Wl & b43 driver issue

[bkratz]

@wildmanne39 check your PM's

[roadkillguy]

@wildmanne39 check your PM's

??? Something against me?

In that case, sorry about those edits; I was messing with my b43 firmware, but I'm back to square one.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, no he was telling me that there is a possible work around to use the wl driver so I have been reading up on it.
Thank you

[wildmanne39]

Hi, I have been discussing this with my friend and the best option for getting it to work is the b43 so please run these commands so I can see what is loaded.

lsmod

iwconfig

sudo lshw -C network

Thank you

[roadkillguy]

$ lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
parport_pc             32111  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd_hda_codec_idt      60537  1 
snd_hda_intel          24113  4 
snd_hda_codec          90901  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
i915                  451033  2 
snd_hwdep              13274  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80042  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
hp_wmi                 13418  0 
sparse_keymap          13666  1 hp_wmi
snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper         40745  1 i915
uvcvideo               66851  0 
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
videodev               75143  1 uvcvideo
joydev                 17322  0 
psmouse                73312  0 
drm                   184164  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd                    55295  16 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
serio_raw              12990  0 
soundcore              12600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 i915
arc4                   12473  2 
b43                   296610  0 
video                  18951  1 i915
ssb                    45942  1 b43
mac80211              257001  1 b43
cfg80211              156212  2 b43,mac80211
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid                 41704  0 
hid                    77084  1 usbhid
ahci                   21591  2 
atl1c                  36237  0 
libahci                25548  1 ahci

$ iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"BLUEZONE"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 16:0B:04:CF:E9:AA   
          Bit Rate=5.5 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=59/70  Signal level=-51 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:203  Invalid misc:250   Missed beacon:0

$ sudo lshw -C network

PCI (sysfs)

Anything else? Interestingly enough after reinstalling the firmware it's not acting like it used to. B43 ran great (and started up much faster than wl) before I started messing with airodump-ng. After a few days, airodump-ng stopped working after 4 seconds after being run, and my card wouldn't stay connected. So far, neither has happened.

But yeah, I'd still like to be able to switch to wl without b43 starting up.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, I have been doing some research and the b43 driver is ok with what you want according to the documentation, however I did not know what you was trying to accomplish until I looked it up and it is against forum policy to discuss that program.

I do not believe it is the driver and believe it is because both of them were loading now that the wl is not you should be ok, I know that the sta worked in previous versions of ubuntu and with some kind of work around it might be possible, but I do not want to get into trouble now that I know the program is against forum policy, I hope you understand.

If I have been helpful would you show your support for me becoming and ubuntu member? and if your connection continues to work would you please go to the top of the page and mark this thread solved by clicking on thread tools. Thank you so much.

[roadkillguy]

Ahh ok sorry about that. Delete this thread if necessary. Thanks for all the help.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, your very welcome! it cant be deleted except by a staff member but we should be ok, I just need to check things a little closer next time.
I hope it continues to work well if not start and new thread just about your wireless card.
Thank you