On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 10:50 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > One or both of us is confused... > > If you are using ndiswrapper, then it does not matter what (if > anything) you have in /lib/firmware. I can offer you no support > with ndiswrapper. > > If you are in fact using the bcm43xx driver, then you must use version > 3 firmware, extracted with bcm43xx-fwcutter. > > If you are using b43legacy then you need version 3 firmware. If you > are using b43 then you need version 4 firmware. In either case, > whether the firmware needs to be extracted with bcm43xx-fwcutter or > rather with b43-fwcutter depends on exactly which kernel you are using. > > If you got a message that you needed version 4 firmware, that suggests > that you are using the b43 driver. It is not clear to me exactly > which kernel you are using. What is the output of 'uname -r'? > > You mentioned FC6. I must recommend that you move forward at least > to F7. FWIW, you will find much better support for your 4318 there. > F8 is better still. > > Hth! > > John > -- > John W. Linville > linville@xxxxxxxxxx > uname -r shows: 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 This is the "old" kernel where ndiswrapper works. When I upgraded to a newer (and all newer) F6 kernels, ndiswrapper no longer works. First I received error messages about mismatched versions of iwlist (or wireliess tools). I've installed at least 5 newer kernels (keeping the one that the wireless works). I don't get the original error message but then started to get messages about firmware. (ndiswrapper was updated to the latest version - I expected everything to continue working after updating the kernels and other files). Will ndiswrapper work with the version 3 firmware under F8? I tried an F8 live distro but still could not get the card to work (probably because I don't know how to get ndiswrapper working with a live distro given you can't save things.) Rick
