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Very interesting find about the initramfs -- in fact i learned a lot. However there may be some consequences of removing the ssb module and not reloading it if a USB module depends on ssb. Again I think some logic is going to have to be employed for a solution.
Just curious about the initramfs -- if you dont have a broadcom wired nic card -- is the ssb module loaded? Isnt the module only loaded after a hardware detection sequence has finished?
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For davidefergnani: It seems that you just mis-typed the first command. You typed "lscpi", but it should be "lspci" ... That's why you got a "command not found" message.
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I use a USB mouse and have an external harddrive permanently attached when I'm at home, as well as a couple of flash drives I use when I'm out and about, so far none of them have required ssb (the mouse uses the ohci_hcd, the harddrive uses usb_storage, I think, both of which use usbcore). I have it blacklisted at the moment along with b44 and b43, I might try unblacklisting ssb and seeing if it still loads. I think if another module needed it it would still be loaded regardless of blacklisting wouldn't it? I'm not sure.Originally Posted by kevdog
I'll keep b44 blacklisted, I'm loading it and unloading it with pre-up and post-down commands in /etc/network/interfaces (I rarely ever use the interface). Although I think I'll need to verify at what stage b44 gets loaded if it's not blacklisted to see whether ndiswrapper is called prior.
As for systems without a broadcom wired nic, I honestly have no idea. If anyone has a broadcom wireless nic but a different wired nic and wants to have a play around with it, I'd be most curious to find out! I'm thinking it probably wouldn't be loaded in the initramfs, but it possibly is still loaded during boot.
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Well, after the initramfs.conf changes, b44 and thus ssb are still loading at startup for me.
and thus my wireless card remains unavailable.Code:matt@matt-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep b44 b44 28432 0 ssb 32260 1 b44 mii 6400 1 b44
Given my problems with the brute-force howto as well, I think it's time for a clean install in the next few days. After that I'll retest both the regular howto as well as the initramfs.conf method again and hopefully get some better restults. If not, I guess it's back to Gutsy for me.Code:matt@matt-laptop:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:56:32:37:a4 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:7 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:1784 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1784 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:89360 (87.2 KB) TX bytes:89360 (87.2 KB) matt@matt-laptop:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions.
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Yeah, I have a funny feeling that networking is brought up before /etc/modules is read, which means your eth0 would still be brought up, thus loading b44 and ssb. I have b44 and ssb blacklisted, as well as having eth0 not be auto, which explains why it still works so well for me. You could always try adding ndiswrapper to the initramfs (add ndiswrapper to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules). That would be my next attempt.
It would definitely appear that the How-To method, is by far the most robust solution to this issue.
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I've upgraded from Gutsy and it didn't work for me (in Gutsy the wireless worked perfectly).
Also, the lines you add in /etc/rc.local unconfigures my lan!! (eth0 loses its IP).
BTW, I have a Dell 1505n
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That's the point... your wired card uses the b44 module, which loads the ssb module which prevents your wireless card from working. Thus, we need to unload it and 'unconfigure your LAN' if we want to be able to use wireless.
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Okay, have tried this guide several times now, but it just won't work. Even did a fresh install, but still no luck. I get the wireless option in the network-manager in the notification area, but there are none wireless networks in the "Wireless Networks"-list. The wifi-light isn't on either (edit: and doesn't come on with -> sudo rmmod b44 b43 ssb ndiswrapper -> sudo modprobe ndiswrapper). Could it be a problem with my wifi-card (it worked perfectly two days ago in gutsy, but no luck in hardy heron)? Any idea what else could it be? Kinda new to ubuntu, so try to keep it neewbie-friendly =)
Thanks for any help.
Troubleshooting (same before and after a reboot):
edit:Code:lars@lars-laptop:~$ lspci -nn | grep 14e4 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02) 0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI [14e4:4311] (rev 01) lars@lars-laptop:~$ ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5 : driver installed device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb) lars@lars-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep b43 lars@lars-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep ndiswrapper ndiswrapper 192920 0 usbcore 146028 4 ndiswrapper,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd lars@lars-laptop:~$ ls -l /etc/rc.local -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 373 2008-05-08 13:37 /etc/rc.local lars@lars-laptop:~$ cat /etc/rc.local #!/bin/sh -e # (...) # By default this script does nothing. modprobe -r b44 modprobe -r ssb modprobe ndiswrapper modprobe b44 exit 0
edit2:Code:lars@lars-laptop:~$ iwlist scan lo Interface doesn't support scanning. wlan0 No scan results eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. lars@lars-laptop:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:b9:88:49:99 inet addr:129.241.150.129 Bcast:129.241.151.255 Mask:255.255.254.0 inet6 addr: 2001:700:303:f:219:b9ff:fe88:4999/64 Scope:Global inet6 addr: fe80::219:b9ff:fe88:4999/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:14370 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:720 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2531715 (2.4 MB) TX bytes:76143 (74.3 KB) Interrupt:22 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:1490 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1490 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:74500 (72.7 KB) TX bytes:74500 (72.7 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7e:c7:6d:d2 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:16 Memory:efdfc000-efe00000
Code:lars@lars-laptop:~$ sudo rmmod b44 b43 ssb ndiswrapper ERROR: Module b43 does not exist in /proc/modules lars@lars-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper lars@lars-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe b44 lars@lars-laptop:~$ dmesg | tail -n25 [ 841.132949] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 844.815180] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. [ 844.815186] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. [ 844.817170] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 1073.123963] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled [ 1071.191752] ndiswrapper: device wlan0 removed [ 1071.191781] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:0b:00.0 disabled [ 1071.191895] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper [ 1080.643705] ndiswrapper version 1.52 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no) [ 1080.655142] ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,10/12/2006, 4.100.15.5) loaded [ 1080.656304] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0b:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 1080.656991] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:0b:00.0 to 64 [ 1080.664352] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 16 [ 1080.864998] wlan0: ethernet device 00:19:7e:c7:6d:d2 using NDIS driver: bcmwl5, version: 0x4640f05, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 14E4:4311.5.conf [ 1080.865248] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK [ 1078.865021] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper [ 1080.891256] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 1087.130917] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 [ 1085.167618] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0 [ 1085.167655] b44.c:v2.0 [ 1085.188383] eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:19:b9:88:49:99 [ 1085.250180] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 1088.815796] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. [ 1088.815806] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. [ 1088.819917] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
Last edited by Larss; May 8th, 2008 at 01:25 PM.
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Re: How-To: Dell 1390 WLAN (Broadcom 4311 [14e4:4311]) for Laptops using ndiswrapper
it is working!!!! i .. love.. you.. you are awesome!!! i think this problem is with many laptop users. i say please goto page 1 and follow the original instruction. wifi works like c charm. i even try to reboot... the wifi works just like that after reboot. no need to do any further tweaking.
i am once again a very happy camper..
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Ok, well the driver install has gone fine, so redoing the how-to ain't going to help. Loading ndiswrapper all works fine. Given the line about "wlan0: link is not ready" and the fact your WiFi light isn't coming on, I'm inclined to thing that the card is being disabled somewhere. Have a look in your bios, there's almost certainly a setting about WiFi, either disabling/enabling a hotkey, or something similar. Also, if you have a WiFi hotkey, it wouldn't hurt to try it. On most Dells it's Fn+F2.
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