I just got ubuntu installed on my laptop but I can't access the internet on it. I have a flashdrive and another laptop that's running windows and does have internet access. I tried downloading firmware-b43-installer to the windows laptop and then moving it over to the flashdrive. But I couldn't figure out how to install it from the flashdrive back onto the ubuntu computer. How can I get it installed onto my ubuntu computer?
Chill's sudo commands all seemed to go through but the internet still didn't work. The dmesg command gave a ton of output:`[ 11.974594] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4331 WLAN found (core revision 29)
[ 11.974985] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 9, Type 7 (HT), Revision 1
[ 11.974995] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2059, Revision 0, Version 1
[ 11.974996] b43-phy0 warning: 5 GHz band is unsupported on this PHY
[ 11.982127] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2
[ 11.982138] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2
[ 11.982149] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2
[ 11.982155] b43 bcma0:1: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw failed with error -2
[ 11.982157] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
[ 11.982158] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
[ 11.982159] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 12.009721] Modules linked in: b43 mac80211 cfg80211 ssb drbg ansi_cprng joydev dm_crypt applesmc input_polldev intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp uvcvideo kvm_intel kvm snd_hda_codec_cirrus videobuf2_vmalloc snd_hda_codec_generic videobuf2_memops irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul btusb btrtl crc32_pclmul btbcm videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core btintel snd_hda_intel v4l2_common input_leds snd_hda_codec videodev snd_hda_core aesni_intel bcm5974 aes_x86_64 media lrw snd_hwdep gf128mul snd_pcm glue_helper bluetooth ablk_helper snd_seq_midi cryptd snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer bcma snd thunderbolt mei_me lpc_ich mei shpchp soundcore apple_gmux sbs acpi_als sbshc kfifo_buf industrialio apple_bl mac_hid r8169 mii parport_pc ppdev lp parport autofs4 hid_generic
.deb
file you can install it by runningsudo dpkg -i firmware-b43-installer_015-9_all.deb
or whatever the deb file is named.b43-fwcutter
package. And thefirmware-b43-installer
package requires internet access, since all it does is start a download of the firmare from a server and unpack them. @Zach O I think your best bet would be to find a place to plug in an Ethernet cable, if at all possible.