Offline install of b43-fwcutter and firmware for Broadcom Wireless cards

[mary]

Can you please tell me how I can uninstall the second deb file because I already installed it with the way you told (*.deb)... :s

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

What's the output from:

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dpkg -l | grep b43

?

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[mary]

I'm in the b43 folder, on desktop and from this path, I wrote the command you said. The output is:
dpkg-query: error: package name in specifier ' grep' is illegal: must start with alphanumeric character

Basically, because from the other instructions I installed both deb files and now you said I only need the first one, can I uninstall somehow both of them and start from the beggining of the latest instructions?

(Thank you for your time!!!!)

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Sorry, typo .. I've fixed the command in my last posting


mary .. don't worry if you installed the patch.deb, it won't hurt to leave it installed .. the important thing is that you have the b43-fwcutter package installed, then you install the firmware

[mary]

ok, the output is:

ii b43-fwcutter                   1:015-9
   Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

On another PC with internet access .. download this file (firmware archive):
http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3_mipsel.tar.bz2

and copy it to the b43 directory you created on the Ubuntu desktop.

Open a terminal, and run these commands in sequence:

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cd ~/Desktop/b43

then

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tar -xjvf broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3_mipsel.tar.bz2

then

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sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3/driver/wl_apsta/wl_prebuilt.o

then

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sudo chmod 755 /lib/firmware/b43

then

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sudo modprobe -r b43

(don't worry if that command fails .. just carry on below
then

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sudo modprobe b43

Does your wireless spring to life ?

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[mary]

omg it works!!! It became alive from the first second after the last command!!
Thank you soooooooo so much!!!! You have to teach me some lessons to learn linux good because I have to know it!!! :) haha

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

You're most welcome

Might be a good idea to check it survives a reboot.

If it doesn't let me know and we'll add the b43 module to be loaded at bootup.

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[mary]

It works fine after a reboot!! Thank you so much once again!! You are the best!!

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Thanks for letting me know .. and you're welcome again

[crchambers1442]

This is the only place on the web where I have found a solution that works on my wireless. Thanks. It doesn't survive a reboot though. You offered a solution to that which I would appreciate.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Hi crchambers1442, and welcome to the forum

Which driver did you have to modprobe ? .. b43 or b43legacy ?

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Step 1 -

Run:

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sudo modprobe b43

Does your wireless to life .. if YES, move on to "Step 3" .. if NO move to "Step 2"


Step 2 -

run:

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sudo modprobe -r b43

then

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sudo modprobe b43legacy

Does your wireless to life .. if YES, move on to "Step 4" .. if NO, STOP NOW and tell me if this is this a LiveCD (or LiveUSB without persistence) or a proper hard drive installation ?


Step 3 -

Run:

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sudo gedit /etc/modules

a file should open containing some text.

add a NEW LINE at the bottom that reads:-

b43

SAVE the file, and exit gedit.

Reboot to test.


Step 4 -

Run:

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sudo gedit /etc/modules

a file should open containing some text.

add a NEW LINE at the bottom that reads:-

b43legacy

SAVE the file, and exit gedit.

Reboot to test.

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[crchambers1442]

Step 1 worked so I proceeded to Step 3. Works perfectly. Thank you.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

You're welcome

[seydell]

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tar -xfvj broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3_mipsel.tar.bz2

I believe this should read (the f option needs to be last):

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tar -xvjf broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3_mipsel.tar.bz2