Re: [Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
I can confirm that this does work : Going under package manager, selecting completely remove the b43-fwcutter package, and then installing it again does fix my wireless. Looks like it's just the initial setup under System Administration Hardware Drivers that somehow fails to get the firmware properly. Manual install with Synaptic works fine. Thanks to everyone posting here helping make Ubuntu better/nicer to use. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Kevin Oberle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can confirm this bug on my laptop under hardy alpha 6. I have the bcm4318 card. If i use the restricted hardware manager and enable the driver it downloads and installs fine but does not work even after a reboot. Going under package manager, selecting completely remove the b43-fwcutter package, and then installing it again does fix my wireless. This would be consistent with a problem in the installation script or restricted driver manager itself. -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package jockey in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu hardy (development branch) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 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. -- 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. -- -- [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 member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
I can confirm this bug on my laptop under hardy alpha 6. I have the bcm4318 card. If i use the restricted hardware manager and enable the driver it downloads and installs fine but does not work even after a reboot. Going under package manager, selecting completely remove the b43-fwcutter package, and then installing it again does fix my wireless. This would be consistent with a problem in the installation script or restricted driver manager itself. -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
And manually installing the firmware did not work either? Hm. What kind of chip are you using? Looking at http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ shows, that not all broadcom devices are supported. Could you please attach the output of 'lspci -vvnn'? -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Manual removal of the firmware supplied by Hardy's fwcutter package, and then manual removal of Hardy's fwcutter package itself, followed by manual installation of the fwcutter package referenced on the site I have listed in my original post, followed by running that fwcutter package/program, DOES work. Again, not complaining or whining, just wondering if some of us with older Broadcom chips might have to go through these manual steps with anything beyond Gutsy, when Gutsy automated it all through its Restricted Drivers Manager. And of course, hoping the Ubuntu devs can include the proper fwcutter package for our troublesome Broadcom cards in Hardy, if possible. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:49 AM, der_vegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And manually installing the firmware did not work either? Hm. What kind of chip are you using? Looking at http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ shows, that not all broadcom devices are supported. Could you please attach the output of 'lspci -vvnn'? -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package jockey in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu hardy (development branch) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 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. -- 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. -- -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Relevant output of lspci -vvnn : 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI [14e4:4311] (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:1363] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23 Region 0: Memory at b320 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Cory Flick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manual removal of the firmware supplied by Hardy's fwcutter package, and then manual removal of Hardy's fwcutter package itself, followed by manual installation of the fwcutter package referenced on the site I have listed in my original post, followed by running that fwcutter package/program, DOES work. Again, not complaining or whining, just wondering if some of us with older Broadcom chips might have to go through these manual steps with anything beyond Gutsy, when Gutsy automated it all through its Restricted Drivers Manager. And of course, hoping the Ubuntu devs can include the proper fwcutter package for our troublesome Broadcom cards in Hardy, if possible. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:49 AM, der_vegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And manually installing the firmware did not work either? Hm. What kind of chip are you using? Looking at http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ shows, that not all broadcom devices are supported. Could you please attach the output of 'lspci -vvnn'? -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package jockey in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu hardy (development branch) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 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. -- 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. -- -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Did you also try to perform these steps manually with the b43-fwcutter package provided by Hardy (see my post above)? Trying this would give an idea of it is a) a problem of the b43-fwcutter package in Hardy itself not being able to extract the firmware or b) a problem of the installation script (or the restricted driver manager) not being able to call the fwcutter properly. I personally have a broadcom 4312, installing with the b43-fwcutter manually works fine for me but I can't test the automated installation, as my only internet connection is wireless and so I have to download the firmware and vpnc manually, before doing a new install... -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Thank you for the tips and suggestions, I'll do them tonight when I get home from work, and will reply again with my results. On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:04 AM, der_vegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cory, what i your output of 'dmesg'? This would give an idea, if the problem is the driver itself, or a problem of not loading the firmware. A second aproach would be to do the steps, the install script shoud do, manually (steps extracted from /usr/share/b43-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh): go to some temporary directory, for example ~/b43-temp and perform the following steps: cd ~ mkdir b43-temp cd b43-temp wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o sudo chmod o+rx /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43legacy Again, output of 'dmesg' would be helpful... Good luck! -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package jockey in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu hardy (development branch) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 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. -- 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. -- -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Cory, what i your output of 'dmesg'? This would give an idea, if the problem is the driver itself, or a problem of not loading the firmware. A second aproach would be to do the steps, the install script shoud do, manually (steps extracted from /usr/share/b43-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh): go to some temporary directory, for example ~/b43-temp and perform the following steps: cd ~ mkdir b43-temp cd b43-temp wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o sudo chmod o+rx /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43legacy Again, output of 'dmesg' would be helpful... Good luck! -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Looks like the firmware version/fwcutter version issues I mentioned/referenced in my first post. Dmesg output attached. On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Cory Flick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the tips and suggestions, I'll do them tonight when I get home from work, and will reply again with my results. On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:04 AM, der_vegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cory, what i your output of 'dmesg'? This would give an idea, if the problem is the driver itself, or a problem of not loading the firmware. A second aproach would be to do the steps, the install script shoud do, manually (steps extracted from /usr/share/b43-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh): go to some temporary directory, for example ~/b43-temp and perform the following steps: cd ~ mkdir b43-temp cd b43-temp wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o sudo chmod o+rx /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43legacy Again, output of 'dmesg' would be helpful... Good luck! -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package jockey in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu hardy (development branch) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 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. -- 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. -- [0.00] Linux version 2.6.24-11-generic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu1)) #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.24-11.17-generic) [0.00] Command line: root=UUID=b54d357e-4a50-4363-a0e0-3879cb691870 ro quiet splash noapic [0.00] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: [0.00] BIOS-e820: - 0009dc00 (usable) [0.00] BIOS-e820: 0009dc00 - 000a (reserved) [0.00] BIOS-e820: 000d2000 - 0010 (reserved) [0.00] BIOS-e820: 0010 - 3df0 (usable) [0.00] BIOS-e820: 3df0 - 3df17000 (ACPI data) [0.00] BIOS-e820: 3df17000 - 3df8 (ACPI NVS) [0.00] BIOS-e820: 3df8 - 4000 (reserved) [0.00] BIOS-e820: e000 - f000 (reserved) [0.00] BIOS-e820: fec0 - fec1 (reserved) [0.00] BIOS-e820: fee0 - fee01000 (reserved) [0.00] BIOS-e820: fff8 - 0001 (reserved)
Re: [Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
For whatever it's worth : I tried a different approach. I did a clean install of Gutsy, got wireless working that way, then upgraded to Hardy using update-manager -d. Upon reboot, wireless does not work. Tried using Hardware Drivers under System--Administration, it offered to download the fwcutter package, I accepted, and still no working wireless. Rebooted, still no working wireless. This is all 64bit, on an HP dv6000 laptop. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Cory Flick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Restricted Manager pops up the has to install firmware notice again. I click ok, it installs/runs fwcutter again, which again does not result in working wireless. On the web page I referenced in my original bug report, there's talk of different kernels requiring different fwcutter versions as well as different firmware versions. For what it's worth, I realize this issue is caused by Broadcom not opening up their drivers, and I'm willing to dig around and manually tweak things to get wireless up and running. Just posted the bug because Gutsy automated all this perfectly, which was fantastic. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, der_vegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it seems to be a problem of b43-fwcutter's install routine or the restricted-driver-manager jockey? Cory Flick, what happens, if you try to uninstall b43-fwcutter and then try enabling your wireless card over the restricted manager again? ** Also affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package jockey in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu hardy (development branch) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 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. -- 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. -- -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Hm, I wonder if this is an error of b43-fwcutter not installing the firmware properly or the driver itself... Could you please give an output of typing 'dmesg' in your terminal? Is the b43 module loaded? 'lsmod | grep b43' tells you this. If not, what happens, if you do 'sudo modprobe b43'? Which broadcom card are you using? Could you please give the output of 'lspci -vvnn'? Thanks! -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
I am running a Buffalo G PCMCIA wireless card which also uses the Broadcom drivers. I, with a fresh install of Hardy, get the same behavior as the OP. The output from dmesg is: [ 390.486921] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file b43/ucode5.fw not found or load failed. [ 390.486938] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 4). [ 407.562781] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input25 [ 287.630413] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file b43/ucode5.fw not found or load failed. [ 287.630427] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 4). and from lsmod | grep b43 b43 118176 0 rfkill 8592 19 rfkill_input,b43 mac80211 165652 1 b43 led_class 6020 1 b43 input_polldev 5896 1 b43 ssb 32772 2 b43,ohci_hcd Again, the system acts like there is a wireless card and that it is active but no lights come on for the card and no wireless networks (I'm positive that there are several in the area) show up. -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Update, I removed package b43-fwcutter (installed by Ubuntu) and installed package bcm43xx-fcutter to no result; however, when I went to the the hardware drivers page I noticed that the check box next to enabled was off so I re-enabled it (note: it was enabled before I removed b43). The driver manager installed b43-fwcutter alongside bcm43xx-fcutter and with both installed the lights on the device have turned on and wireless networks are visible. -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
** Changed in: b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = b43-fwcutter -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
So it seems to be a problem of b43-fwcutter's install routine or the restricted-driver-manager jockey? Cory Flick, what happens, if you try to uninstall b43-fwcutter and then try enabling your wireless card over the restricted manager again? ** Also affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 197819] Re: broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy
Restricted Manager pops up the has to install firmware notice again. I click ok, it installs/runs fwcutter again, which again does not result in working wireless. On the web page I referenced in my original bug report, there's talk of different kernels requiring different fwcutter versions as well as different firmware versions. For what it's worth, I realize this issue is caused by Broadcom not opening up their drivers, and I'm willing to dig around and manually tweak things to get wireless up and running. Just posted the bug because Gutsy automated all this perfectly, which was fantastic. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, der_vegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it seems to be a problem of b43-fwcutter's install routine or the restricted-driver-manager jockey? Cory Flick, what happens, if you try to uninstall b43-fwcutter and then try enabling your wireless card over the restricted manager again? ** Also affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package jockey in Ubuntu: New Bug description: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu hardy (development branch) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 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. -- 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. -- -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
