fiesty: 'hang' during boot (firmware loading or after)

[jerry]

Lars Hallberg wrote:
> Lars Hallberg skrev:
>   
>> I maid a 'manual' upgrade to fiesty by apt-get dist-upgrade so I don't 
>> know if this is a bug or just my system broken.
>>
>> The boot 'hang' after some failed firmware actions. Keyboard is active, 
>> and I can switch console (but only consol 1 and 8 have output). Most 
>> strange:
>>
>> Ctrl-alt-delet *continues* the boot *sucessfully*. And then the system 
>> aper to be stable and fully funktional (!) Networking works - but I'm 
>> using the wired ethernet, not the built in wifi.
>>
>> Would want to know if this is a bug or broken system, and some tip on 
>> what can be added/removed/reconfigured if it's a broken system.
>>
>> Some references:
>>
>> HW:
>> acer Aspire 5021WLMi laptop
>> AMD Turion 64 ML-28 (but i383 dist)
>> ... ask for details.
>>
>> The errors (handtyped) on consol 8 before 'hang' (first line for context):
>>   * Activating swapfile swap...        [OK]
>> /etc/rsS.d/S40ifrename: 19: /sbin/ifrename not found
>>   * Configurating network interfaces...
>> firmware_helper [4456]: main: error loading 
>> '/lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw'
>> for device '/class/firmware/0000:06:06.0' 
>> '/lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw'
>>     
>
> This file (bcm43xx_microcode5.fw) dos not seam to exist. not in the 
> different kernel subdirs ether. But I'm not sure they are supposed to be 
> in the root filesystem, possibly they supposed to be in the initrd.img???
>
> help needed... TIA /LaH
>
>
>   
I am  no expert on wireless stuff  but a google search did bring up 
several articles that discussed similar problem. Especially read:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=223729

It seems like he solved the problem.
Hope this helps.
Jerry