How to install wl_apsta.o in /Root/lib/firmware/b43?

[basx]

Hi all:

I've been trying to get my Broadcom 4306 to work. I've read the advice suggested at this French Ubuntu http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/wifi/bcm43xx"] site[/url]

Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to install the wl_wpsta.o file in /Root/lib/firmware/b43
I've used sudo but I get a command not found error

Any tips?

Thanks!

xavier

[oblivion]

Re: How to install wl_apsta.o in /Root/lib/firmware/b43?

Hi all:

I've been trying to get my Broadcom 4306 to work. I've read the advice suggested at this French Ubuntu http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/wifi/bcm43xx"] site[/url]

Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to install the wl_wpsta.o file in /Root/lib/firmware/b43
I've used sudo but I get a command not found error

Any tips?

Thanks!

xavier

Hello basx,

if you are trying to install a single file (wl_wpsta.o), and not a package, then you can do it with copy (cp) command.

Go into the directory where you downloaded the wl_wpsta.o file (use cd command for this) and copy from there to /lib directory. Dont forget that the very first "/" means Root. So, you don't have "/Root/lib/firmware/b43" directory, but you should have a "/lib/firmware/b43" directory

for example:

sudo cp wl_wpsta.o /lib/firmware/b43

should work.

Regards.

[basx]

Re: How to install wl_apsta.o in /Root/lib/firmware/b43?

oblivion:

Thanks!
So the syntax would be cd /Dossier Personnel/Téléchargements (I'm using the French version so in English it would be /Personal Directory (home?)/Downloads)
Thanks again!

xavier

[claydoh]

Re: How to install wl_apsta.o in /Root/lib/firmware/b43?

or try installing the package b43-fwcutter, which will do these steps for you automatically

(this is also what the Hardware Drivers tool does)

[basx]

Re: How to install wl_apsta.o in /Root/lib/firmware/b43?

Oblivion:

Thanks! The syntax worked great

cladoh:

I downloaded b43-fwcutter but the files don't seem to install and I can't find them in hardware driver.


I asked for help in another thread ( I can't find it for the moment )

xavier

[Snowhog]

Re: How to install wl_apsta.o in /Root/lib/firmware/b43?

I downloaded b43-fwcutter but the files don't seem to install and I can't find them in hardware driver.

"Downloaded?" The package b43-fwcutter is in the repositories. All you have to do is install it via KPackageKit (or Synaptic if it is installed), or just open a console and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

[basx]

Re: How to install wl_apsta.o in /Root/lib/firmware/b43?

Snowhog:

Thanks :
I ran the sudo and here are the results:

 xavier@ordenador:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
[sudo] password for xavier: 
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances    
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
b43-fwcutter est déjà la plus récente version disponible.
0 mis à jour, 0 nouvellement installés, 0 à enlever et 0 non mis à jour.
xavier@ordenador:~$

Translated: Reading of the packages lists...Done
Building of the dependence trees...done
Reading the state of the information...done
b43-fwcutter is already the most recent available version
0 updates, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 non updates

So what do I do next?

Thanks again!

xavier
xavier