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Re: Missing firmware b43/ucode5.fw b43-open/ucode5.fw by v&n ยป 2015-05-22 04:50 I am not familiar with the unofficial ISOs, so don't know whether it comes with broadcom firmware files or not. Firmware installer for the b43 driver. This package downloads and installs the firmware needed by the b43 kernel driver for some Broadcom 43xx wireless network cards.
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After each kernel upgrade and a reboot the bcm43xx firmware always has to be installed again by running install_bcm43xx_firmware before WiFi can start working again. I can run the command while offline and everything will work without issues again.
dmesg | grep -i b43 output after reboot but before installing the firmware:
dmesg | grep -i b43 output after reboot after running the install command:
Any ideas? It appears some step is missing during kernel install or some such?
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- Problems with driver for Broadcom wi-fi card in Debian 2 answers
During the installation Debian tries to configure networking. It pops up a message about firmware being required and points me towards a list of missing files:
b43/ucode15.fw b43/ucode15.fw b43-open/ucode15.fw b43-open/ucode15.fw
Firmware B43 Installer Download
Lots of posts say download x or y drivers but I've not found any links. I managed to download firmware-b43-installer_019-3_all.deb which appears to be the Debian package for all the Broadcom cards from what I can tell. Reading further it says to put that on a USB stick and pop it in during installation and it will find it. No it doesn't. Seems that the Debian installer can't read a .deb file or by putting it on the USB stick as explained during the installation, I didn't do it right, ya know, copying a file to a USB stick.
Seems that I didn't put the firmware file into a folder called firmware on the USB stick. Tried again. Nope, still can't find it. So, the firmware-b43-installer_019-3_all.deb file. If this doesn't contain the drivers, then what is it?
Where are the drivers? Once I have the drivers, what do I do with them? If they go on a USB stick, does it have to go a specific folder or is the installer clever enough to just search for it?
Rui F Ribeiro
marked as duplicate by GAD3R, Rui F Ribeiro, user88036, Thomas, thrigOct 3 '18 at 21:58
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Download the non-free installer, it contains all non-free firmware drivers:http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/amd64/iso-cd/
Ipor SircerFirmware File B43/ucode15.fw Not Founded
Ipor SircerGot wifi working now. Installed using the ISO that I downloaded. Got the RJ socket working. Followed this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0f3NOjWys and then it now works just fine