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XavierDass

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Registered: 2017-01-28

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Cannot setup wifi firmware

I've setup arch on my USB - it seems to boot fine (running it on a MacBook Pro). I followed the installation guide up to internet - but I don't have a wired connection. when I look for connections, none are found.

my card

Bcm4331  802.11a/b/g/n (rev02)

some lsmod

lsmod | grep b43

b43        401408   0

Mac80211   61440    1   b43

ssb        61440    1   b43

(there was also a cfg in the last grep, but I didn't write it down - let me know if it is important and I'll boot back into arch for it.)

searching in the blacklist produced empty results - doesn't appear b43 is blacklisted in modprobe.d

I'm pretty new to unpacking firmware etc, so I'm not sure what to do. I found the b43-fwcutter file somewhere in /usr/lib, but when I attempted to use with other examples I saw (admittedly not only just on arch) I get a MD5 checksum error.

Thanks in advance!

Trilby

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Re: Cannot setup wifi firmware

You need to install b43-firmware.

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XavierDass

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Registered: 2017-01-28

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Re: Cannot setup wifi firmware

It seems all the pages for installing it require an internet connection.
Can I install it from my mac? if so - where do I put it in the file structure on my USB?
I need some more detailed advice than that.

I have the b43-firmware (PKGBUILD and b43-firmware.install) but not sure how to use them as they are just sitting on my mac.

Last edited by XavierDass (2017-01-28 04:34:28)