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How would I go about getting rid of the b43 driver b43-fwcutter and all the proprietary drivers being used. I reinstalled arch (exact same version) and followed the wiki for using the b43-fwcutter exactly and it did not work (No such device) despite working the first time I did it (???).
Also if you think that this can be solved a different way here is some info on my problem.
The output for iwconfig
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
output for iwlist scan
eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning : No such device
output for ifconfig eth1 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
The last time I did this the device was listed as wlan0 so I'm pretty sure that something is messed up with the driver and hence, why I want to purge it and reinstall.
Last edited by Spelchek (2009-02-04 05:00:14)
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b43 is provided by the kernel, so you can reinstall it by reinstalling the kernel. If you are using b43, no proprietary drivers are required. b43-fwcutter is a separate package, which can be removed and reinstalled by pacman in the usual way. If you wish to delete the firmware, it's in /lib/firmware.
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I've already tried deleting the firmware and removed the b43-fwcutter using the methods described but I still get the same problem.
Is it significant that bcm43xx is still listed in various places in the output of lsmod?
b43 143132 0
ssb 30980 1 b43
rfkill 6036 1 b43
mac80211 130316 1 b43
cfg80211 16392 1 mac80211
input_polldev 3720 1 b43
led_class 3844 1 b43
slhc 6016 1 ppp_generic
rtc_cmos 9120 0
rtc_core 15516 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 2944 1 rtc_core
ext3 124040 1
jbd 44052 1 ext3
mbcache 7172 1 ext3
dm_crypt 12932 0
dm_mod 52840 1 dm_crypt
sr_mod 15300 0
cdrom 33952 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 23320 3
[b]bcm43xx 121192 0
ieee80211softmac 28032 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 30664 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac[/b]
ieee80211_crypt 4996 1 ieee80211
pcmcia 33068 2 b43,ssb
uhci_hcd 22288 0
usbcore 129776 2 uhci_hcd
3c59x 39464 0
mii 4992 1 3c59x
yenta_socket 23436 3
rsrc_nonstatic 11264 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 33172 4 b43,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
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just add to your modules list from rc.conf !b43
Last edited by wonder (2009-02-02 10:11:52)
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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bcm43xx is obsolete, which means your system is not up to date. Update it, and try b43 again.
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