Comment 59 for bug 197819

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 197819] Re: [Hardy]b43-fwcutter install script fails to fetch firmware in first run

Hi Luke,

Luke Hoersten [2008-04-29 6:02 -0000]:
> My friend is having this same problem even after updating today. She
> doesn't know how to use the advanced package manager and she's hours
> away so I can't help her with it. Will this just be fixed automatically
> at any point? Otherwise, I'm going to need a super easy fix to tell her
> over the phone.

This is hard to fix through an upgrade. New installations shouldn't
have the problem. You can tell her to open a Terminal window and enter
this command:

  sudo dpkg-reconfigure b43-fwcutter