Re: Problems configuring bcm43xx-fwcutter

Thank you very much, this worked perfectly. Installed it, ran "sudo
modprobe bcm43xx", 2 seconds later my WiFi light came on, didn't even
need to reboot.This repository has been added to my bookmark list for
the next time I decide to rebuild.

ED


On 8/9/07, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:02:56 -0400
"Ed Smits" <ed.smits@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This used to work, but decided to rebuild my laptop today. Installing
bcm43xx-fwcutter I get asked to download the firmware, I say OK, then
it errors out on downloading the drivers as below. From googling
around about this it seems that the googlepages site has download
limits that may have been exceeded or some such. I've tried other
approaches - using my XP drivers etc, nothing seems to work.

have a look here:
http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/dists/feisty-cafuego/bcm43xx/

Note that if you install the firmware from cafuego's repo you will not
need fwcutter ( his deb installs the firmware) .

1) since fwcutter is a legitimate Ubuntu provided program, why does it
call up drivers from an untrustworthy source.

It is trying to get the firmware, not the driver/ kernel module - the
driver ( bcm43xx ) is Free And Open Source Software, the firmware/
microcode is proprietary ( Broadcom won't tell anyone the specs.)

2) does anyone have an idea as to why this happened and when it might
work once again?

I don't - but try the repository I linked above. Just be sure to read the
front page etc, obviously - I have used these debs on my iBook G4 with a
Broadcom 4306 card and there was no problem.


Peter

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