b43 offline install

[dracule]

is there a way to install the b43 driver without internet? I dont have access to wired, but i can boot into windows and download any necessary drivers.

When I went to enable it on 8.04, it didnt give me any options of selecting my wl_something.o file, like it did on 7.10

No wizard at all came up on 8.04, except when i installed it (off the cd) it gave me an option of "fetch and extract".

So is there anyway to install it offline so i can configure the rest of my system?

[dstew]

I think the driver might already be installed. What is the output of

ifconfig
iwconfig
sudo lshw -C network

?

[Patsoe]

dstew: the driver is already installed but the firmware isn't.

You could download the b43-fwcutter deb package and bring it to your machine over USB (actually you might want to see if it isn't on the install disc, it probably is?). After installing that deb package, the command line instruction should be 'sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" wl_something.o' (but check the man page to be sure!).

See also http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.ne...rs/Drivers/b43

[dracule]

ok, here is an update of everything:

sudo b43-fwcutter  -w /lib/firmware/`uname -r` ~/Desktop/wl_apsta.o

[sudo] password for phun: 

This file is recognised as:
  
ID         :  FW10
  
filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  
version    :  295.14
 
 MD5        :  e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3

Extracting b43legacy/ucode2.fw

Extracting b43legacy/ucode4.fw

Extracting b43legacy/ucode5.fw

Extracting b43legacy/ucode11.fw

Extracting b43legacy/pcm4.fw

Extracting b43legacy/pcm5.fw

Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fw

Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw

Extracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fw


Extracting b43legacy/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw

Extracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals2.fw

Extracting b43legacy/a0g1initvals5.fw

Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals2.fw

Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fw

Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw

I then modprobed b43
and restarted, and did these commands:

phun@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  
*-network               
       
description: Network controller
       
product: BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI
       
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       
physical id: 0
       
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       
version: 01
       
width: 32 bits
       
clock: 33MHz
       
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0 module=ssb
  *-network DISABLED
       

description: Wireless interface
       
physical id: 1
       
logical name: wlan0
       
serial: 00:14:a5:bd:4f:001
       
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

phun@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig

eth0      
Link encap:Ethernet  
HWaddr 00:1d:72:423:ab:2132  
          
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  
Metric:1
          
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          
Interrupt:20 

lo        
Link encap:Local Loopback  
          
inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          
RX packets:168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          
TX packets:168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          
RX bytes:8400 (8.2 KB)  TX bytes:8400 (8.2 KB)

phun@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.


eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.



wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

still nothing...






nothing shows up under wireless connections, when i click the network icon by the time either.

[Patsoe]

Are you sure the firmware has to go into that kernel-version-subdir?
On my system I found the b43 driver outputting errors on tty1 (get there via ctrl-alt-f1, apologies if I saying trivial things). It said it couldn't find the firmware, and it could finally find it when I put it straight in /lib/firmware (so you get a /lib/firmware/b43 directory).

(off-topic: in the end I still opted for the ndiswrapper driver)

[dracule]

Are you sure the firmware has to go into that kernel-version-subdir?
On my system I found the b43 driver outputting errors on tty1 (get there via ctrl-alt-f1, apologies if I saying trivial things). It said it couldn't find the firmware, and it could finally find it when I put it straight in /lib/firmware (so you get a /lib/firmware/b43 directory).

(off-topic: in the end I still opted for the ndiswrapper driver)

I tried ndiswrapper, but my my wireless disappeared altogether from the network menu, but ill try what you said above.