I originally posted this to the user mailing list, but as I thought about it, I realized that this might be something that needs to be brought to the attention of the developers before Fedora 15 ships.
My original message:I just got an Acer Aspire One and threw Fedora 15 Alpha on it. �This
is a good thing as, according to
linuxwireless.org/en/users/drivers/brcm80211�says that my wifi chip is
in the 2.6.38 kernel. �That page tells me to d/l some firmware files
to a specific directory. �I went there and those files are already
there. �But I don't have any wireless configured.
The system only sees em1 and lo if I do an iwconfig and em1 is the ethernet.
so the system can see the hardware. �Why is it not loading? �Is there
another step I'm missing?
Thanks!
Which prompted the following reply on the list:Hi,
There is possibly an small problem - what relates to the kmod - akmod
naming difference. I could help you, but tell me the results of
'ifconfig', 'rfkill' (you have install that, and need an list param),
and 'lsmod', 'rpm -qa | grep wl' . Pack that into an txt, and send it
over me. If I have right, then we have to report an dependency
problem.
Thanks,
Zoltan
Which is what made me think the devs needed to see it. �Here's the output that he asked me to generate:
So let me know what info you need to get this resolved.
Thanks a lot!
--
Eric Mesa
http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com
--
devel mailing list
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
04-16-2011, 12:31 AM
Matthew Garrett
Acer Aspire One, Wifi, and Fedora 15
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 08:05:55PM -0400, Eric Mesa wrote:
> linuxwireless.org/en/users/drivers/brcm80211*says that my wifi chip is
> in the 2.6.38 kernel. *That page tells me to d/l some firmware files
> to a specific directory. *I went there and those files are already
> there. *But I don't have any wireless configured.
The driver is in staging rather than the main kernel, and we typically
only enable drivers in staging if there's someone who's willing and able
to handle the maintenance of the driver. So it's expected to fail to
work, I'm afraid.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
--
devel mailing list
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
04-16-2011, 07:10 PM
Eric Mesa
Acer Aspire One, Wifi, and Fedora 15
The driver is in staging rather than the main kernel, and we typically
only enable drivers in staging if there's someone who's willing and able
to handle the maintenance of the driver. So it's expected to fail to
work, I'm afraid.
--
Matthew Garrett |*mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
I see. *So what would I need to do to enable it? *Recompile the kernel? *Drop a file somewhere?
Thanks,**
--
devel mailing list
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
04-17-2011, 10:58 PM
Matthew Garrett
Acer Aspire One, Wifi, and Fedora 15
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 03:10:01PM -0400, Eric Mesa wrote:
> I see. So what would I need to do to enable it? Recompile the kernel?
> Drop a file somewhere?
There may be a kmod for it in rpmfusion? If not you'll need to rebuild
your kernel.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
--
devel mailing list
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
04-18-2011, 06:08 AM
"tim.lauridsen@gmail.com"
Acer Aspire One, Wifi, and Fedora 15
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 03:10:01PM -0400, Eric Mesa wrote:
> * *I see. *So what would I need to do to enable it? *Recompile the kernel?
> * * Drop a file somewhere?
There may be a kmod for it in rpmfusion? If not you'll need to rebuild
your kernel.
I have a *
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
I use
akmod-wl
from rpmfusion to get it working.
Tim
--
devel mailing list
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
04-18-2011, 12:29 PM
Eric Mesa
Acer Aspire One, Wifi, and Fedora 15
Thanks for the suggestions to look in rpmfusion.* I got confirmation from a user on the users mailing list that the rpmfusion solution worked for them.* I needed to get things working right away, so I've temporarily moved on to Ubuntu on that machine as their restricted drivers utility found the necessary driver and I hadn't heard from you guys or the other guy by the time I needed the netbook to be working.* But, knowing that it works on Fedora means I can come back to Fedora on that machine next time I refresh the OS on there.* And, of course, I continue to run Fedora on my main desktop computer as it's my favorite distro.
Thanks for the help and suggestions,--
Eric Mesa
http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com
--
devel mailing list
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
04-18-2011, 03:42 PM
Eric Mesa
Acer Aspire One, Wifi, and Fedora 15
Just wanted to make sure, my previous reply wasn't meant to be accusatory that you guys took too long.* Just meant to explain why I wouldn't be getting back with info on whether the proposed fix worked or not.
Sorry for any misunderstandings,--
Eric Mesa
http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com
--
devel mailing list
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Acer Aspire One, Wifi, and Fedora 15
