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Message #132809
[Bug 1490212] Re: "Modaliases" field missing from debian control file
The attached tells software-properties-gtk and the user that a reboot is
needed after any changes to firmware.
** Patch added: "reboot.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/1490212/+attachment/4455797/+files/reboot.patch
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Title:
"Modaliases" field missing from debian control file
Status in b43-fwcutter package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The b43 module is not listed as an option by the "additional drivers"
section of the software-properties-gtk utility. This takes its
information from the ubuntu-drivers-common package and a bug has been
reported against that package
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-
common/+bug/1186779 ).
However, if I'm reading things correctly, the firmware-b43-installer
package could solve this by providing a modaliases field in the debian
control file. For example, the bcmwl-kernel-source package has the
line:
Modaliases: wl(pci:v000014E4d*sv*sd*bc02sc80i*)
This would be scanned by the ubuntu-drivers-common package and
consequently appear in software-properties-gtk.
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