[SOLVED] Help needed: Hardy, Wireless, Powerbook

[LeSid]

Hi all

My goal is to have a minimal version of ubuntu running on my power book. I
used the ppc mini install disk and use fluxbox while trying to avoid gnome
or kde-dependencies for performance reasons. So I'm working mostly from the command line.

In order to get the wlan up, I installed bcm43xx-fwcutter and rebooted. The wlan didn-t work.

I tried the following:

sudo aptitude install bcm43xx-fwcutter

Rebooted

lspci |grep -i net
0001:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
0002:24:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 80)

sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0001:10:12.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=16 module=ssb
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM)
vendor: Apple Computer Inc.
physical id: f
bus info: pci@0002:24:0f.0
logical name: eth0
version: 80
serial: 00:11:24:84:ae:00
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sungem driverversion=0.98 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.137 latency=16 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=64 module=sungem multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:11:24:97:56:f1
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

sudo modprobe bcm43xx

sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

What is it I'm missing?

[owlgorithm]

Use sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter instead :-)

[LeSid]

Thanks!

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
brought it up and
sudo iwconfig
didn't produce an error.

sudo iwlist wlan0 scanning
showed the available wlans and
this tutorial helped me set up the connection:
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/WLAN/wpa_supplicant

Wireless connection is now established.