I can confirm that this does work : "Going under package manager, selecting completely remove the b43-fwcutter package, and then installing it again does fix my wireless."
Looks like it's just the initial setup under System > Administration > Hardware Drivers that somehow fails to get the firmware properly. Manual install with Synaptic works fine. Thanks to everyone posting here helping make Ubuntu better/nicer to use. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Kevin Oberle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm this bug on my laptop under hardy alpha 6. I have the > bcm4318 card. If i use the restricted hardware manager and enable the > driver it downloads and installs fine but does not work even after a > reboot. Going under package manager, selecting completely remove the > b43-fwcutter package, and then installing it again does fix my wireless. > This would be consistent with a problem in the installation script or > restricted driver manager itself. > > -- > broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Source Package "b43-fwcutter" in Ubuntu: New > Status in Source Package "jockey" in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu > DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 > DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)" > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- [Hardy]b43-fwcutter install script fails to fetch firmware in first run https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
