I was able get wifi working by unloading the b43, b44, and ssb drivers in
the /etc/rc.local file.  Then I reload b43 and ssb which activates the wifi
card using b43-fwcutter.  I understand that one bug is the sequence in which
drivers load in the initialization file.

However, I wanted to test the STA driver and I was reporting the failure to
load the  STA/wl driver through jockey as the reported bug.

Al Erola

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, pstucke <email address hidden> wrote:

> Like Al Erola, I selected restricted hardware driver for Broadcom STA,
> system requested reboot.
> Unlike Al, after rebooting, the STA driver is no longer available and I
> have no wireless connectivity.  I have installed/removed/reinstalled
> b43-fwcutter and the ndiswrapper files, but the STA (or the b43) drivers do
> not appear in the restricted drivers section.
>
> After hours of frustration, I wiped my root partition and reinstalled
> using the 8.04 alternative CD.  I installed b43-fwcutter, the
> ndiswrapper files, and all system updates (up till yesterday).  Without
> installing any of the proprietary drivers, I upgraded to 8.10 RC2.  Upon
> rebooting, I loaded the jockey GUI, which displayed my nvidia display
> driver, along with the STA and b43 drivers.  I selected the STA driver
> and rebooted.  After rebooting again, both wifi drivers disappeared.
>
> My lspic looks like this (my Broadcom 4312 wifi doesn't register any
> longer, and I cannot connect wirelessly):
>
> 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
> 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
> 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
> 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
> 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
> 00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
> 00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
> 00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
> 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go]
> (rev a2)
> 00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
> 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
> 00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
> 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
> 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
> 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
> 00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev
> f1)
> 00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev
> f1)
> 00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev
> a2)
> 00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> DRAM Controller
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> Miscellaneous Control
> 07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
> 07:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host
> Adapter (rev 19)
> 07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 0a)
> 07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host
> Adapter (rev 05)
> 07:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
>
> Please let me know what additional debug info you need from me.
>
> --
> STA/wl driver will not activate
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289360
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> of the bug.
>



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Alan Erola