On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:27:19 -0500 hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59...@care2.com> wrote:
> Celejar wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:16:52 +0200 > > Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote: > > > >> Dne, 24. 07. 2010 18:51:39 je hugo vanwoerkom napisal(a): > >> > >>> 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). > >>> > >>> 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. > >>> > >> You won't be "messing with the firmware" on the laptop; despite its > >> name, the "firmware" is just a software file that gets loaded into the > >> ... uhm ... oh, well, somewhere. > >> > >> If you're reluctant to do that, you could disable those messages in > >> various ways ... > >> For example, by disabling the wireless card in your BIOS, if such > >> option exists. > >> Or by disabling (or even uninstalling) Network Manager. > >> Or by configuring your wireless interface in /etc/network/interfaces in > >> such a way that NetworkManager won't mess with it (setting it to manual > >> or something along the line). > >> But there are surely many other ways, of which actually loading the > >> firmware is certainly not the worst ... > > > > Blacklist the module (b43 or similar). > > > > was not needed, installing b43-fwcutter as suggested by Andrei did the > trick. Of course, but my solution stops the driver from being loaded in the first place, which is better and simpler; why load a driver that you aren't using, and install a package that you don't need? Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100725110535.cf51c469.cele...@gmail.com
