Isn't there a keystroke combination to turn radio on? On my laptop it is the key combination [Fn][F11]. This is actually an off/on toggle switch.
P~Manalastas *** --- thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have wiped out my XP dual boot with Open Suse and > installed Fedora > Core 7 on my Dell Inspiron B130. Dmesg shows it > detected my wireless > which is BCM but its says Radio turned off so it > failed. > > Here is the dmesg output:: > > bcm43xx driver > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 > (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2 > bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 > bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243 > bcm43xx: PHY connected > bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision > 7 > bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f > Ver: 2050 Rev: 8) > bcm43xx: Radio turned off > bcm43xx: Radio turned off > > Now this is the part when kernel tried to ifup eth1: > > SoftMAC: ASSERTION FAILED (0) at: > net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c:306:ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate() > bcm43xx: PHY connected > bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" > not available or load failed. > bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2) > bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = > 0, .encrypt = 0 > SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first. > SoftMAC: Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is > device up? > bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" > not available or load failed. > bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2) > audit(1181526244.716:3): audit_pid=2062 old=0 by > auid=4294967295 > subj=system_u:system_r:auditd_t:s0 > eth0: no IPv6 routers present > > > > > Has anybody has a work around for this: > > bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" > not available or load failed. > > Thanks in advance, > > thad _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
