Re: ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2010-09-24 18:38 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>
> > I have 2 linux partitions on this acer aspire laptop. one has lenny and
> > the other has sid. The lenny one detects the wireless card fine. The sid
> > one doesn't.
> >
> > When I run: 'ifconfig wlan0 up' on sid I get:
> >
> >
> > [ 4424.513283] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
> > [ 4424.515984] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
> > [ 4424.518740] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and
> > download the correct firmware
> > for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this
> > website.
> > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
> >
> >
> > But I have b43-fwcutter installed on both partitions:
> >
> > ii  b43-fwcutter                 1:013-2                      Utility
> > for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
> >
> > I don't remember doing anything else than installing b43-fwcutter on
> > lenny but sure enough /lib/firmware on lenny has /b43 and /b43legacy and
> > on sid it doesn't so the firmware is missing.
>
> AFAIK b43-fwcutter in sid does not try to download and extract the
> firmware anymore.  You need one of the firmware-b43*installer packages
> (which one depends on your hardware/driver) for that.

Thanks, Sven, installing *firmware-b43-installer* does the trick,
because the wireless light on the laptop lights and 'wlist wlan0 scan'
produces results. But why would wicd-gtk still show 'no wireless
networks found'?

Hugo