Eddy Zhu wrote: > Hi > > I am a newbie to Linux world. I have successfully installed Fedora 6.0 > in my compaq presario laptop. But my wireless card doesn't seem to > work. I have already spent hours researched online but I can't get a > complete instructions step by step on installing a driver for bcm4318. > > Please kindly post a complete step by step installation instruction on > how to download and install the bcm43xx driver in Fedora 6.0 O.S.
Under Linux, it is important to list your kernel version in addition to your distro version for two reasons. Firstly, there are so many distros that one cannot remember what each one includes. Secondly, the kernel may have been updated independently of the distro. For example, I'm running the x86-64 version of openSUSE 10.2 for which the standard kernel is 2.6.18; however, I'm running kernel 2.6.22. You use the command 'uname -r' (without the quotes) to get the kernel version. As stated above, I'm not a Fedora user and I may get some of the following wrong. Have you installed the firmware for your bcm43xx card? If not, you will need to do the following as root: Find your Windows driver. It will likely be named bcmwl5.sys. Issue the following commands: yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware XXXXXX.sys where XXXXXX is replaced by the path and name of your Windows driver. If you send your kernel version, we will be able to get you the rest of the way. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
