Hi erie:
I'm having even bigger problems now, since after doing a dist-upgrade back to testing/sid (hoping that going back to my original setup would fix thigns), now I can't get x-server to come up (or slim is messed up). I only get the cli log in.

I already tried copying over the xorg.conf from the live cd and that didn't fix it. sxgfi says my card is not supported. So it's looking kind of bleak at the moment. I guess I can try to back files from my home drive that I want to keep, before I decide to reinstall. I was REALLY trying to prevent exactly this. Oh well.

Thanks anyway.

Pedro

the problem was with slim. I managed to reinstall slim and configure it more along the lines of AntiX (rather than the default) and things seems to be working ok.

The problem with wireless still persists though.

thanks

/etc/modprobe.d/b43 says

bash: /etc/modprobe.d/b43: Permission denied

thanks

It's a text file. copy it and post it here.

Erie:
Here's the output

# by default, the b43 and b44 drivers are disabled and ndiswrapper or wl will try to control a bcm chip
#
# you can enable the loading of b43 or b44 by commenting out 'install b4x true'
#
# to disable autoload of ndiswrapper, you can set ndis=no in /etc/defaults/mepis-network
#
# everything can be set manually, but to avoid confusion it is preferred that you set it
# with the MEPIS Network Assistant

install b43 true
install b44 true
install ssb true

I've been following up on installing the driver from scratch as per the intructions here


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url was:"http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php"
linktext was:"http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php"
====================================
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false

I followed the directions and it did not work. The directions do say that the ssb driver needs to be removed. How do I do that? another rmmod ssb?

thanks

# you can enable the loading of b43 or b44 by commenting out 'install b4x true'
#
# to disable autoload of ndiswrapper, you can set ndis=no in /etc/defaults/mepis-network

Comment out the last three lines as mentioned and edit /etc/defaults/mepis-network to say ndis=no. Save, exit, reboot, hopefully it will work.

Remember, all this needs to be done as root.

Made the changes and still just ethernet, no wireless.

I noticed that in the file it has NDIS capitalized, but the instructions in modprobe.d/b43 file had it lowercase. could that be it?

# ndiswrapper autostarts at boot (yes,no)
NDIS=no

thanks

Mine is NDIS=no(caps)

Here's the output of lsmod, after rebooting with NDIS=no

radeon 126240 2
drm 63144 3 radeon
binfmt_misc 9224 1
ppdev 8452 0
parport_pc 24228 0
lp 10116 0
parport 29804 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
vboxnetflt 71176 0
vboxdrv 93736 1 vboxnetflt
ipv6 231940 18
powernow_k8 13956 1
cpufreq_userspace 4996 0
cpufreq_conservative 7688 0
cpufreq_stats 5764 0
cpufreq_ondemand 8204 1
freq_table 5248 3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_powersave 3584 0
fuse 46236 1
dm_crypt 13188 0
crypto_blkcipher 15876 1 dm_crypt
joydev 10304 0
snd_hda_intel 336912 0
snd_pcm_oss 34720 0
snd_mixer_oss 14208 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 58756 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4484 0
snd_seq_oss 26880 0
snd_seq_midi 7584 0
snd_rawmidi 18592 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7552 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 41968 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 18440 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 7564 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo 47624 0
compat_ioctl32 3072 1 uvcvideo
snd 42660 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
rtc_cmos 10400 0
rtc_core 14620 1 rtc_cmos
soundcore 7648 1 snd
i2c_piix4 9232 0
videodev 30208 1 uvcvideo
serio_raw 6660 0
video 18704 0
hci_usb 13976 0
backlight 5636 1 video
rtc_lib 4352 1 rtc_core
bluetooth 48356 1 hci_usb
psmouse 34704 0
i2c_core 19604 1 i2c_piix4
k8temp 6016 0
snd_page_alloc 8584 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
v4l1_compat 13956 2 uvcvideo,videodev
output 4480 1 video
wmi 7720 0
battery 8192 0
ac 5120 0
button 7952 0
shpchp 27028 0
pci_hotplug 24736 1 shpchp
evdev 10144 16
usbhid 24832 0
hid 34560 1 usbhid
b44 24848 0
sdhci_pci 8576 0
sdhci 15108 1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core 39452 1 sdhci
mii 6016 1 b44
ssb 34052 1 b44
ohci_hcd 21520 0
pcmcia 30380 1 ssb
pcmcia_core 29972 2 ssb,pcmcia
ati_agp 8204 0
thermal 17436 0
processor 34860 2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan 6276 0
thermal_sys 11944 4 video,thermal,processor,fan
dm_mirror 17024 0
dm_log 9988 1 dm_mirror
dm_mod 46280 3 dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log

Try to modprobe b43 again.

Here's lsmod after modprobe b43

I guess it's being loaded, but wireless is still out.

Module Size Used by
b43 111004 0
rfkill 9240 1 b43
rng_core 5636 1 b43
mac80211 137244 1 b43
cfg80211 22152 1 mac80211
led_class 5380 1 b43
input_polldev 5128 1 b43
wl 1068164 0
ieee80211_crypt 6148 1 wl
radeon 126240 2
drm 63144 3 radeon
binfmt_misc 9224 1
ppdev 8452 0
parport_pc 24228 0
lp 10116 0
parport 29804 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
vboxnetflt 71176 0
vboxdrv 93736 1 vboxnetflt
ipv6 231940 18
powernow_k8 13956 1
cpufreq_userspace 4996 0
cpufreq_conservative 7688 0
cpufreq_stats 5764 0
cpufreq_ondemand 8204 1
freq_table 5248 3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_powersave 3584 0
fuse 46236 1
dm_crypt 13188 0
crypto_blkcipher 15876 1 dm_crypt
joydev 10304 0
snd_hda_intel 336912 0
snd_pcm_oss 34720 0
snd_mixer_oss 14208 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 58756 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4484 0
snd_seq_oss 26880 0
snd_seq_midi 7584 0
snd_rawmidi 18592 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7552 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 41968 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 18440 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 7564 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo 47624 0
compat_ioctl32 3072 1 uvcvideo
snd 42660 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
rtc_cmos 10400 0
rtc_core 14620 1 rtc_cmos
soundcore 7648 1 snd
i2c_piix4 9232 0
videodev 30208 1 uvcvideo
serio_raw 6660 0
video 18704 0
hci_usb 13976 0
backlight 5636 1 video
rtc_lib 4352 1 rtc_core
bluetooth 48356 1 hci_usb
psmouse 34704 0
i2c_core 19604 1 i2c_piix4
k8temp 6016 0
snd_page_alloc 8584 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
v4l1_compat 13956 2 uvcvideo,videodev
output 4480 1 video
wmi 7720 0
battery 8192 0
ac 5120 0
button 7952 0
shpchp 27028 0
pci_hotplug 24736 1 shpchp
evdev 10144 16
usbhid 24832 0
hid 34560 1 usbhid
b44 24848 0
sdhci_pci 8576 0
sdhci 15108 1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core 39452 1 sdhci
mii 6016 1 b44
ssb 34052 2 b43,b44
ohci_hcd 21520 0
pcmcia 30380 2 b43,ssb
pcmcia_core 29972 3 b43,ssb,pcmcia
ati_agp 8204 0
thermal 17436 0
processor 34860 2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan 6276 0
thermal_sys 11944 4 video,thermal,processor,fan
dm_mirror 17024 0
dm_log 9988 1 dm_mirror
dm_mod 46280 3 dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log


thanks

Great!! Now it's loaded. I would try ceni to see if you can connect.

Erie, thanks but still neither wicd nor ceni can see the wireless card, just the ethernet card.

Post the output of: you must be root.

One more thing. It looks like you have wl loaded. Try to remove it with: Then try and connect again. It could be that the drivers are conflicting. Maybe remove both then load one and try then if not remove both again and load the other.