Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
dmesg |grep bcm43
bcm43xx driver
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 2, Type 2, Revision 2
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: set security called
bcm43xx: .level = 0
bcm43xx: .enabled = 0
bcm43xx: .encrypt = 0
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load
failed.
Yep. You definitely don't have the firmware where bcm43xx wants it to
be. And:
Next problem... I am running FC4. It doesn't appear as though fwcutter
is available in FC4, only FC5 and newer. And if I try to install
fwcutter on FC4, I get dependency errors: libc.so.6 is needed.
So is there a way to install 2.6.17 and use wifi without upgrading to
FC5 ? Or do I have to upgrade ?
Thanks.
You can get fwcutter from the main bcm43xx development site:
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ and build it locally. It should build with
no problems. That will also get you the README I mentioned. fwcutter
is only used to extract the firmware; not at run-time. You may also be
able to find a pre-built RPM for FC4 at one of the non-Red Hat repos
like dries, livna, freshrpms, etc.
I'm continuing to use FC4 and ndiswrapper on my laptop due to the WEP
authentication problem I mentioned in my original response. I'm
planning on upgrading it to FC6 once 6 is stable. Nothing against FC5
but it will go to unsupported when FC7 test 2 is released which is
sooner than I want to have to upgrade again.
Cheers,
Dave
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