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.