be included, but that is probably imposable because of licensing so the bcm43xx device should probably not be listed as a usable network device during the install. Just my $.02
Changed in debian: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
affects: | debian → firmware-nonfree (Debian) |
affects: | ubuntu → linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu) |
Changed in linux-firmware-nonfree (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → New |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-firmware-nonfree (Baltix): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) |
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I'm leaving it this way for now in case some solution for firmware materialises; I'll revisit this later in the release cycle.