Why can't I activate my wireless card?

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 08 February 2011 21:33:39 Kevin Kofler wrote:
> 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.
> 
I tried the 150.10.5 last night and it seemed to be accepted.  I saw a long 
list of files said to be extracted.  I didn't get the interface working 
though.  I'll work on it again when I get in this evening, but I'd appreciate 
any hints of things to check.

Anne
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