The state has not changed from the 9.04 beta. I still have to
blacklist bcm43xx, b43, rfkill_input, and mac80211, use ndiswrapper
and insure that ndiswrapper is started before b44 by editing
/etc/rc.local. Sorry.

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Teej <[email protected]> wrote:
> How is this is the final release, is it working fine now?
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> Module b44 interfering with ndiswrapper upon startup
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214917
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>
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Release: Hardy Heron 8.04 Beta
> Ndiswrapper version 1.52
> Network Card: Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card
>
> I've always had trouble with getting the wireless working in this computer 
> since I started experimenting with Ubuntu, so I guess this problem could have 
> been happening since the 6.04 release.
>
> Basically, I used ndiswrapper to set up the wireless card, however, it's a 
> little problematic, so I've had add b43, rfkill_input, and mac80211 (along 
> with bcm43xx, which came blacklisted in this release). However, I also tried 
> blacklisting b44, which gave me wlan0 but took away my eth0.  So I 
> unblacklisted b44, and it switched back to giving me eth0 but not wlan0. 
> Since I've been told that ndiswrapper sometimes likes to work itself as a usb 
> module (or something to that effect), I tried blacklisting ehci_hcd and 
> uhci_hcd but this had no effect. The only thing that gets both eth0 and wlan0 
> working at the same time is to unload both ndiswrapper and b44 (using "sudo 
> modprobe -r") and then reload them, following:
>
> sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
> sudo modprobe b44
>
> This leads me to believe that b44 is somehow interfering with ndiswrapper, by 
> loading before it or in some other way. By inserting this sequence:
>
> modprobe -r ndiswrapper
> modprobe -r b44
> modprobe ndiswrapper
> modprobe b44
>
> Into "/etc/rc.local" I'm able to get both devices to work when the computer 
> boots.
>
> Also as a side note: please pre-install ndiswrapper with further releases. It 
> is difficult to even get started on this stuff when you don't have a reliable 
> wired internet connection.
>
> Thanks.
>

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