On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 15:02 -0500, Mike Leahy wrote: > Hello List, > > I've been discussing some problems I have with the bcm43xx drivers (for > wireless cards based on the Broadcom 43xx chipsets) on their users list > (bcm43xx-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). As you can see from the response to my > latest message below, it appears that the bcm43xx driver being released > with the kernels is not up-to-date. I have only been able to get my > wireless card working in FC5 by manually deleting the bcm43xx module > from the kernel, then (re)installing ndiswrapper. As the bcm43xx is > included with every FC5 kernel update, I have to do this procedure > pretty frequently, since I'm generally keeping up with the development > updates. > > Larry Finger's reply below suggests that maybe if the latest bcm43xx > source were used, this wouldn't be an issue. Is this something that > will likely be taken care of in the near future? I think it wouldn't be > a bad thing if this was updated, as there are plenty of people out there > with bcm43xx wireless cards on laptops. If it works out of the box, then > I imagine it will be much easier for laptop users that are dependant on > wireless capability (e.g., myself) to start using FC5 when it is finally > released. I did try to compile the driver myself from the latest source, > but the combination of my lack of experience with the need to reboot > into Windows in order to search/discuss issues lead me to give up on it > after a couple days. > > Mike > > Larry Finger wrote: > > Mike, > > > > Mike Leahy wrote: > >> > >> Michael: WRT what was going wrong, all I can say is that the driver > >> appeared to load (e.g., I could get wireless info from the card using > >> iwconfig when the bcm43xx driver was loaded), but any time I tried to > >> modify the wireless card's configuration with iwconfig or scan with > >> iwlist, I would get a message saying the functionality wasn't supported > >> for that card. Maybe somebody can suggest what I should look for, so > >> that when I get the next kernel update I can try again and give more > >> in-depth info. > >> > >> Thanks again, > >> Mike > > > > I wonder where Fedora is getting their source. The iwconfig errors you > > report were fixed about a month ago. On my system, WPA started working > > on Jan. 12 and that didn't work until most of the IOCTL links used by > > iwconfig were working. > > > > As you are obviously in the FC test program, could you inquire where > > they are downloading softmac and bcm43xx code? > > > > Larry > > > Here is a thread that is related to this issue and may or may not help you to manually enable your bcm43xx driver: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-February/msg00019.html Works for me. Also a related bug filing: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179538 I too hope to see the latest bcm43xx driver source incorporated as soon as possible. Stanton Finley http://stanton-finley.net/ -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list