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[Olcay Korkmaz <859569@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

in the oneiric kernel doesn't support new tx header on b43 and 5.100.138
firmware requires that feature

anyway lastest old tx supported firmware source can download here but requires b43-fwcutter-0.15 for extraction
http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.10.144.3.tar.bz2

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Title:
  confilct with firmware-b43-lpphy-installer wireless stops working

Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have a broadcom 4312 chip that requires firmware to be loaded in order for the wireless card to work. Under regular Ubuntu with Unity, I opt out of using the b43 driver and use the restricted Broadcom STA wireless driver wl provided by the Additional Drivers application. Unfortunately this driver does not appear after using Kubuntu live CD install, so I installed the b43 driver using the package: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer.
  It downloads (I'm connected using the ethernet cable) the broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 file from openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 and extracts the firmware to /lib/firmware/b43/ folder.
  After this my wireless works.

  The latest version of linux-firmware-nonfree version 1.11 for Oneric Ocelot includes all firmware files:
  linux-firmware-nonfree (1.11) oneiric; urgency=low

    * Get _all_ of the b43 firmware files.
      http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware
        wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
        tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
        b43-fwcutter -w . broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o

   -- Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:40:08
  -0600

  linux-firmware-nonfree (1.10) oneiric; urgency=low

    * Added b43 firmware files now that the in-kernel driver
      is becoming more capable.

   -- Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:06:19
  -0600

  This overwrites the files from firmware-b43-lpphy-installer package
  and upon reboot I am not able to connect using wireless. The wifi
  light on the laptop lights up but I can't connect using network
  manager, there is no list of available networks.

  I removed linux-firmware-nonfree and reinstalled using command:
  sudo apt-get install --reinstall firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
  after a reboot wireless works again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: linux-firmware-nonfree 1.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep 26 03:56:39 2011
  Dependencies:

  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: linux-firmware-nonfree
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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