For whatever it's worth : I tried a different approach. I did a clean install of Gutsy, got wireless working that way, then upgraded to Hardy using update-manager -d.
Upon reboot, wireless does not work. Tried using "Hardware Drivers" under System-->Administration, it offered to download the fwcutter package, I accepted, and still no working wireless. Rebooted, still no working wireless. This is all 64bit, on an HP dv6000 laptop. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Cory Flick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Restricted Manager pops up the "has to install firmware" notice again. I > click ok, it installs/runs fwcutter again, which again does not result in > working wireless. On the web page I referenced in my original bug report, > there's talk of different kernels requiring different fwcutter versions as > well as different firmware versions. For what it's worth, I realize this > issue is caused by Broadcom not opening up their drivers, and I'm willing to > dig around and manually tweak things to get wireless up and running. Just > posted the bug because Gutsy automated all this perfectly, which was > fantastic. > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, der_vegi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So it seems to be a problem of b43-fwcutter's install routine or the > > restricted-driver-manager jockey? Cory Flick, what happens, if you try > > to uninstall b43-fwcutter and then try enabling your wireless card over > > the restricted manager again? > > > > > > ** Also affects: jockey (Ubuntu) > > Importance: Undecided > > Status: New > > > > -- > > broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > Status in Source Package "b43-fwcutter" in Ubuntu: New > > Status in Source Package "jockey" in Ubuntu: New > > > > Bug description: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release > > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu > > DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 > > DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy > > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > > Linux lil-spooky 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 21:26:31 UTC 2008 > > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy b43-fwcutter > > b43-fwcutter: > > Installed: 1:008-2 > > Candidate: 1:008-2 > > Version table: > > *** 1:008-2 0 > > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > what I expected to happen : after doing a fresh install of Hardy Alpha > > 5, I started the Restricted Driver Manager to install the broadcom firmware > > to get my wireless working, just like I did in Gutsy. I expected the > > fwcutter package to download and install the correct firmware, which is what > > happened under Gutsy. In Gutsy, the little orange light turned blue right > > away ( my machine is an HP dv6000 series laptop ) indicating that wireless > > is up and running. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > what happened instead : started the Restricted Driver manager now called > > "Hardware Drivers" under System-->Administration, clicked the checkbox for > > the Broadcom firmware to be downloaded and installed. The Hardware Driver > > manager told me it had downloaded and installed the firmware, however, the > > orange light did not turn blue. I tried rebooting to see if that would make > > a difference. It did not make a difference. No working wireless. This page : > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 seems to indicate that > > various kernel versions need not just different versions of the firmware, > > but different versions of the fwcutter program/package itself, as well. > > Would be great if that could be integrated into Hardy before final release. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- broadcom wireless not working fresh install of hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
