Re: unwanted repeated messages on Lenny laptop
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:27:19 -0500
hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:16:52 +0200
> > Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> >
> >> Dne, 24. 07. 2010 18:51:39 je hugo vanwoerkom napisal(a):
> >>
> >>> 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).
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >> You won't be "messing with the firmware" on the laptop; despite its
> >> name, the "firmware" is just a software file that gets loaded into the
> >> ... uhm ... oh, well, somewhere.
> >>
> >> If you're reluctant to do that, you could disable those messages in
> >> various ways ...
> >> For example, by disabling the wireless card in your BIOS, if such
> >> option exists.
> >> Or by disabling (or even uninstalling) Network Manager.
> >> Or by configuring your wireless interface in /etc/network/interfaces in
> >> such a way that NetworkManager won't mess with it (setting it to manual
> >> or something along the line).
> >> But there are surely many other ways, of which actually loading the
> >> firmware is certainly not the worst ...
> >
> > Blacklist the module (b43 or similar).
> >
>
> was not needed, installing b43-fwcutter as suggested by Andrei did the
> trick.
Of course, but my solution stops the driver from being loaded in the
first place, which is better and simpler; why load a driver that you
aren't using, and install a package that you don't need?
Celejar
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