Wi-Fi Not Working

[Funesto]

Hello! I have an old laptop and I never had problems ... this time I am having this problem:

Kubuntu 24.10:

[31. 490891] b43-phy ERROR: Firmware file "b43/code15. fu" not found

It's somethijng related to Wi-Fi and It does not work on 22.04.05 either

Is it a bug that will be fixed? How can I be sure It's not an hardware issue?

Thanks!

[Snowhog]

I have an old laptop

How old? What make and model? What are it's specifications?

[Funesto]

Thank you for reply !!!
It's a HP PAVILLION DV6 - 204 DEI

I will be offline for some times ... I will read tomorrow! Thank you!

[oshunluvr]

You probably need one of these or both:

$ apt-cache search Firmware-b43
firmware-b43-installer - firmware installer for the b43 driver
firmware-b43legacy-installer - firmware installer for the b43legacy driver

[Funesto]

Thank you! I will try with ethernet then but It's not an easy task to bring this PC near my router! Do you think It's a bug or just old hardware ?

[oshunluvr]

Old hardware in combination with a manufacturer that does not support Linux. Broadcom has been a thorn in the side of Linux users for decades. A software bug is when a piece of software isn't working as it should. Not having a driver installed is a user bug, lol