Hello Adrian: Here is the output:
cedar@ibook-g4:/media/cedar/D883-BB83$ sudo apt install firmware-b43- installer=1:019-12+ports firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version (1:019-12+ports). Summary: Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 4 1 not fully installed or removed. Space needed: 0 B / 28.7 GB available Continue? [Y/n] y Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:019-12+ports) ... No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation A card known to work was found. Trying to install classic firmware 5.100.138 . --2025-07-20 17:36:35-- https://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100 .138.tar.bz2 Resolving www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)... 15.197.172.60 Connecting to www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)|15.197.172.60|:443... connecte d. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 114 [text/html] Saving to: ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’ broadcom-wl-5.100.1 100%[===================>] 114 --.-KB/s in 0s 2025-07-20 17:36:36 (13.5 MB/s) - ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’ saved [114/114 ] broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2: FAILED sha512sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match /var/lib/dpkg/info/firmware-b43-installer.postinst: Downloaded firmware did not match known SHA512 checksum, aborting. dpkg: error processing package firmware-b43-installer (--configure): installed firmware-b43-installer package post-installation script subprocess re turned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: firmware-b43-installer Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It looks like this bug is already being tracked here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1109025 Thanks, Cedar Maxwell On Sun, 2025-07-20 at 09:21 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Cedar, > > On Sat, 2025-07-19 at 19:57 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote: > > cedar@ibook-g4:~$ sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer > > [sudo] password for cedar: > > Solving dependencies... Error! > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > Unsatisfied dependencies: > > firmware-b43-installer : Depends: b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-14) but > > 1:019-12+ports is to be installed > > Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide > > additional context: > > Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting > > decisions: > > 1. firmware-b43-installer:powerpc=1:019-14 is selected for > > install > > 2. firmware-b43-installer:powerpc=1:019-14 Depends b43-fwcutter > > (>= 1:019-14) > > but none of the choices are installable: > > [no choices] > > cedar@ibook-g4:~$ apt show b43-fwcutter > > Package: b43-fwcutter > > Version: 1:019-12+ports > > Priority: optional > > Section: contrib/utils > > Maintainer: Debian QA Group <[email protected]> > > Installed-Size: 113 kB > > Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34) > > Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43 > > Download-Size: 25.3 kB > > APT-Manual-Installed: yes > > APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased/main > > powerpc Packages > > Description: utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware > > This package provides a tool for extracting BCM43xx wireless chip > > firmware from Broadcom's proprietary driver files. > > . > > It is used by the firmware-b43(legacy)-installer packages as part > > of > > the automated process of downloading and installing firmware. > > > > Please advise. > > Try to explicitly install the version from Debian Ports so that the > package > version of b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-installer match. > > # apt install firmware-b43-installer=1:019-12+ports > > I'll build and upload an updated version for Debian Ports later. > > Adrian
