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in ubuntu 15.10 and lubuntu 15.10

i have a b4318 wireless chipset which does not work out of the box, even
though the b43-fwcutter package is included in the release, the
firmware-b43-installer and the legacy package are not included, which
from my understanding are needed by b43-fwcutter to actualy install the
correct firmware.

the result is an error while booting up saying couldnt load kernel
module or something, telling you to go to a website (wireless.kernel or
something similar)  and download the correct driver for your firmware,
which is misleading, as all you need is the firmware-b43-installer or
legacy package to make the wireless work.

Including this in the official releases would be great, and/or changing
the error message to suggest installing those packages

** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: b43xx bot-comment missing-package wireless
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b43xx wireless driver not packaged in release
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1534095
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