Wireless connection
Chris Kottaridis
chriskot at quietwind.net
Sat Apr 12 04:38:36 UTC 2008
Boy that cut'n'paste turned out ugly after it got sent. The table looks
like this:
Driver Kernel Firmware Firmware
extractor Instructions
b43 Linux-2.6.24, 4.80.53.0 b43-fwcutter v. 011 Go
including
2.6.24-rcX and
2.6.24.Y
b43 Bleeding edge, 4.150.10.5 b43-fwcutter v. 011 Go
compat-wireless-2.6
package, linus-2.6
or wireless-2.6 trees
b43legacy Any 3.130.20.0 b43-fwcutterv. 011 Go
bcm43xx Any 3.130.20.0 bcm43xx-fwcutter v. 6 Go
(deprecated)
Thanks
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 22:22 -0600, Chris Kottaridis wrote:
> I have an Inspiron 1510 laptop and I've been trying to get the wireless
> network up and running. I've been using the Network manager and at the
> moment I have things so that when I try to activate the network I find
> these messages in /var/log/messages:
>
> Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper kernel: input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input15
> Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file
> "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
> Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and
> download the latest firmware (version 4).
> Apr 11 15:32:32 lapper firmware.sh[3061]: Cannot find firmware file
> 'b43/ucode5.fw'
>
> So, I go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware
> and it says:
>
> There are different versions of firmware and tools you may need:
>
> Driver
>
>
> Kernel
>
>
> Firmware
>
>
> Firmware
> extractor
>
>
> Instructions
>
>
> b43
>
>
> Linux-2.6.24,
> including
> 2.6.24-rcX and
> 2.6.24.Y
>
>
> 4.80.53.0
>
>
> b43-fwcutter
> v. 011
>
>
> Go
>
>
> b43
>
>
> Bleeding edge,
> i.e.
> compat-wireless-2.6 package, linus-2.6 or wireless-2.6 trees
>
>
> 4.150.10.5
>
>
> b43-fwcutter
> v. 011
>
>
> Go
>
>
> b43legacy
>
>
> Any
>
>
> 3.130.20.0
>
>
> b43-fwcutter
> v. 011
>
>
> Go
>
>
> bcm43xx
> (deprecated)
>
>
> Any
>
>
> 3.130.20.0
>
>
> bcm43xx-fwcutter v. 6
>
>
> Go
>
>
> My kernel is:
>
> kernel: Linux version 2.6.23.1-42.fc8
> (kojibuilder at xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2
> 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)) #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 13:55:12 EDT 2007
>
> So, I don't think I want the first two b43 options. But, I am not sure
> if I should use the b43legacy or bmc43xx version.
>
> How do I find out which of these I should use ?
>
> I'd assume the b43legacy as it seems to be the newest version.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Kottaridis
> (chriskot at quietwind.net)
>
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