Comment 68 for bug 197819

thanks, it's gone now.

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:12 AM, John Bradley Bulsterbaum <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> I don't know how this is/not related precisely, but on my system
> fxcutter just simply wasn't installed (I tried to remove it via sudo
> aptitude remove b43-fwcutter); just typing
>
> sudo aptitudeb43-fwcutter
>
> into the terminal fixed the issue. : )
>
> --
> [Hardy]b43-fwcutter install script fails to fetch firmware in first run
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819
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>
> Status in “b43-fwcutter” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “jockey” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu Hardy: Invalid
> Status in jockey in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
>
> 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
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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>

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Alexander Razgovorov