On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:31 AM, Alexander Volovics <a.volovic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:23:50AM -0700, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Alexander Volovics > >> > The wireless.kernel.org site also advices using b43-fwcutter version 0.15 >> > but this version does not seem to be available for fed 16. >> > >> > Can this be the problem? > > >> It is the problem. That firmware needs b43-fwcutter-015; older >> versions won't work with it. >> >> I filed a bug [1] asking for b43-fwcutter to be updated. In the >> meantime, I built an updated version because I'll probably need it for >> one of my machines when it gets updated later: >> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3730189 > >> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784390 > > Thanks for the confirmation and the references. > I will wait for the update to show up. No hurry, I only need wireless > occasionaly. It's maintainer kindly built an update a mere two hours after I filed the bug. :-) It's in updates-testing now. You can install it by running: yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update b43-fwcutter If you install it, please give it karma to get it in stable updates faster: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-0908/b43-fwcutter-015-1.fc16 -T.C. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
