On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:23:55 +0000, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:40:09 +0000, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > >> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:25:57 -0200, Martin Marques wrote: >> >>> Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED escribió: >>>> I installed FC8 on my dual boot laptop, and ran "yum update". when I >>>> try to activate Broadcom 43 my wifi, I get: >>>> >>>> >>>> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file >>>> or directory >>>> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> Note lspci: >>>> ... >>>> 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 >>>> WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Check dmesg. There must be more info there (especially when b43 is >>> loaded). >> >> Yes, indeed, dmesg: >> >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed. >> b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/ >> Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware >> (version 4). >> input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input13 >> >> Thanks again, >> Mike. > > So I did what it says, and: > > [root@mbrc15 driver]# which b43-fwcutter /usr/bin/b43-fwcutter > [root@mbrc15 driver]# b43-fwcutter -v b43-fwcutter version 009 > [root@mbrc15 driver]# b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta_mimo.o > Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter. > This file has an unknown MD5sum cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c. > [root@mbrc15 driver]# > root@mbrc15 driver]# pwd > /root/broadcom/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Mike. Wait .. I see I used the wrong firmware version for my kernel. Mike.
