BCM4306, b43 legacy driver installed, but "firmware missing" error
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I have the following wireless hardware on a Compaq evo N600c laptop running lubuntu latest.
ciaran@compaq:~$ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
Following the instructions from here :
http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#b43_and_b43legacy
I opted for the legacy firmware installer, following instructions for internet install to the letter (with no errors). i.e. I successfully installed
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer
In the nm-applet I now get
Wireless networks device not ready (firmware missing)
I open up Additional Drivers, but the list is empty. I have commented out this line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
#blacklist bcm43xx
Contents of firmware dir:
ciaran@compaq:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo ls /lib/firmware/b43legacy/
[sudo] password for ciaran:
a0g0bsinitvals2.fw a0g0initvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals2.fw b0g0initvals5.fw ucode11.fw ucode5.fw
a0g0bsinitvals5.fw a0g1bsinitvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals5.fw pcm4.fw ucode2.fw
a0g0initvals2.fw a0g1initvals5.fw b0g0initvals2.fw pcm5.fw ucode4.fw
Edit:
from dmesg:
[ 4460.193382] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 4460.193393] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 4460.193401] 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.
Yours in hope.
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