Max Siegel wrote: > I can't get my card to stay turned on and even if it's on it won't have > a signal more than 1mb/s and can't connect to the access point which is > in the same room. The network has a non broadcasting ssid and wep > password, but even with that stuff turned off it still won't connect. > Also, I tried using the fwcutter but the commands sudo and make returned > "command not found". I am a linux novice at best, this is my first time > using it and I just want wireless to work. Thanks for any advice. > > > > > [slax-Fri Aug 08-19:35:16] > root-pt1 > ~ $> uname -a > Linux slax 2.6.21.5 #1 SMP Mon Jun 18 09:45:53 GMT 2007 i686 AMD > Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
--- snip --- > 30:00.0 0280: 14e4:4312 (rev 02) > Subsystem: 103c:1370 > Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21 > Region 0: Memory at c8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 --- snip --- > bcm43xx driver > bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x2 > bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 > bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x13, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Unsupported 80211 core revision 13 > <================================================== > bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243 You supplied all the necessary information; however, it appears that you did not read the output. As it states, an 80211 core with revision 13 is not supported (for this version of the driver). You need a newer kernel. I might have recommended the wireless compatibility package, but I don't think that goes back as far as 2.6.21. Please install all the packages that your distro needs to build a kernel, and go to kernel.org, download the sources for 2.6.24 or newer (2.6.25 is better), and build a new kernel. Alternatively, you could install a newer distro. That would have the advantages of getting all the security updates for the whole system, not just the kernel. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
