[TriLUG] wireless in ubuntu

[Cristobal Palmer]

To keep the module from being loaded at next boot:

  echo bcm43xx | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-wifi

Now use modprobe to remove that module intelligently:

  sudo modprobe -r bcm43xx

Do your... *shudder* ...ndiswrapper thing and go on with life. Do try
coming back to the bcm43xx module once dapper is released, eh?

-CMP

On 3/26/06, Matt Nash <mattnash at intrex.net> wrote:
> crimsun at fungus.sh.nu wrote:
>
> >On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 11:55:05AM -0500, Matt Nash wrote:
> >[..]
> >
> >
> >>the HP windows drivers successfully.  When I installed Dapper flight 5,
> >>the installer correctly detected my wireless card (which Breezy didn't
> >>do) but it wouldn't actually work.  The "iwconfig eth0 txpower on"
> >>command returns "GET failed on device eth0 ; No such device."  When I
> >>use the KDE system configuration interface, it shows the adapter as
> >>disabled; when I click the enable button the adapter changes to enabled
> >>for just a second, then quickly goes back to enabled.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Please update && dist-upgrade to _current_ Dapper (if you're tracking
> >our development release, you ideally should update && upgrade every
> >hour at 49 minutes past using the main repository at
> >archive.ubuntu.com). Can you reproduce the symptoms? If so, please
> >file a bug [0] against the linux-source-2.6.15 source package.
> >
> >[0] https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> I tried this update with the same results.  I also submitted the bug
> report as you recommended.  Is there a way to remove the adapter as
> currently detected so that I can try to make ndiswrapper work again?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
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