On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is the second version. I got a directory wrong in the first one. > > I have been able to duplicate the problems that each of you has with a > PCI-based BCM43xx card, where the card worked in Gutsy Gibbon using > bcm43xx, > but can only receive in Hardy Heron using driver b43. Hmm, that looks like another bluetooth coexistence boardflags bug... did it happen on a WL-138G V2? Maybe we should send a 2.6.24-ified version of the b43 boardflags patch to Ubuntu. I still don't have the > "final" fix, but I have a work-around that will let you use the card now. > > 1. Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and find the line that mentions bcm43xx. > Comment it out by putting a # at the beginning. > > 2. Underneath the above line, add a new line containing ssb, which will > prevent the loading of b43. If you have a b44 ethernet device, its module > will have to be loaded manually once this change is made. > > 3. Install the bcm43xx firmware as described at > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmwareinstallation, or > get > it from the Ubuntu site. I haven't bothered to look up the reference for > that. Of course, if you used bcm43xx with Gutsy Gibbon and upgraded, the > firmware may still be installed. > > If this doesn't work, please let me know. > > Larry > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bcm43xx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)
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