On 01.07.2014 19:03, Temlakos wrote:
Everyone: Updating to the new kernel temporarily knocked out my wireless connectivity on my Dell Inspiron 1545. That is, until I executed: # modprobe b43 Or, since I am a member of "wheel": $ sudo modprobe b43 A few seconds after I issued that command, wireless was enabled, and the connection I had long been using, re-activated itself. Question: must I execute "modprobe xxx" with every kernel upgrade? (By the way: it turns out that module "wl" is not necessary.) Temlakos
I was hoping that you understood what is written in "Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card for Dell Inspiron 1545: How to Drive It!" thread, including links provided. "wl" is the original *proprietary* Broadcom's wireless module. "b43" is *intree* Broadcom B43 wireless module. If both are installed and unblacklisted, they are competing for the same device. So if everything works OK with "b43", then you can safely remove "wl": # yum erase broadcom-wl So there is no need to tamper with the blacklist commands in the configuration files[1]. Besides, with this auto-loading a kernel module shouldn't be a problem. poma [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Switching_between_drivers -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
