Top posting: The b43/b43legacy drivers require *proprietary* firmware.
Here is a tip I wrote on one of the forums, but it does require a live USB with persistence now a days. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1974013&highlight=nm_geo I know it does not address the issue at hand. Greg nm_geo On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi UH, Ron, et-all, > > I assure you guys that the b43 issue is on my list to raise with Julien. > I'm just doing some tidying up and have saught advice on the other video > driver issue that is causing problems. Please do bear with me. I have only > recently found the most likely suspects to the root cause of these problems > and I'm not a 'kernel' person! I will be doing a bit more digging and then > go ask about the best way to progress this. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > > On 27 September 2012 19:23, UH <uht...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> As i said, i could connet with usb wlan stick (D-Link DWA 140, ralink >> based). And yes, the error msg indicates the liinuxwireless.org site >> wherefrom should be downloaded the needed firmware. But the LiveCD is >> hardly useable in the actual state. . . And moreover, as far as i know >> b43 would be essential for nearly ANY ppc mac. >> >> Uli >> >> 2012/9/27 Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com>: >> > Hiyas, >> > >> > it seems that b43 is not being installed. I've had it reported that it >> works >> > fine in LiveCD mode (where we can see b43 there to be ;oaded) but not >> the >> > actual installations. I'm waiting to have chat the person who looks >> after >> > what does get installed to ask if this was an oversight which can >> easily be >> > rectified. In the meantime, if you plugin via ethernet, checking for >> > hard-ware drivers should prompt you to install the b43 ones. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Phill. >> > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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