re: wireless setup - start here

[Axonar]

I've had Fedora for about 3 days now, and it's been kinda slow because I don't have any network access from my Fedora Core 10 running laptop (I'm using an dial-up connected desktop & a usb stick)

I read somewhere that this guide would work with Fedora (HOWTO: Dell Inspiron E1505 Wireless (Broadcom 1390 WLAN) - Ubuntu Forums) would work. I got up to the point where you need to distclean ndiswrapper, but i would get the error:

# sudo make distclean
make -C driver clean
make{1}: Entering directory `/home/myname/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver'
rm -f *.o *.ko .*.cmd *.mod.c *.symvers modules.order *~ .\#*
rm -f *_exports.h win2lin_stubs.h
rm -rf .tmp_versions
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/myname/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver'
make -C utils clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/myname/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.54/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/myname/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.54/utils'
rm -f *~
rm -fr ndiswrapper-1.54 ndiswrapper-1.54.tar.gz patch-stamp
make -C driver distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/myname/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `distclean'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/myname/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver'
make: *** [distclean] Error 2



So I have ndiswrapper 1.54, and the dell driver for a card I can't find on Fedora, but IO saw in windows (when I had it). The card is called Del Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard.

This is what I got from the lspci -nn command:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root

More info in the next posts as I appearently have too many images...
Help appreciated, sorry if something's wrong, haven't had Fedora for long...

[Axonar]

lsmod:
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 10240 1
vfat 18560 1
fat 54072 1 vfat
fuse 60992 2
bridge 56224 0
stp 10756 1 bridge
bnep 22016 2
rfkill_input 13824 0
sco 19204 2
l2cap 28544 3 bnep
bluetooth 60068 5 bnep,sco,l2cap
sunrpc 191208 3
ip6t_REJECT 12160 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 22984 2
ip6table_filter 11136 1
ip6_tables 26128 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 287272 22 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 15504 1
acpi_cpufreq 17552 1
freq_table 12928 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
dm_multipath 23704 0
uinput 16128 0
snd_hda_intel 476576 3
arc4 10240 2
ecb 11264 2
crypto_blkcipher 24196 1 ecb
b43 152880 0
snd_seq_dummy 11396 0
snd_seq_oss 39104 0
rfkill 17316 2 rfkill_input,b43
snd_seq_midi_event 14848 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 61968 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
mac80211 213872 1 b43
snd_seq_device 15380 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 52224 0
cfg80211 32400 1 mac80211
snd_mixer_oss 23168 1 snd_pcm_oss
input_polldev 12048 1 b43
snd_pcm 85512 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
uvcvideo 60552 0
snd_timer 30352 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
firewire_ohci 30340 0
pcspkr 11008 0
compat_ioctl32 16512 1 uvcvideo
i2c_i801 17820 0
firewire_core 45504 1 firewire_ohci
snd_page_alloc 16656 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
dcdbas 15920 0
snd_hwdep 16392 1 snd_hda_intel
videodev 40704 2 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32
joydev 19328 0
i2c_core 29216 1 i2c_i801
sdhci_pci 16128 0
crc_itu_t 10240 1 firewire_core
sdhci 24708 1 sdhci_pci
usb_storage 102944 1
mmc_core 56384 1 sdhci
iTCO_wdt 20176 0
b44 35600 0
ricoh_mmc 12416 0
snd 68984 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
mii 13056 1 b44
v4l1_compat 21380 2 uvcvideo,videodev
video 28316 0
ssb 45700 2 b43,b44
output 11264 1 video
soundcore 14992 1 snd
ac 13320 0
wmi 14912 0
battery 21000 0

[Axonar]

dmesg | grep firmware:

firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d
firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to b43 - Linux Wireless and download the latest firmware (version 4).
firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to b43 - Linux Wireless and download the latest firmware (version

[Axonar]

dmesg:

ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 32 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 20, io mem 0xfed1c000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 ehci_hcd
usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 20, io base 0x00006f20
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 21, io base 0x00006f00
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 20, io base 0x00006f80
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=08ec, idProduct=0008
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: Store 'n' Go
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Verbatim
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0920486081B2A9D9
usb 2-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 21, io base 0x00006f60
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 2-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-6: New USB device found, idVendor=05a9, idProduct=2640
usb 2-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 2-6: Product: Laptop Integrated Webcam
usb 2-6: Manufacturer: OmniVision Technologies, Inc. -2640-07.07.20.3
usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb6: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 22, io base 0x00006f40
usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 6-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb7: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4
rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k, hpet irqs
device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.14.0-ioctl (2008-04-23) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
usb 6-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c51b
usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 6-2: Product: USB Receiver
usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Logitech
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb6/6-2/6-2:1.0/input/input5
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2
hiddev96hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Plase use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel paramater, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
TCP cubic registered
Initializing XFRM netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 17
registered taskstats version 1
Magic number: 13:771:255
hub 7-0:1.0: hash matches
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1288k freed
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 4744k
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -236610193 ns)
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.3, id: 0x1a0b1, caps: 0xa04793/0x300000
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
type=1404 audit(1234487779.066:2): enforcing=1 old_enforcing=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
SELinux: 8192 avtab hash slots, 109076 rules.
SELinux: 8192 avtab hash slots, 109076 rules.
SELinux: 8 users, 11 roles, 2503 types, 119 bools, 1 sens, 1024 cats
SELinux: 73 classes, 109076 rules
SELinux: Completing initialization.
SELinux: Setting up existing superblocks.
SELinux: initialized (dev dm-0, type ext3), uses xattr
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev usbfs, type usbfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev selinuxfs, type selinuxfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev mqueue, type mqueue), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev hugetlbfs, type hugetlbfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev devpts, type devpts), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev inotifyfs, type inotifyfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev anon_inodefs, type anon_inodefs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev pipefs, type pipefs), uses task SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev debugfs, type debugfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev sockfs, type sockfs), uses task SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev proc, type proc), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev bdev, type bdev), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev rootfs, type rootfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev sysfs, type sysfs), uses genfs_contexts
type=1403 audit(1234487779.320:3): policy loaded auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
udevd version 127 started
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
acpi device:32: registered as cooling_device2
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/device:2e/device:2f/input/input7
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0c:00.0
ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
acpi device:37: registered as cooling_device3
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/device:34/input/input8
ACPI: Video Device [VID1] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/device:39/input/input9
ACPI: Video Device [VID2] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver
ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale
ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:03:01.2 [1180:0843] (rev 12)
ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled.
b44 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
b44.c:v2.0
iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.03 (30-Apr-200
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:1c:23:9d:aa:e6
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Registered led device: mmc0
mmc0: SDHCI controller on PCI [0000:03:01.1] using DMA
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input10
firewire_ohci 0000:03:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:03:01.0, OHCI version 1.10
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop Integrated Webcam (05a9:2640)
uvcvideo: Failed to query (135) UVC control 1 (unit 0) : -32 (exp. 26).
input: Laptop Integrated Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-6/2-6:1.0/input/input11
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)
firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 324fc00039a909a1, S400
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8
b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3021: autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3025: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3029: hp_outs=1 (0xa/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3030: mono: mono_out=0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3038: inputs: mic=0xb, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2377: dac_nids=1 (0x10/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux: initialized (dev sda1, type ext3), uses xattr
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
Adding 4095992k swap on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:4095992k
SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access VBTM Store 'n' Go 5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14a <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.13
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input12
firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to b43 - Linux Wireless and download the latest firmware (version 4).
Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input13
firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to b43 - Linux Wireless and download the latest firmware (version 4).
Bridge firewalling registered
pan0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 0 1
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 1 0
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
fuse init (API version 7.9)
SELinux: initialized (dev fuse, type fuse), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 0 1
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 1 0
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts
CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 0 1
domain 1: span 0-1 level CPU
groups: 0-1
domain 2: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 1 0
domain 1: span 0-1 level CPU
groups: 0-1
domain 2: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 22500 nsec
CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 0 1
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 1 0
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=08ec, idProduct=0008
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: Store 'n' Go
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Verbatim
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0920486081B2A9D9
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access VBTM Store 'n' Go 5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 5
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 27
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 150
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 247
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 248
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 249
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=08ec, idProduct=0008
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: Store 'n' Go
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Verbatim
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0920486081B2A9D9
usb-storage: device found at 6
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access VBTM Store 'n' Go 5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 6
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 27
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 150
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 247
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 248
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 249
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=08ec, idProduct=0008
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: Store 'n' Go
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Verbatim
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0920486081B2A9D9
usb-storage: device found at 7
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access VBTM Store 'n' Go 5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 7
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 27
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 124
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 150
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 247
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 248
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 249
lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=08ec, idProduct=0008
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: Store 'n' Go
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Verbatim
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0920486081B2A9D9
usb-storage: device found at 8
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access VBTM Store 'n' Go 5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 8
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=08ec, idProduct=0008
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: Store 'n' Go
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Verbatim
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0920486081B2A9D9
usb-storage: device found at 9
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access VBTM Store 'n' Go 5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] 501760 512-byte hardware sectors (257 MB)
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts

[Axonar]

Also I have downloaded the necessary files from the link in dmesg | greps firmware, but the first instruction for my kernel version won't accept the `make' command. I've also tried the second instruction but "sudo ../../" isn't a command.

[sooner_born_1960]

It looks like this would help.
broadcom_driver

[Axonar]

Thanks, but I don't have a network connection, so I can't get it.
I get the error:

cur: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'dnmouse.org'
error: skipping http://dnmouse.org/b43-2-3.fc10.noarch.rpm - transfer fail

I do have a dial-up connection on my desktop, but I can't get it to work on my laptop, which is where I have Fedora. I also don't know how to get dial-up onto my laptop, as we just plug the desktop into the wall and the connection works. That doesn't work for the laptop, neither does plugging the laptop into the desktop.

Any other ideas?

[waterhead]

Hi

Your best option for this card is to use the b43 driver instead of NDISwrapper. You should completely uninstall NDISwrapper, and make sure it isn't loading at boot, by looking for it in the output of lsmod, with this command.

lsmod | grep ndiswrapper

If it returns nothing, then it is not loaded.

Since you do not have a working internet connection, you will have to download the b43-fwcutter application, and the firmware package, and transfer it to the Fedora installation. A package for the b43-fwcutter application can be downloded from Fedora:

ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...3.fc9.i386.rpm

I see that it is labled fc9, but it comes from the Fedora 10 directory so it must be OK. You also need the firmware package. It can be downloaded with this link:
http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources...0.53.0.tar.bz2

Transfer those files to your Fedora installation. Then install the b43-fwcutter application. First gain root privileges by using the su command.

su <enter>
Password:

Enter your root password, it will remain hidden as you enter it, then hit the enter key. Now go to the folder that contains the rpm file, using the cd command, and then install the package.

rpm -Uvh b43-fwcutter-011-3.fc9.i386.rpm

Now unpack the compressed firmware file. You need to cd to the folder containing that file, and run this command.

tar xvfj broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2

This will create a folder named broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0. You need to cd to the kmod folder in it, and extract the firmware from the wl_apsta.o file. First, you need to include the path to the firmware file in the command. Mine is in this folder: /home/paul/Download/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/ , so I would include that in the command.

Now you can extract the firmware, using b43-fwcutter. On my system, this command with the directory locations, worked. You will need to change the directory path for your system.

 b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ /home/paul/Download/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o

After installing, reboot and set up the card as a new network card using the "Network" program found in the main menu.

[waterhead]

When I was finished, I found that the /lib/firmware/b43 folder had different file permissions than other folders in the same directory. This meant that I couldn't easily check that the firmware files were correctly installed. To fix the folder permissions, run this command as root.

chmod 755 /lib/firmware/b43/

This gives it the same permissions as all the other folders in that directory.

[Axonar]

When I try to install fwcutter, I get this:

# rpm -Uvh b43-fwcutter-011-3.fc9.i386.rpm
warning: b43-fwcutter-011-3.fc9.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4ebfc273
error: Failed dependencies:
	libc.so.6 is needed by b43-fwcutter-011-3.fc9.i386
	libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by b43-fwcutter-011-3.fc9.i386
	libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by b43-fwcutter-011-3.fc9.i386