On Monday 26 May 2008 06:30:01 am Sampsa Riikonen wrote:
On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 05:48 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: ... Things just got a bit more annoying..
I have removed bcm43xx, but ---------------- fl-laina-13:/home/sampsa # lsmod | grep bcm bcm43xx 419676 0 ieee80211softmac 34432 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 35400 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac firmware_class 13568 2 bcm43xx,uvcvideo ---------------- So I remove it again.. --------------- fl-laina-13:/home/sampsa # rmmod bcm43xx fl-laina-13:/home/sampsa # fl-laina-13:/home/sampsa # lsmod | grep bcm fl-laina-13:/home/sampsa # ----------------- So it is gone. Then I start yast => network devices At this moment, I try again in a terminal.. ----------------- fl-laina-13:/home/sampsa # lsmod | grep bcm bcm43xx 419676 0 ieee80211softmac 34432 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 35400 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac firmware_class 13568 2 bcm43xx,uvcvideo ------------------- And there it is again! And keep in mind that it has been blacklisted.
So it seems that it is yast that insists in loading this kernel module. How can I convince it not to do it?!?
Btw, now the bcm43xx shows in the kernel modules list (while ago it didn't?) and ndiswrapper does not, althought it is loaded into the kernel ------------------- fl-laina-13:/home/sampsa # lsmod | grep ndis ndiswrapper 174328 0 usbcore 124268 6 ndiswrapper,uvcvideo,usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd --------------------
OK. I updated laptop to the latest in openSUSE 10.3 and my wireless is still fine. I have static IP, not DHCP and network setup method is with NetworkManager. In "Network Card Setup", tab "Hardware" under "Module Name" I have ndiswrapper and bcm43xx. Currently used ndiswrapper. The bcm43xx probably comes from: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules First option is: Edit above file and replace DRIVERS=="?*" with DRIVERS=="ndiswrapper" and see would this help. You probably have 2 adapters, so check which one is wireless. Editing wrong one will kill your wired connection too. To be on safe side, copy 70-persistent-net.rules to your home directory, so that you have backup copy. I would reboot after this change, just to make sure that if it works, it will do that next time when computer is turned on. Second option is: http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/bcm43xx-dev/2008-April/007355.html It is a bit longer, but it should work. With openSUSE 11.0 kernel is required version and it should be much easier to use instructions. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org