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From: hugo vanwoerkom on 25 Jul 2010 10:20

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sb, 24 iul 10, 11:39:46, hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
>
>> Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.576051] firmware: requesting
>> b43/ucode5.fw
>> Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.591077] b43-phy0 ERROR:
>> Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
>> 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).
>
> You probably just need to install the package b43-fwcutter (it's in
> contrib).
>
>> 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.
>
> (why is it unmentionable?)
>
> Firmware here does not mean the BIOS or similar stuff already present in
> some ROMs inside the laptop. They are just some files with binary code
> needed to activate and/or operate certain devices (the wireless card in
> your case).
>
> IIRC in this particular case the firmware files are actually extracted
> from the Windows drivers.
>

Andrei, thanks, worked like a charm. Good info.
BTW how did you know that the package was b43-fwcutter?

Hugo

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From: hugo vanwoerkom on 25 Jul 2010 10:40

Celejar wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:16:52 +0200
> Klistvud <quotations(a)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.
Thanks
Hugo

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From: Chris on 25 Jul 2010 10:50

Using synaptac, search for firmware or broadcom
Its what I did for my laptop.
Sent from my BlackBerry®

-----Original Message-----
From: hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59601(a)care2.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:12:55
To: <debian-user(a)lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: unwanted repeated messages on Lenny laptop

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sb, 24 iul 10, 11:39:46, hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
>
>> Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.576051] firmware: requesting
>> b43/ucode5.fw
>> Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.591077] b43-phy0 ERROR:
>> Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
>> 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).
>
> You probably just need to install the package b43-fwcutter (it's in
> contrib).
>
>> 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.
>
> (why is it unmentionable?)
>
> Firmware here does not mean the BIOS or similar stuff already present in
> some ROMs inside the laptop. They are just some files with binary code
> needed to activate and/or operate certain devices (the wireless card in
> your case).
>
> IIRC in this particular case the firmware files are actually extracted
> from the Windows drivers.
>

Andrei, thanks, worked like a charm. Good info.
BTW how did you know that the package was b43-fwcutter?

Hugo

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From: Celejar on 25 Jul 2010 11:10

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:27:19 -0500
hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59601(a)care2.com> wrote:

> Celejar wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:16:52 +0200
> > Klistvud <quotations(a)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
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