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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003968Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2017-05-02 09:22
Reporterbroomdodger Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionnot fixable 
Product Versionkali-dev 
Summary0003968: kali 2017-w17 installer b43 wireless firmware missing
Description

kali 2017-w17 installer b43 wireless firmware missing

Kali light 2017-w17 64bit

  • when booting from live USB wifi is detected and works

  • when selecting INSTALL I get a message
    wireless firmware missing
    b43/ucode13.fm b43-open/ucode13.fm

Steps To Reproduce
  1. USB boot from Kali light w17 64bit
    detects wifi and works

  2. try to INSTALL
    b43 firmware missing
    needs to be loaded from removable media
    b43/ucode13.fm b43-open/ucode13.fm

BUT...

Selecting 'No' to having b32 install media and continuing the install...

On reboot wifi works!

So it seems the INSTALL is not detecting the presence of the b43 firmware and gives an erroneous error message.

Attached Files
w17-installer-error.jpg (1,962,222 bytes)

Activities

broomdodger

broomdodger

2017-04-26 02:13

reporter   ~0006592

same installer error with
kali-linux-light-2017.1-amd64

broomdodger

broomdodger

2017-05-01 01:47

reporter   ~0006620

same installer error with
kali-linux-light-2017-W18-amd64

rhertzog

rhertzog

2017-05-02 09:22

administrator   ~0006623

The firmware for b43 can't be provided in the installer as they are not packaged... but there's an installer package that we install by default and thus you get the requested firmware on the installed system.

You have to live with this small hiccup in the installer.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2017-04-24 00:55 broomdodger New Issue
2017-04-24 16:01 broomdodger File Added: w17-installer-error.jpg
2017-04-26 02:13 broomdodger Note Added: 0006592
2017-05-01 01:47 broomdodger Note Added: 0006620
2017-05-02 09:22 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2017-05-02 09:22 rhertzog Status new => closed
2017-05-02 09:22 rhertzog Resolution open => not fixable
2017-05-02 09:22 rhertzog Note Added: 0006623