On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 at 08:31, Susmita/Rajib <bkpsusmi...@gmail.com> wrote: [ ... ] > > Install the package firmware-b43-installer and follow the prompts. > > > > I'm fairly sure that's all it takes. You may need to uninstall wl > > and / or any other changes you've made. > [ ... ] > > Ok, I will gradually try to learn about this firmware, > "firmware-b43-installer". [ ... ]
Dear Mr. Cater, I took time to go through the list/description of Wireless network cards in the package Description for which the driver is suitable. The list is as follows: ... Supported chipsets: * BCM4306/3 (chip revision 3 only); * BCM4311 (NOT PCI Id 14e4:4313); * BCM4312; * BCM43131; * BCM4318; * BCM4321 (only partial support, not all versions tested); * BCM43217; * BCM4322 (only partial support for some versions, not all versions tested); * BCM43222 (not all versions tested); * BCM43224 (not all versions tested); * BCM43225; * BCM43227; * BCM43228; * BCM4331; * BCM47xx (detection not reliable, may not support all versions). If observed carefully, the card which my laptop has is: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01) None of the list-items has the said card mentioned. So I am doubtful if this driver would even work. Further, the webpage https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43#contact for the "firmware-b43-installer" may please be perused: On the webpage the list with the following columns has the following entries for the said chipset: PCI-ID Supported? Chip ID Modes PHY version Alternative 14e4:4365 no BCM43142 b/g/n LCN40 (r3) wl So it can be seen that the driver isn't suitable for my laptop's said card. I again post my query to all Senior Members of the debian-user Mailing List: If senior members have gone through this ML subject thread, your experience is invited on the issue. Once again the detailed dmesg output for the "bluetooth" section for the said card is at the post: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00649.html. Particularly: # dmesg | grep -i -e "bluetooth" [191884.268151] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: chip id 70 [191884.269117] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: features 0x06 [191884.285185] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM43142A [191884.285195] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM43142A0 (001.001.011) build 0000 [191884.286140] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM43142A0-0a5c-216d.hcd (-2) [191884.286161] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM-0a5c-216d.hcd (-2) [191884.286165] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: firmware Patch file not found, tried: [191884.286168] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: 'brcm/BCM43142A0-0a5c-216d.hcd' [191884.286171] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: 'brcm/BCM-0a5c-216d.hcd' [191886.293688] Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x1003 tx timeout [191886.295091] Bluetooth: hci0: unexpected event for opcode 0x1003 The wifi section works perfectly well. Therefore, I would again return to my earlier post at: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00650.html That is, the thread with the Subject: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" I desire a Debian approved list for perfectly compatible Wireless-Bluetooth Cards. Like the PCI list, with the heading: DeviceDatabase/PCI - Debian Wiki at https://wiki.debian.org/DeviceDatabase/PCI Best wishes, Rajib, Etc.
