Greetings, I tried using b43-firmware-download under F8 (uname -r says 2.6.23.8-63.fc8) on my HP dv2000 laptop. I've had wireless working in the past on F6 using the bcm* driver, but so far not b43 (or anything else) under F8. The firmware seems to be installed in /lib/firmware, and sha1sum is happy, but when I try to bring up the interface (using the System / Administration / Network "Activate" button), the DHCP fails to get an IP address. (It succeeds if I reboot the same laptop in Windows XP.) I find the following in /var/log/messages: ... Dec 10 11:08:06 localhost kernel: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found ... Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'b43-pci-bridge'. Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exporting device as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Device/4 Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'. Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Bringing up device wlan0 Dec 10 11:08:22 localhost kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx Dec 10 11:08:22 localhost kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost kernel: input: Unspecified device as /class/input/input10 Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. Dec 10 11:08:24 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the supplicant... Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0) supplicant interface is now in state 1 (from 0). Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) supplicant manager is now in state 1 (from 0). Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost avahi-daemon[2509]: Registering new address record for fe80::214:a5ff:fee6:2150 on wlan0.*. Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 (from 1). Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 (from 1). ... Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): starting (version 2.20.1), pid 3137 user 'root' Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Dec 10 11:10:58 localhost system-config-network[3127]: rm //etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf Dec 10 11:10:58 localhost system-config-network[3127]: ln //etc/resolv.conf //etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: -+ //etc/modprobe.conf #011eth0 alias forcedeth Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: chmod 0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0 Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: chmod 0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 Dec 10 11:11:17 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 Dec 10 11:11:22 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 Dec 10 11:11:34 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 Dec 10 11:11:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 Dec 10 11:11:57 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 Dec 10 11:12:08 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 Dec 10 11:12:14 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. By the way, following some other email, I placed the following line in /etc/modprobe.conf: alias wlan0 b43 Please let me know if you see my problem. Thanks, Julius On Nov 22, 2007 12:36 PM, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 11:05:29AM -0500, Rick Bilonick wrote: > > 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. > > > 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? > > Again, ndiswrapper doesn't use /lib/firmware. Those messages are not > coming from ndiswrapper. Please forget about ndiswrapper unless/until > you have actually tried using b43 on an F7, F8, or Rawhide kernel. > > The b43 driver requires version 4 firmware. Using an F8 kernel, > the firmware needs to be extracted with b43-fwcutter. > > Once you install or upgrade to F8, the easiest method I can offer > you to get this working is to download and install this package: > > http://fedora.tuxdriver.com/rfc/b43-firmware-download-351.126-1.fc8.noarch.rpm > > Then you will need to establish a wired connection to the Internet. > Afterwards you can either reboot (presuming your wired configuration > was configured with system-config-network) or run the following command > (as root): > > b43-firmware-download > > I'm sorry, but I can't be confident that even the latest FC6 kernels > will support your card. I also doubt that the rpm above will work > on anything earlier than at least F7. Your best bet to get your > 4318 working is to use a modern Fedora installation. If your 4318 > doesn't work with the stock F8 kernels then you can always fall back > on ndiswrapper, which I presume will still work (although I cannot > support it). > > John > -- > John W. Linville > linville@xxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
