Re: Wireless connection

[Chris Kottaridis <chriskot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)