Comment 5 for bug 197819

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 address hidden> 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
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>
> Status in Source Package "b43-fwcutter" in Ubuntu: New
> Status in Source Package "jockey" in Ubuntu: New
>
> 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.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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