G4 Powerbook Wireless

Wed Aug 6 22:50:04 MDT 2008

Why are you guys emailing my inbox I DON'T EVEN OWN A MAC OR YELLOWDOG. I
would however like to know if yellowdog's Gnash supports flash 9 though
because I am thinking of dual booting my ps3 so I can watch hulu videos on
my 50 inch HDTV in full uncompressed 1080p on my couch

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Derick Centeno <dcenteno at ydl.net> wrote:

> Hi Barry!
>
> I've got the same type of computer you do.  According to the references I
> found
> on-line regarding wl-4.80.53.0, for whatever reason, it is buggy and
> doesn't
> work.  The only way around this is to have OS X running such that fwcutter
> can
> extract the firmware from it.
>
> I understand your feelings regarding OS X, I commiserate.  However, a
> running
> version which is used such that a viable version of the firmware becomes
> extracted from it is the best way to insure the quality of firmware you
> acquire
> and import into YDL.  I don't envy the work ahead; I can only state that
> once
> you pass that stage you may find that the effort was worth it.
>
> The instructions on this page still work:
>
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_5.x/airport-extreme.shtml
>
> Problems I found:
>
> [root at arakus b43-fwcutter-009]# ./b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/
> \/mnt/macosx/Sys*/Libr*/Ex*/Ap*/Con*/Ma*/AppleAirPort2 Sorry, the input
> file is
> either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter. This file has an unknown
> MD5sum
> 85c71d658b650fd2ef546d1d81b113a0.
> [root at arakus b43-fwcutter-009]#
>
>
> [root at arakus bcm43XX-fwcutter-006]# ./bcm43XX-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/
>
> \/mnt/macosx/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAirPort2.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleAirPort2
> Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by bcm43XX-fwcutter.
> This file has an unknown MD5sum 85c71d658b650fd2ef546d1d81b113a0.
>
> The above was resolved by NOT copying over the ifcfg-eth1 file with the
> ifcfg-eth0 file. Also the HWADDR variable in ifcfg-eth1 != the HWADDR
> variable
> in ifcfg-eth0. Anaconda creates both files with different definitions for
> the
> hardware location accessed for Ethernet (eth0) and Wireless (eth1).
>
> What follows is the ifcfg-eth1 file settings located in
>  /etc/sys*/net*scripts:
>
> # Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
> DEVICE=eth1
> ONBOOT=no
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> HWADDR=00:11:24:90:c3:d8
> NETMASK=
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=arakus
> IPADDR=
> DOMAIN=
> TYPE=Wireless
> ESSID=off/any
> CHANNEL=1
> MODE=Managed
> RATE=Auto
> USERCTL=yes
> IPV6INIT=yes
> PEERDNS=yes
>
> After reboot, it is then possible to do the standard manual invocation of
> eth1
> via the terminal.
>
> The sequence anywhere else entails looking/scanning for signals and using
> the
> essid which are available and/or to those essid's key i've been given to
> use
> (in the event of an encrpted network:
>
> 1. #ifconfig eth1 up
> 2. #iwconfig eth1
> 3. #iwlist eth1 scanning
> 4. #iwconfig eth1 channel 6 txpower on rate auto essid ????????????
> 5. #dhclient eth1
>
> Explanation:  ? represent #'s and letters identifying a router or password.
> In the event a router's signal has a name line 4 should be:
>
> #iwconfig eth1 channel 6 txpower on rate auto essid 'xxxxxxxxx'
> key ?????????????????
>
> where x are the char forming the name and the key is the password sequence
> to
> that protected router.
>
> Of course if you decide to use wpa-supplicant -- a good idea as it is
> better
> security, then the sequence of initiating connection between airport
> extreme
> and the router will be different.
>
> All the best...
>
>
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:26:53 -0500
> Barry Hembree <gbhembree at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I recently installed ydl 6.0 on my g4 powerbook. I am having a hard
> > time getting the wireless interface to work. I followed the
> > instructions in the various threads but still no luck. Here are the
> > step I took:
> >
> > 1) bownloaded and compiled the fwcutter program (I have the wired
> > ethernet connection working)
> > 2) downloaded  wl-4.80.53.0 and extracted into /lib/firmware (I don't
> > have Mac OS X on my computer anymore)
> > 3) Tried various combination of editing configuration files by hand
> > and using the network-config app.
> >
> > I  do get an error message when I try to activate the device as follows:
> >
> > Error wireless request "Set Mode (8B06)"
> >
> > any help at this point would be gratly appreciated. I have spent far
> > too many hours on this.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Barry
>
>
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