@ luther

The b43 maintainers are not likely at fault here.
Your demonstration of the b43 problem is fine. BUT,
what we need now is something better than a theory
on where things are going wrong in Debian-Knoppix.

We need a demonstration that shows how one might actually
get b43 installed correctly in Knoppix 6.7.1.

There are several possibilities:
1. on a fresh Knoppix 6.7.1 try installing b43 first, not wl;
2. on a 6.7.1 that has been corrupted with blacklists,
remove these and show that things clear up (if they do);
3. as an alternative to 2, if the initial wl install was via
Synaptic, do a complete uninstall of wl then bring in b43; or
4. show in the Debian-Knoppix computer code
where things need to be changed.

Possibly one of the first three would be adequate to
demonstrate the theory. We need a demonstration to
motivate someone with the talent to discuss the fourth.