Comment 5 for bug 289360

This is a copy of my rc.local file.

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
# procedure to remove legacy driver b43 and insert proprietary Broadcome
hybrid
# Note: ssb must be loaded before wl
rmmod b43
rmmod b44
rmmod ssb
modprobe ssb
exit 0

Al Erola

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:51 PM, pstucke <email address hidden> wrote:

> Here are the contents of my /etc/rc.local file:
>
> #!/bin/sh -e
> #
> # rc.local
> #
> # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
> # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
> # value on error.
> #
> # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
> # bits.
> #
> # By default this script does nothing.
>
> rmmod b43 # Unloads the bad b43 driver
> rmmod b44 # Unloads the ethernet driver temporarily since we are unplugin
> ssb
> rmmod ohci_hcd # (this is a bad kernel dependency, fix bug!)
> rmmod ssb # temporarily remove the broadcom service
> rmmod ndiswrapper # ensure ndiswrapper is GONE
> modprobe ndiswrapper # plug ndiswrapper (notice it has to happen before
> ssb)
> modprobe ssb # replug ssb now that ndiswrapper is there
> modprobe ohci_hcd # ... blah
> modprobe b44 # make sure we have ethernet again
>
> exit 0
>
> --
> STA/wl driver will not activate
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289360
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>

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Alan Erola