Add Wireless to Laptop

[Mike - EMAIL IGNORED]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:26:54 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:

> On 13/07/07, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:23:04 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
>>
>> > Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:10:48 +0100, Andy Green wrote:
>> >>
>> >
>> >>> lspci
>> >>>
>> [...]
>> >
>> > Supposedly support is in the kernel:
>> > http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices
>> >
>> > However you seem to need some sort of firmware,
>> > see <http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx>
>> > I've also heard of people using ndiswrapper for Broadcom,
>> > however I don't have one myself.
> 
>>
>> Are you sure that I don't have a configuration problem?  Please
>> see my latest post on the other sub-thread.  I note that the
>> device does work when I boot WinXP.  Doesn't this suggest that
>> the firmware is ok?  On the other hand, it says nothing about
>> the Linux driver.
>>
> 
> Not at all sure.  However 'firmware' is a misleading term; I
> think it's really microcode that the driver needs to load onto
> the controller (which the WinXP driver will do).
> 
> Just found:
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/fedora-ppc/2006-March/000804.html
> -- 
> imalone

I just found this in /var/log/messages:

   Jul 13 18:25:48 mbrc35 kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Adding Interface type
   2 Jul 13 18:25:48 mbrc35 firmware_helper[2682]: Loading of
      /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx_mac80211 driver
      failed: No such file or directory
   Jul 13 18:25:48 mbrc35 kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Error: Microcode
      "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
   Jul 13 18:26:47 mbrc35 NetworkManager: <WARN>
       nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): could not trigger wireless
      scan on device wlan0: Network is down

I'll now take a look at the link you just provided.

Mike.


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