On Apr 3, 2012 10:24 PM, "Roger" <are...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > I have had problems where emails from my Fedora box go missing so am resending from Ubuntu box. > Please accept my apologies for double posting if this happens. > > I sent an email from the Fedora16 box earlier this afternoon about my daughter's Dell 1545 Laptop - Fedora 16 fresh installation. > > I have been struggling with an error message from the Network Manager F16 which says Wireless --firmware missing. > Google is of no help, there is some info for Fedora 13-14-15 but this is cryptic, unhelpful and relates to a Broadcom modem.. We have a Thompson Gateway TG782T.
I'm fairly certain that laptop does have a Broadcom 43xx wireless adapter, but you can check with ’lspci’. There are instructions for downloading and installing firmware for that adapter here: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Fedora > The Laptop wireless worked well in Ubuntu Oneric but not Fedora 16. > I really need to solve this urgently but have run out of ideas > Can someone please assist > thanks in advance > Roger -T.C.
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