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

[Knapp]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 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.

A lack of sympathy often reflexes a genetic variation that you
inherited. People with this variation often have trouble keeping
sexual partners and tend to fail at marriages.
Joke right? :-)

Really though, have you never gotten in over your head while learning
a new system?

> 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




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