Why can't I activate my wireless card?

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Tue Feb 8 17:27:47 UTC 2011


On Tuesday 08 February 2011 12:45:19 Anne Wilson wrote:
> Following instructions on
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Fedora  (except that there
> was a slightly later version available than mentioned on that page) I did
> the extraction, then tried to install the firmware.
> 
> cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3/driver
> [root at AA1r]# 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 b84bc801b9b8f39069c252f533655af8.

The filename appears to be correct - certainly there is a file of that name in 
that directory.  Could it be that the 150.10.5.3 is not supported and I should 
instead use 150.10.5?  Perhaps it's a mis-match?

Anne
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