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Re: /etc/modules not loading b43



Ahoj,

Dňa Tue, 06 May 2014 17:46:29 -0500 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> napísal:

> I'm running Debian jessie/sid (3.14-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.14.2-1 
> (2014-04-28) i686 GNU/Linux) on a MacBook (older white model).
> 
> It has the Broadcom BCM4321 wireless chipset (arg! non-free!).
> 
> When I boot, the b43 module is not auto-loading; I can drop into a 
> terminal and "sudo modprobe b43), and my wireless comes up.
> 
> So I added the single line:
>   b43
> 
> to the /etc/modules file, and on reboot, the module does not load: 
> "lsmod | grep b43" shows nothing. If I then modprobe it, the lsmod 
> command shows 6 or 7 items and the network works.
> 
> How can I get the module to load at startup instead of me having to 
> manually modprobe it every time?

Basically you did it right. Please, check the files
under the /etc/modprobe.d, if there is not blacklisted something
related. E.g.:

blacklist b43

Or, perhaps some module on which the b43 depends... These can be local
changes or file installed by another package (non-free driver?)

Another thing (which i would be check) is the initrd image, did you
update him after adding the line into /etc/modules? Try read about
update-initramfs.

regards

-- 
Slavko
http://slavino.sk

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