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restricted-manager package

  1. Bug #135000
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 135000

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zeddock (zeddock) wrote : Re: [Bug 135000] Re: unresponsive at broadcom firmware installation

Hard to remove my 4309 from this Dell Laptop, but I might try to getting
working anyway.
zeddock

On 8/31/07, David Cottrell <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I had the same experience with my Belkin PCMCIA card on Toshiba laptop.
> I did a fresh install of Gutsy Tribe 5, Restricted Drivers Manager found
> the Broadcom 43xx family. I ticked the enable option. Downloading of
> the wl_apsta.o started & finished. Then nothing happened. Closed &
> opened Restricted Drivers Manager and ticked the enable option again but
> it wanted to download the file again. The browse button did nothing (no
> dialog box) so I typed the downloaded location of wl_apsta.o again.
> Again nothing happened.
>
> In the end I got it working with the same downloaded file (from the same
> source with wget) and sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w wl_apsta.o The lights
> came on after ejecting & inserting the card and started working in
> Network Manager straight away.
>
> --
> unresponsive at broadcom firmware installation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135000
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