Getting My Wireless internet to work... Fedora 7

[raiderleaf]

I'm having a problem when i get to this step

[root@localhost Download]# bcmfwcutter BCMWL5.SYS
bash: bcmfwcutter: command not found

[Roxoff]

It may not be called that exactly - use bash's inline complete (on the tab key) type "bcm" and hit tab, if it doesn't complete the command name hit tab again, and it'll give you a list of possible matches. I did this from memory, you know, so there is a chance that I might have incorrectly named a command...

[raiderleaf]

It may not be called that exactly - use bash's inline complete (on the tab key) type "bcm" and hit tab, if it doesn't complete the command name hit tab again, and it'll give you a list of possible matches. I did this from memory, you know, so there is a chance that I might have incorrectly named a command...

This is my terminal:

[argiesey@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost argiesey]# gedit /etc/modprobe.conf

(gedit:3319): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
[root@localhost argiesey]# yum -y install bcmfwcutter
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do
[root@localhost argiesey]# cd Download
[root@localhost Download]# ls
bcmwl5.inf bcmwl5.PNF BCMWL5.SYS
[root@localhost Download]# bcmfwcutter BCMWL5.SYS
bash: bcmfwcutter: command not found
[root@localhost Download]# bcm

When i press tab or tab tab it pulls up a list and the only bc command in there is bc itself.

[MikeTbob]

I found this on another forum and I am not sure it works but give it a shot.
yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter
Then the command becomes
bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware <DRIVERFILE>

[Roxoff]

I found this on another forum and I am not sure it works but give it a shot.
yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter
Then the command becomes
bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware <DRIVERFILE>

That's the package, well done Mike. I did try to look all this up before I posted, but I couldn't find all the details (and I was at work), so relied on memory. So my humble apologies to anyone struggling with my gibberish. And thanks to Mike for saving the day.

[raiderleaf]

the modprobe -r command doesn't work.

[root@localhost Download]# modprobe -r
bash: modprobe: command not found

[MikeTbob]

That is weird, did you use su - to login root?(include the hyphen)
Try using the path
/sbin/modprobe -r

[raiderleaf]

It still didn't work. Nothing happened and nothing new appears in the network configuration.

Here: [argiesey@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/modprobe -r
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe -r
[root@localhost ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg install.log install.log.syslog scsconfig.log scsrun.log
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-network
[root@localhost ~]#

[MikeTbob]

I think you need to specify which module you want to remove.
modprobe -r modulename

[raiderleaf]

And which module do i need to remove? I have no idea. But none of the wireless appears in the system configuration.