Albretch Mueller wrote: > > I suggest using firmware-b43-installer ... > > Once again, I am using dpkg and installing the deb packages locally > because I am trying to troubleshoot, make a wireless card work. > > Why would a package used to make a wireless card come to live, have > to connect to the Internet to do its things? Isn't it obvious that the > wireless card is exactly what someone is trying to fix, no?
This is not unusual at all. Many - probably the majority - wireless cards have non-free firmware packages which must be downloaded separately. > There has to be a way to install the drivers of a wireless card > without having to connect to the Internet. Broadcom doesn't let Debian redistribute the driver, so Debian installs a package which asks Broadcom for the driver. https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx Do you have access to a wired network with Internet connectivity? Most USB ethernet adapters work without additional firmware, so you can plug one in and have it work. Alternatively, if you have access to the Internet somewhere else, you could bring back the firmware. http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/ may be helpful to you. -dsr-
