6.7.1 DVD Weakest Link

[luther]

What error message did you receive on the final 'Changes applied Details' screen?

When I try it on my unit it identifies correctly my 4315 and says 'not supported'
among other things. It says it tried to use Broadcom 4.150.10.5-4, so at least it
found the Broadcom material.

Dear utu:

Synaptic, aptitude and apt-get install b43 w/o any errors trapped.
You can see the full apt-get dialog in my earlier report, today.
Synaptic reports "successfully applied all changes", and
NO broken modules. Also, I have not installed any of the Synaptic
"missing recommends".

My question to utu, what does Synaptic say when installing b43
on your PC?

luther

[utu]

@ luther

I had thought we could postpone blacklists, but maybe not.

Your post #27 may be the problem, if that is still what you have.
That file would install wl and blacklist b43. That is the opposite of
what you want to do.

[luther]

@ luther

I had thought we could postpone blacklists, but maybe not.

Your post #27 may be the problem, if that is still what you have.
That file would install wl and blacklist b43. That is the opposite of
what you want to do.

Dear utu:

The file #27 references does not exist in Mint. Also, I just solved
many problems mentioned in this thread by replacing networkmanager
with Wicd Network Manager, yet wicd reports, "no wireless networks found".

Yours,
luther

[Werner P. Schulz]

Why not use CLI-version of aptitude?
I'm not familiar with its SYNTAX and
can't find any CLI-version docs?
Please help!

Install "aptitude-doc-en"; it is the CLI-version doc.
Type

file:///usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/index.html

within the address line of your Internet Browser to read the doc.

[utu]

@ luther & Werner

I think there may be a problem in how Debian-Knoppix handles Broadcom wifi.
There is a reference which seems authoritative by developers of the b43 driver
series which I rely on here as 'ground truth'. Find this at:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...ported_devices

This reference indicates that most Broadcom wifis need either a wl driver or b43 driver,
and many may use either. None will work with both installed simultaneously. As defined
by PCI-IDs, the 4315 which I have should work with either; the 4318 which luther has
is indicated to work only with b43.

Knoppix 6.7.1 automatically sets up wl for my 4315. I think luther has a similar experience
with Mint setting his 4318 up with b43 and ssb.

I note that when I try to use Synaptic to install b43 via fwcutter, it reports
'not supported' and fails to bring in the required Broadcom firmware. I should be able to
choose from either b43 or wl according to the reference. Apparently, part of the Debian-
Knoppix process of installing wl precludes subsequently bringing in b43 material.

If luther initially tried to install the STA driver series which contains wl, then this
may explain why he cannot now bring in b43 as an alternative. There may be some residual
effect from an initial attempt at an STA/wl installation.

Part of what appears with a wl driver installation are some blacklists in /etc/modprobe.d/;
specifically, boadcom-sta-common.conf and one line of blacklist-knoppix.conf. These files
may be the culprit in attempting to do a b43 installation after a wl installation.
These files (at least) probably need to be disabled for the b43 installation to succeed.

An alternative, with Synaptic, might be to do a complete removal of the STA/wl driver before
attempting a subsequent b43 install. Werner can best describe the CLI equivalent of this.

[luther]

@ luther & Werner

I think there may be a problem in how Debian-Knoppix handles Broadcom wifi.
There is a reference which seems authoritative by developers of the b43 driver
series which I rely on here as 'ground truth'. Find this at:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...ported_devices

This reference indicates that most Broadcom wifis need either a wl driver or b43 driver,
and many may use either. None will work with both installed simultaneously. As defined
by PCI-IDs, the 4315 which I have should work with either; the 4318 which luther has
is indicated to work only with b43.

Knoppix 6.7.1 automatically sets up wl for my 4315. I think luther has a similar experience
with Mint setting his 4318 up with b43 and ssb.

I note that when I try to use Synaptic to install b43 via fwcutter, it reports
'not supported' and fails to bring in the required Broadcom firmware. I should be able to
choose from either b43 or wl according to the reference. Apparently, part of the Debian-
Knoppix process of installing wl precludes subsequently bringing in b43 material.

If luther initially tried to install the STA driver series which contains wl, then this
may explain why he cannot now bring in b43 as an alternative. There may be some residual
effect from an initial attempt at an STA/wl installation.

Part of what appears with a wl driver installation are some blacklists in /etc/modprobe.d/;
specifically, boadcom-sta-common.conf and one line of blacklist-knoppix.conf. These files
may be the culprit in attempting to do a b43 installation after a wl installation.
These files (at least) probably need to be disabled for the b43 installation to succeed.

An alternative, with Synaptic, might be to do a complete removal of the STA/wl driver before
attempting a subsequent b43 install. Werner can best describe the CLI equivalent of this.

Dear Knoppix Hackers:
I concur these findings by utu have merit. If I do a Synaptic "broadcom" search in Mint, nothing related
to it are installed, except "b43". Applying this same indexing to Knoppix, indicates numerous broadcom
modules installed, suspecting buss contention w/b43.
luther

[luther]

[QUOTE=Werner P. Schulz;126408]
Try

uname -a

Hi,
As requested:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo uname -a
Linux Microknoppix 3.0.4 #12 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 8 05:27:05 CEST 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

[luther]

Hi,
Please explain this failure trapped by Wicd:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo wicd-cli -y -l
rename failed
#    BSSID            Channel    ESSID
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

[luther]

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[luther]

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