1) modprobe -la | grep wl

kernel/drivers/uwb/i1480/i1480u-wlp/i1480u-wlp.ko
kernel/drivers/uwb/wlp/wlp.ko
kernel/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2_usb.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlcore.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.ko
kernel/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_wlc.ko

2) lsmod | grep wl

wl                   1274828  0
lib80211                6488  2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl

3) depmod -a && modprobe wl
executed without messege.


2009/12/6 Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]>

> you said you modprobed wl already, so where is this error coming from?
>
> Creating the module is done by rebuilding the kernel modules, but try the
> following, and send us the output (if any):
>
> 1) modprobe -la | grep wl
> 2) lsmod | grep wl
> 3) depmod -a && modprobe wl
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Sudheendra 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> wl.ko file is not present at
>> /lib/modules/2.6.31-1-686/kernel/net/wireless.
>>
>> how to create wl.ko file?
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/12/5 Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]>
>>
>>> It's quite possible that the access point is not broadcasting (this is an
>>> option with many routers, tell it to "Browadcast ssid")... and to do WPA you
>>> will probably need to learn about
>>> http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Sudheendra 
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> thanks for reply.
>>>>
>>>> I am using WPA encryption.... I searched the accesspoint through
>>>> kwifimanager... it shows no signal...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/12/4 <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> put 'wl' on a line, by itself (no quotes) in /etc/modules . It will be
>>>>> loaded at boot time.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for connecting to wifi, we're gonna need some details.  What's not
>>>>> working about the connection. Have you tried anything to connect yet?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you using WEP, WPA, or no encryption?
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 11:49:12AM -0500, Scott Vargovich wrote:
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>>>>> >
>>>>> > Somebody else may have a better answer, but you could create a shell
>>>>> > script with your modprobe command and link to it in your startup
>>>>> > scripts.  In Debian, they're found in /etc/rcX.d where X is the
>>>>> > runlevel - in most cases X=2.  I only use Debian - and don't know
>>>>> > where other distros put them.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sudheendra wrote:
>>>>> > > Hi all,
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > I have installed broadcom driver as mentioned in
>>>>> > > http://wiki.debian.org/wl. Now, wireless adapter is detected as
>>>>> > > eth1, but after each login I need to enter a "mdprobe wl" to
>>>>> > > activate device. After that it is showing as eth1 in command
>>>>> > > iwconfig. but, I am not able to connect to my wifi router.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > how i can do the auto activate on boot and connect to wifi?
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > With regards,
>>>>> > > Sudheendra
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