I checked, the firmware file ucode16_mimo.fw is needed, for certain hardware anyway. I got it out of here:BarryK wrote:b43.ko is supposed to load automatically. This also causes the firmware (at /lib/modules/all-firmware/b43.tar.gz) to install.peebee wrote:Hi Barry
Racy seems to lack support for my Broadcom B43 wifi on my HP550 laptop which works in other Puppies.
/lib/firmware/b43 is missing - I copied it across from lupu528
the b43 driver is not being loaded - I had to put
modprobe b43
into /etc/rc.d/rc.local
with these 2 changes, my wifi works with sns through reboots and I am posting this from Racy.....
I saw similar problems with the lupu528-k3.0.4 puplet from wuxiandianzi so it may be a k3 problem
Cheers
peebee
...unless b43.tar.gz has the wrong firmware? That is possible. If you run:
# modinfo b43
it will show what firmware is expected.
It may be that b43.tar.gz in Lupu got upgraded, and we will have to do the same.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/linu ... re-nonfree
have put it into the 'b43' firmware in Puppy.