From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89748138CA2 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:58:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 17A3DE089A; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD5B1E089A for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:58:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YiHHK-00086T-4V for gentoo-powerpc@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 08:58:31 +0200 Received: from jyh7.kyla.fi ([82.130.25.207]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 08:58:30 +0200 Received: from nunojsilva by jyh7.kyla.fi with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 08:58:30 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-powerpc@lists.gentoo.org From: "Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)" Subject: [gentoo-powerpc] Re: b43 wireless not working Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jyh7.kyla.fi User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1/mm (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo on PowerPC X-BeenThere: gentoo-powerpc@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-powerpc@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: d8f0bd37-b310-42c9-a222-ec0f498fb330 X-Archives-Hash: d7122153d5f77bf7cda464ffbbfac3eb On 2015-04-15, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < > herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am having issues with getting wireless to work on my iBook G4. I have >> followed the FAQ and installed the b43-fwcutter tool then I downloaded and >> extracted the firmware. Normally in Debian and Ubuntu I would run the >> command sudo modprobe b43 to wireless working. However I cannot get it >> work. I have verified the kernel modules are configured correctly. I am not >> sure what else I am missing. How are you checking if the wireless is working? Does the card show up in "ifconfig -a"? I think that, nowadays, you're supposed to install b43-firmware, which will pull in b43-fwcutter. But, as far as you get the firmware, I guess it should be enough... > > Here is more info > > rican-linux@ibookG4-gentoo ~ $ sudo lspci -vvn|grep 43 -A7 > Password: > 0001:10:12.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02) ... except that you have a BCM4318. There's at least one report of the latest version of the broadcom firmware not working that well with BCM4318, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=541080 (Unfortunately, https://bugs.gentoo.org/ appears to be down right now.) -- Nuno Silva Helsinki, Finland