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Jack_CM

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Registered: 2012-02-10

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[Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

hello, according to the arch linux wiki, I installed the broadcom-wl driver which are supposed to be more suited to my wifi card. The installation seemed ok, but then I got this:

# modprobe wl
ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument

My card is :

lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
10:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

Further:

uname -r
3.2.5-1-ARCH

Thanks

JCM

Last edited by Jack_CM (2012-02-10 22:44:19)

/dev/zero

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Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

Have you blacklisted b43?

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,607

Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

Do either what /dev/zero says, or drop wl and use b43. Using b43 requires installing b43-firmware from AUR.

Jack_CM

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Registered: 2012-02-10

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Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

@ /dev/zero

cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
blacklist b43
blacklist ssb

@ Gusar:

I uninstalled broadcom-wl, removed wl from the MODULES array in rc.conf, installed b43-fwcutter, blacklisted b43legacy as suggested in the wiki page and removed the aforesaid file (/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf). Then I reboot, but

modprobe b43
ERROR: could not insert 'b43': Invalid argument

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Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

check /etc/modprobe.d/

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Jack_CM

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Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

@ Mr.Elendig

I only have another file containing some aliases not concerning the wireless card

Another with respect to b43.conf in which I blacklisted b43legacy

Last edited by Jack_CM (2012-02-10 21:41:21)

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

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Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

Can you modprobe any other module? Cos it seems to me your machine is effed up unrelated to wireless.

Jack_CM

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Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

@ Gusar:

# modprobe vboxdrv
# echo $?
0

Last edited by Jack_CM (2012-02-10 22:23:16)

Jack_CM

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Registered: 2012-02-10

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Re: [Solved] Broadcom issue: "could not insert 'wl': Invalid argument"

I don't know why, but I solved by installing compat-wireless-patched from AUR