>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Colin> Thanks to Chris Smart, Peter Danenberg and others, I have Colin> been able to install Fedora 12 as the sole O/S on my Colin> Macbook Air (first generation). Colin> However the wirless networking is not enabled. I am Colin> following the instructions in Colin> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/wireless-guide/f12/en-US/html-single/#chap-Wireless_Guide-Fedora_And_Wireless Colin> . Colin> There was no wireless device shown in the network Colin> Configuration, so I clicked New and added a device for Colin> hardware Apple Airport. I also tried adding wireless Colin> device on the Hardware tab (eth0), but although it allows Colin> me to do this, after I save and then reopen the Network Colin> Configuration, the hardware only shows a device pan0 of Colin> Type Ethernet (which was there from the start). It does Colin> appear on the Devices tab (it didn't originally until I Colin> added it), but has staus of inactive, and no means to Colin> activate it. Colin> However, even after restarting the computer, the wireless Colin> icon on the panel says there are no network devices Colin> available. Colin> So I tried removing the device from control by Colin> NetworkManager, and activated it manually. But then I get: Colin> Device eth0 does seem to be present, delaying Colin> initalization. Colin> What do I need to do? Apparently the answer is to forget about using Linux, and restore Mac OSX :-( :-( I did lspci And discovered the device is a broadcom with PCI-ID of 14e4:4328 . According to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 This is not supported by the b43 device driver, so Linux on this machine is not on. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines