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. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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