Quote Originally Posted by utu View Post
@ luther & Werner

luther and I seem to have complementary wifi experiences:

My laptop has a Broadcom 4315 which requires a wl driver
and blacklisting of b43 and ssb drivers. Knoppix does this
automatically; Mint makes it a chore for me to get wl installed.

luther's rig uses a Broadcom 4318 which apparently works
just fine on Mint 11 using both b43 AND ssb; this appears to
be a problem for luther and others in Knoppix.

So, at this point, I think luther may need to do the following with
his Knoppix setup:
1. remove and blacklist the wl module & un-blacklist b43 and ssb, if necessary;
2. obtain or create b43 and ssb modules, if necessary;
3. install b43 and ssb modules; and possibly,
4. update initramfs.

If all this is a correct (and necessary) description of where we are,
then we need to feed this back to Klaus K.
Dear utu:
Is this the conf causing the problem that needs mods?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GNU nano 2.2.4 File: /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf

# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with ssb
# We must blacklist the following modules:
blacklist b44
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b43
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb
install wl /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl $CMDLINE_OPTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~

How would you remove and blacklist wl module?
I can think of several, that might NOT work.

Also, how would you UN-blacklist b43 and ssb?
Logic tells me a hash is all that is needed for each.

Finally, I'm sure you have updated-initramfs before.
What SYNTAX did you use?
I'd prefer to use something that is tried-and-true.

Kind Regards,
luther