-------- Original message --------Edited for size From: fsmithred
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To: dng@lists.dyne.org
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [DNG] Unable to "Load missing firmware from removable media"
On 05/10/2018 10:05 PM, dan pridgeon wrote:
> I'm trying to install ASCII on a Compaq presaria C700.According to the live
> boot USB lspci, it has a Broadcom BCM4311 802.11 b/g WLAN [14e4"4311] rev 02
> for the wireless adapter. The install complains and ask for two files, the
> names of which are duplicated for some reason: b43/ucode13.fw and
> b43-open/ucode13.fw. Using Gparted on this Refracta laptop, I recreated a
> partition from scratch using all of the drive and formatting it to ext4
> format. I then creatd the following structure in hopes of covering all the
> bases:It contains:
> /ucode13.fw>/b43/ucode13.fw>/b43-open/ucode13.fw
> The installer message: "The missing files are: b43/ucode13.fw and
> b43-open/ucode13.fw"
> The permissions are set to 755 at all levels.
> They are owned by root.
Dan,
Which iso are you using,
The firmware is in the installer isos, in /firmware. If you choose expert
install (graphical or not) and use a mirror, you will be asked if you want
non-free firmware or not. With a regular install or without a mirror, the
firmware will be installed automatically.
In the live isos, the firmware is already installed, and there's a script
to remove it if you don't want it. (Look in /root or /usr/local/bin/)
fsmithred
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I'm using the netinst.iso for ASCII. (downloaded about 2-3 weeks ago) The
lspci on tty2 allows me to see the hardware as noted above. Due to licencing,
the firmware file ( b43/ucode13.fw) cannot be freely distributed. The install
software detects the correct hardware and presents the user with the correct
filename(s?) which need to be placed on a removable media. A usb stick in my
case.
The 'tree' for the usb follows:
zenos@1stlinux:/media/mnt$ tree /media/mnt
/media/mnt
├── b43
│ └── ucode13.fw
├── b43-open
│ └── ucode13.fw
├── firmware
│ └── ucode13.fw
├── lib
│ ├── firmware
│ │ ├── b43
│ │ │ ├── a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g0bsinitvals9.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g0initvals5.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g0initvals9.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g1bsinitvals13.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g1bsinitvals9.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g1initvals13.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g1initvals5.fw
│ │ │ ├── a0g1initvals9.fw
<snip>
│ │ │ ├── sslpn3initvals21.fw
│ │ │ ├── sslpn4bsinitvals22.fw
│ │ │ ├── sslpn4initvals22.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode11.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode13.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode14.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode15.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode16_lp.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode16_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode16_sslpn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode16_sslpn_nobt.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode17_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode19_sslpn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode19_sslpn_nobt.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode20_sslpn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode20_sslpn_nobt.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode21_sslpn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode21_sslpn_nobt.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode22_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode22_sslpn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode24_lcn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode24_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode25_lcn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode25_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode26_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode27_sslpn.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode29_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode30_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode32_mimo.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode33_lcn40.fw
│ │ │ ├── ucode5.fw
│ │ │ └── ucode9.fw
│ │ ├── b43-open
│ │ │ └── ucode13.fw
│ │ └── ucode13.fw
│ └── ucode13.fw
├── lost+found [error opening dir]
└── ucode13.fw
It still can't find it.
The error message reads as follows:"Direct firmware load for b43/ucode13.fw
failed with error -2"and"Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode13.fw failed
with error -2"It then states: "Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [Features: PNLS]"
What would be the next move?Thank you.
P.S. - I bought a d-link usb wireless adapter as a possible workaround for a
situation like this. When plugged, it's vendor data can be seen in the dmesg
output at the point of install failure, but the lspci does not see it. (I
suspect a device driver problem.(?) It was advertised as being supported by
most Linux distros. (I had hoped the dd would be in the kernel, or included in
the install). I can't find a bios option to disable the builtin Broadcom
adapter, so I think the install does not look any further for a wireless
adapter beyond the first one it finds. The livecd boots just fine and the
lspci allows me to see the Broadcom hardware ok. But not the d-link usb
adapter. When plugged, dmesg shows the d-link data ok.
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