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Boy that cut'n'paste turned out ugly after it got sent. The table looks like this:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Driver </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Kernel </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Firmware</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Firmwar</FONT>e <FONT COLOR="#000000">extractor </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Instructions </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43 </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Linux-2.6.24,</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">4.80.53.0</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">b43-fwcutter</FONT> v. 011 Go
<FONT COLOR="#000000">including</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2.6.24-rcX and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2.6.24.Y </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43 </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Bleeding edge,</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">4.150.10.5</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">b43-fwcutter</FONT> v. 011 Go
<FONT COLOR="#000000">compat-wireless-2.6</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">package, linus-2.6</FONT>
o<FONT COLOR="#000000">r wireless-2.6 trees </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43legacy Any </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">3.130.20.0 </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">b43-fwcutterv. 011 </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Go </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">bcm43xx</FONT> Any 3.130.20.0 <FONT COLOR="#000000">bcm43xx-fwcutter v. 6 </FONT> Go
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(deprecated) </FONT>
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Thanks<BR>
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On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 22:22 -0600, Chris Kottaridis wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have an Inspiron 1510 laptop and I've been trying to get the wireless</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">network up and running. I've been using the Network manager and at the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">moment I have things so that when I try to activate the network I find</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">these messages in /var/log/messages:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper kernel: input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input15</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware">http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware</A> and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">download the latest firmware (version 4).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper firmware.sh[3061]: Cannot find firmware file</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">'b43/ucode5.fw'</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">So, I go to <A HREF="http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware">http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and it says:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">There are different versions of firmware and tools you may need: </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Driver </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Kernel </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Firmware </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Firmware</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">extractor </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Instructions </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Linux-2.6.24,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">including</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2.6.24-rcX and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2.6.24.Y </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">4.80.53.0 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43-fwcutter</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">v. 011 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Go </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Bleeding edge,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">i.e.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">compat-wireless-2.6 package, linus-2.6 or wireless-2.6 trees </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">4.150.10.5 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43-fwcutter</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">v. 011 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Go </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43legacy </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Any </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">3.130.20.0 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">b43-fwcutter</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">v. 011 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Go </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">bcm43xx</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(deprecated) </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Any </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">3.130.20.0 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">bcm43xx-fwcutter v. 6 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Go </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">My kernel is:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">kernel: Linux version 2.6.23.1-42.fc8</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(<A HREF="mailto:kojibuilder@xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com">kojibuilder@xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com</A>) (gcc version 4.1.2</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)) #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 13:55:12 EDT 2007</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">So, I don't think I want the first two b43 options. But, I am not sure</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">if I should use the b43legacy or bmc43xx version.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">How do I find out which of these I should use ?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'd assume the b43legacy as it seems to be the newest version.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Chris Kottaridis</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> (<A HREF="mailto:chriskot@quietwind.net">chriskot@quietwind.net</A>)</FONT>
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