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jockey package

  1. Bug #449268
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 449268

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Ben Prescott (ben.prescott) wrote :

I fixed it differently. HP Mini 5101 netbook.
The driver enabled OK via jockey-gtk running off usb, but not running post installation.

$ jockey-text -l
kmod:wl - Broadcom STA wireless driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
$ sudo jockey-text -e kmod:wl
$ jockey-text -l
kmod:wl - Broadcom STA wireless driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)

I'd tracked down the module and was following a possible fix I'd find via google. the insmod error lead me to another google result which suggested depmod -a

wireless worked shortly after, and was still working post reboot; so I suspect jockey enabled the driver but tripped over errors loading it. Perhaps any action which runs depmod would fix it at this point.

$ pwd
/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/updates/dkms
$ sudo insmod ./wl.ko
insmod: error inserting './wl.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
$ sudo depmod -a
$ modprobe wl
FATAL: Error inserting wl (/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/updates/dkms/wl.ko): Operation not permitted
$ sudo modprobe wl
$ lsmod | grep wl
wl 1272936 0
lib80211 6432 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl