unwanted repeated messages on Lenny laptop
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From: hugo vanwoerkom on 24 Jul 2010 13:00 Hi, I did a net-install of Lenny on an Acer laptop. All went well, took 2hr 23min to install, not bad, found the Telmex Infinitum network with DHCP. I took the defaults so now I am running Gnome. The connection is thru a 2Wire wireless gateway that I have connected to eth0, which you get when you subscribe to Telmex Infinitum, together with the warning that they don't support Linux. However... Every minute these mesages appears on the active VT (and in syslog), which screws up the fullscreen app like mc that you might be running there: Jul 24 11:26:25 debian NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): (wlan0): could not trigger wireless scan: Network is down Jul 24 11:28:25 debian kernel: [78097.517971] input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input653 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). 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. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i2f5n1$9vl$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Andrei Popescu on 24 Jul 2010 13:10 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. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
From: Klistvud on 24 Jul 2010 14:20 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 ... -- Good luck, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1279995412.9820.0(a)compax
From: Celejar on 24 Jul 2010 23:50 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). 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-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100724234816.f743d9ea.celejar(a)gmail.com
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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i2hgpd$u3t$1(a)dough.gmane.org
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