Linksys wireless pc adapter

jaffa · #1 17th July 2008, 04:04 AM

Hi,

I cant seem to get my linksys wireless pc adapter to work, cant activate it in Fedora 9
id tell u the error mess that pops up but it pops and dissappears in a second.
any help would be appreciated

MrHappy · #2 17th July 2008, 05:26 AM

Hi jaffa, welcome to the forum

I would suggest reading http://fedoramobile.org/wireless Getting Started and Troubleshooting pages.

Then come back with any questions.

MrHappy

jaffa · #3 17th July 2008, 06:00 AM

i get this error wit dmesg and redirects me to a site but couldnt figure out what to do after that
"b43/ucode5.fw" not found
i have a Linksys Wireless-G PCI with Speedbooster
model: WMP54GS v1.1 btw

bbfuller · #4 17th July 2008, 10:04 AM

Hello jaffa

I think we need to know what is in that card of yours before we go too far.

Open a terminal window and use the command:

Code:

/sbin/lspci

and post back the parts that relate to ethernet and wireless and we'll think again.

jaffa · #5 17th July 2008, 11:32 AM

01:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
01:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

using ethernet on fedora 9 right now till i can solve this problem with the linksys pci card wit fedora 9

bbfuller · #6 17th July 2008, 11:48 AM

Hello jaffa

I have one of those particular cards and it's one of the easier ones to get going. See if you can work through my general notes on configuring it. If it looks daunting don't hesitate to come back with questions or problems.

Quote:

Download this file and put it into a directory somewhere:

http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/b...0.10.5.tar.bz2

Acquire full root rights over your machine with this command in a terminal window:

Code:

su -

That's a space and a minus sign after the su. It gives you full root rights over your machine rather than just root rights over your ordinary users environment without it.

Use the cd command to navigate into the directory where you downloaded the above file. Issue the command:

Code:

tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

That unpacks the file archive you downloaded and will create you a new directory where you are working called 'broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5'.

cd into that and then the 'driver' directory within that and use the command:

Code:

b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o

That cuts the required firmware for your card from the downloaded file and places it in the correct place for the b43 driver to find it.

Check and see if you have NetworkManager showing on the top Gnome Panel to the right in the notification area.

Restart the machine and left clicking on the NetworkManager icon should bring up a list of wireless access points to connect to.

jaffa · #7 17th July 2008, 12:07 PM

after typing in su - it just starts a new line to type in
and i dont know how to do the cd command
sorry still new to this but im reading and learning everything i can as i find it in guides forums etc..
a step by step layout would help me catch on ; ;

bbfuller · #8 17th July 2008, 12:47 PM

Hello jaffa

Not a problem. We all had this sort of question when we started.

It's really going to depend on where you put the broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 file that you downloaded.

Lets say for the moment that I put it into my "Download" directory. Before I could extract the parts from the file with the "tar" command, my command prompt would need to be showing that it was located in the Download directory. I expect that if you look at yours after using the "su -" command it is showing something like:

Quote:

[root@atx17 ~]#

the ~ tells you that you are in roots home directory.

on this machine I would then use the command:

Code:

cd /home/bbfuller/Download

to change directory (cd) to the place where the broadcom file is.

Code:

ls

issued then will show you the contents of the directory you are in and it should show the file you downloaded.

The cd command above starts from the top of the file tree and is needed because you are not in an adjoining directory to where you want to be.

When you want to move into the 'driver' directory I mention, you can then use

Code:

cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver

no forward slash or full path needed because the 'broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5' directory is off the directory you are already in.

You should then be able to use the b43-fwcutter command I list next.

Hope that helps, come back with any questions.

EDIT:

By the way, unlike DOS, directory names and File names in Linux are case sensitive, that's why I used a capital 'D' for Documents. It won't work if you omit it.

jaffa · #9 17th July 2008, 01:29 PM

I lub u! i could kiss u lol
thanks alot

now im having a problem updating system, i click apply updates or w/e and nothing and i refresh it and get the
list of updates and click apply updates and nada -_- can u help me?

bbfuller · #10 17th July 2008, 01:51 PM

Steady on jaffa, I'm British and you know what we are like. Stiff upper lip and all that!

All of the graphical front ends, like that update program are just front ends for the command line tools that you've been using.

The thing that will be working in the background is something called 'yum'. Short for Yellow dog Update Manager

Try running it from that 'su -' command line with the command:

Code:

yum update

and if there are any error messages, post them back precisely.