Originally Posted by
dm_research
When wl is enabled, it seems to bring in ssb and b44
Code:
$ sudo modprobe -r b43 b44 ssb wl
$ sudo lsmod | grep ssb
$ sudo modprobe wl
$ sudo lsmod | grep ssb
ssb 50087 1 b44
.....
At the moment, I am beginning to suspect there is a bug somewhere in the wifi setup in 12.10 - it probably does not help that both cards are Broadcom and may share driver features. I would have given up long ago if I did not know that wifi
was working in 12.04 and I am reasonably certain that the "fix" involved 'disabling' b44 and ssb.
If you have a b44 ethernet card then you have these lines in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf
Code:
blacklist b44
install wl modprobe -r b43 b44 b43legacy ssb; modprobe --ignore-install wl $CMDLINE_OPTS; modprobe --ignore-install b44
So when you modprobe wl, it automatically modprobes b44 too. Play around with this line and see if removing the "modprobe --ignore-install b44" fixes the problem. If it does then you need to raise a bug.
P.S. It is easy to miss new posts in sticky threads and this is why they sometimes don't get replies. It is much better to create a new thread with your problem. Then people with the same problem can easily find it, rather than wading through a 63 page thread (and if you want to be super helpful, update the community wiki page!).
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