Why can't I activate my wireless card?

[Kevin Kofler]

Anne Wilson wrote:

> 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?

Yes, try another version; the error message says that that particular 
version of the .o is not supported by b43-fwcutter.

        Kevin Kofler