b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[Derek Broughton]

Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:

> Hi I'm a multiboot linux user from way back. Currently I'm running
> Kubuntu, Sabayon, & openSuSE linux installations on both my desktop AND
> my laptop. However I noticed that the kubuntu on my laptop, a Gateway
> (MT6451 Notebook PC) which has an  AMD Turion 64x2 processor and a
> 120 gig HD, was still edgy, I decided to do a clean install from an
> 8.04.1 alt install cd. Which install worked but I'm having a slight
> problem with the console (I've already ran # update-rc.d -f kdm remove
> to get my cherished non-gui login back) startx fires up kde just like it
> should. But it's very annoying that console keeps getting this sequence
> of error messages:
>  
> 
> [ 1001.541325] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or
> [ load failed. 1001.541384] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
> [ http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and
> [ download the correct firmware (version 4). 1063.140201] b43-phy0 ERROR:
> [ Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed. 1063.140263]
> [ b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
> [ http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and
> [ download the correct firmware (version 4). 1124.715360] evdev: nomore
> [ free evdev devices 1124.715397] input: failed to attach handler evdev to
> [ device input32, error: -23
> 
> Then the sequence repeats with higher numbers:
> 
> "[ ####.######]" & "device input##,"
> 
> This makes it difficult to edit config files from the console...

Sorry, but if you want to use the system in decidedly non-standard ways, and
don't understand how to keep your login console separate from the system
console, I can't say I have a whole lot of sympathy.

However, if you just want to stop the wireless messages you have two
options: do what it says, and get the up-to-date firmware (which ubuntu
doesn't distribute because it's not Free) - from the URL it points you to,
which has full instructions; or just blacklist b43 and b43legacy
in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist (or any other file in that directory)
-- 
derek