Re: can't get wicd to work
the b43 module was the answer for at least most of the broadcom
wireless devices. HOWEVER the system out of the debian wheezy box
seems to want to make 'wl' the wireless module. wrong for broadcom
chips. but it's not enough to simply let the b43 installer do its
thing. you must also blacklist wl. discussion here:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1wfpk8wkh8328/?&v=c&s=q&q=launchpad&th=146449130dc82f52
On 5/26/14, tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, I DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY OF THE B43 STUFF ON MY SYSTEM:
>
> root@debian:/home/tom# apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> b43-fwcutter
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
> Need to get 33.1 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
> Abort.
>
>
>
> AND:
>
> root@debian:/home/tom# apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> b43-fwcutter
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
> Need to get 32.7 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 132 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
> Abort.
>
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