Re: unwanted repeated messages on Lenny laptop
Using synaptac, search for firmware or broadcom
Its what I did for my laptop.
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-----Original Message-----
From: hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:12:55
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: unwanted repeated messages on Lenny laptop
Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sb, 24 iul 10, 11:39:46, hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
>
>> Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.576051] firmware: requesting
>> b43/ucode5.fw
>> Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.591077] b43-phy0 ERROR:
>> Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
>> Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.591085] b43-phy0 ERROR: You
>> must go to
>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and
>> download the latest firmware (version 4).
>
> You probably just need to install the package b43-fwcutter (it's in
> contrib).
>
>> How can I turn off those messages? Aside from messing with the
>> firmware on the laptop, which I am loathe to do because various
>> people still use it to access the unmentionable o/s.
>
> (why is it unmentionable?)
>
> Firmware here does not mean the BIOS or similar stuff already present in
> some ROMs inside the laptop. They are just some files with binary code
> needed to activate and/or operate certain devices (the wireless card in
> your case).
>
> IIRC in this particular case the firmware files are actually extracted
> from the Windows drivers.
>
Andrei, thanks, worked like a charm. Good info.
BTW how did you know that the package was b43-fwcutter?
Hugo
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