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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Gilmore, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Lucid Desktop reached EOL on May 9, 2013.
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** Changed in: b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  Broadcom 4312 doesn't work with Lucid - needs upstream b43-fwcutter
  v.13

Status in “b43-fwcutter” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: b43-fwcutter

  When first booting Lucid Netbook remix on Acer Aspire One D150, it
  fails to access wireless because it needs some proprietary firmware.
  Even after installing that with jockey, though, it barely works (very
  slow access, 1-second ping times, etc).

  Before installing the firmware, the kernel presented a detailed
  message saying to go to this web site and read it ALL and follow the
  instructions:

    wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

  On that page it says that recent Ubuntu's "just work" -- but it
  doesn't, and I think I figured out why.  It also says that my wireless
  chipset (Broadcom 4312) uses an "LP" (low power) physical interface,
  and thus also needs a different firmware (4.178.10.4) and a later
  version of b43-fwcutter (v.13).  Ubuntu ships Lucid with b43-fwcutter
  v.12 -- and the install script doesn't know to get the 4.178.10.4
  firmware for this hardware.

  I think if the new version of b43-fwcutter was provided, and the
  script fixed to match the kernel page, then it would probably Just
  Work, as promised.

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  As a second minor thing, the description of the "proprietary drivers"
  in jockey for this hardware is not understandable.  It offers both
  "Broadcom B43 wireless driver" (which is really fwcutter, which
  doesn't install ANY drivers, just installs firmware that the Linux
  driver can push into the chip), and "Broadcom STA wireless driver",
  which is something else entirely, and which appears to involve a
  kernel rebuild, possibly adding proprietary binary modules to it.  To
  the naive user (or even experienced guys like me), how would I pick
  between the two?  There's no button for further details, and little
  guidance; you just have to try each one and see, which is dumb.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: b43-fwcutter 1:012-1build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun May 16 02:12:18 2010
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: b43-fwcutter

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