On 01/06/2010 05:17 PM, Jim Haynes wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Larry Finger wrote: > >> I have revised the wiki. You will not get the xxx15.fw files. > > Thanks, now I have the xxx15.fw files > >> the wiki and then copy the files in /lib/firmware/b43/ to some >> removable device. >> After you boot the CD, then copy those files to the firmware directory >> in the >> ramfs. Once that is done, unload and reload (with modprobe) the b43 >> driver. You >> will now be able to access the network. If you install from the CD, >> you will >> need to copy those files to the hard drive. > > OK, I copied all the *15.fw files to /lib/firmware/b43 > then did modprobe -r b43 > modprobe b43 > > Then I tried ifconfig wlan0 up - is that what I should have tried? > > It responded with SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
That is the correct step as long as you are not using NetworkManager. Now you need to flip your radio enable switch. If it is off, the radio is killed, i.e. RF-kill. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
