The recommended method now is "sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer", if a temporary connection can be arranged to download the firmware from internet.
Alternatively, if the target system can't be connected to internet, the entire b43 firmware directory can also be extracted and copied from the linux-firmware-nonfree package itself. That version of the package still contains the firmware files, only is configured such that it does not install them in its normal operation. However, the firmware files have been removed from version 1.16 of the linux-firmware-nonfree package. Instructions for the alternative (offline) method above in short - * Download version 1.14 from here : http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/linux-firmware-nonfree * Copy it to the target system and right-click > open it with whatever archive manager program you have installed (e.g. file-roller, a.k.a. "Archive Manager") * Extract the entire "b43" directory from the package, for example, on your Desktop. * Copy it to your /lib/firmware directory - "sudo cp -r Desktop/b43 /lib/firmware" * Reboot This method is no better than the one in the post #38 linked by woofer above, but an official package is more trusted than an attachment by some user. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1367882 Title: linux-firmware-nonfree doesn't properly install firmware. Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: The latest version of linux-firmware-nonfree does not install the firmware files to /lib/firmware as expected. In fact, if --reinstall is selected, the package actually removes previously installed firmware! Please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2243562 Refer to posts #9 and following. On my own system, I did: sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux- firmware-nonfree. After it completes, I did: ls -al /lib/firmware/b43 and find: ls: cannot access /lib/firmware/b43: No such file or directory As this package installs required firmware for many ubiquitous Broadcom wireless devices, it is important that this bug be corrected soon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1367882/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
