[SOLVED] Broadcom Wireless issue

[ohjrson]

Right, Gotcha, If it ain't broke don't fix it.

[gold_finger]

Ok, hey thats great. Did that and it now shows only one instance of b43 however there is 2 instances of lp in there does that make a difference?

Thanks.

I just took a look at mine and now I'm not sure what to think.  Here's what mine has in it:

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# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.

lp
rtc
lp
rtc
# Chip drivers
it87

It has two each of "lp" and "rtc".  So, just leave yours alone if you're not having any problems.  (I think I vaguely remember adding the Chip drivers "it87" manually, but am not sure and I completely forget why I did that, if I did that.  So, don't add those two lines to yours just because you see them in mine.)

[ohjrson]

Ok, hey thats great. Did that and it now shows only one instance of b43 however there is 2 instances of lp in there does that make a difference?

Thanks.

[gold_finger]

I am assuming that command writes what is in " " to the file specified.

Correct.

">>" appends the "b43" to the end of the file (adds it to what is already there).

">" replaces the contents of the file with whatever is specified by echo command

Ok I took a look at the /etc/modules and b43 is written in there, twice now because I did it again.

You can open the file in leafpad as root and delete that last instance of b43 -- you only need one line for it.

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gksu leafpad /etc/modules
Then just save the changes and close leafpad when done.

[bitsnpcs]

Thank You for explaining.

You're welcome. 
 

[ohjrson]

Ok I took a look at the /etc/modules and b43 is written in there, twice now because I did it again. Not sure if that will effect anything but I guess I will find out next boot.

I am assuming that command writes what is in " " to the file specified. in this case the modules file that opens when LL boots. Echo >> would tell LL to place it where the file is /etc and of course the file is /modules....

I am just guessing here...

We will see..
Thanks again for the assist. And happy windows burning....LOL

[bitsnpcs]

I am unsure what the output will be when it works, I have only recently begun to learn how to use the terminal, I have just completed Chapter 1 so far, but am enjoying it.

As a guess only, which is not very useful , I would think the echo command will listen and give results of the driver/wifi .

This website has some info on the echo command you may enjoy, it is the online version of the book, there is also a free pdf of the book, I have just finished Chapter 1 of, Scott(0) made a post about the book and it is how I found to about it. I am going to buy a hard copy of the book now I know I like it and can follow the book style.

[ohjrson]

I am trying them now. What exactly am I supposed to see when it works right?

So far the first one has this:
ohjrson@ohjrson-Aspire-3000:~$ sudo su
[sudo] password for ohjrson:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for ohjrson:
root@ohjrson-Aspire-3000:/home/ohjrson# echo "b43" >>/etc/modules
root@ohjrson-Aspire-3000:/home/ohjrson#
 ? now what?

[bitsnpcs]

On this website they show 3 ways to do the last command, do either of the other 2 work for you ?

1. execute the command as root:

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sudo su
echo "b43" >> /etc/modules
2. use the "tee" command:

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echo "b43" |  sudo tee -a /etc/modules
3. execute the command in a root shell:

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sudo sh -c "echo 'b43' >> /etc/modules"

[ohjrson]

Oh yeah... Good Idea. never thought of that. I will save it as a text now.. then move it to a stick or something.

Thanks again for the assist.

Ohjrson

That"s how its done!!!!

[bitsnpcs]

That is great news. Glad I was able to assist.
It may be worth saving the Linux BSD code as snippet in a text file on a memory stick, as it will come in use for when you do any future installs.

I checked the files that were removed for you -
These are all to do with LibreOffice -
Removing libcdr-0.0-0 (0.0.15-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libmspub-0.0-0 (0.0.6-1ubuntu2) ...
Removing liborcus-0.6-0 (0.5.1-7) ...
Removing libvisio-0.0-0 (0.0.31-1ubuntu2) ...
Removing libwps-0.2-2 (0.2.9-2ubuntu1) ...
Removing libwpg-0.2-2 (0.2.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libwpd-0.9-9 (0.9.9-1) ...

This is for Kernal Developers -
Removing module-assistant (0.11.6) ...

This is security related and its why it is removed -
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.3) ...

Man pages are information/manuals
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ..

[ohjrson]

You know what btsnpcs?
I followed what I was supposed to do in the first place without that extra $ and it did everything it was supposed to and it is now connected by wireless. I guess I just neede to slow down and read it all. Plus make sure synaptic was CLOSED!!!
LOL
The only line that did not work was the last one. sudo echo "b43" >> /etc/modules
and it only said permission denied. What does that mean.... not written in the grub or something?

The reference to the Linux/BSD: sharing was what I followed and it worked.

Thanks for the assist.
ohjrson

[bitsnpcs]

Yes and I get the same result. command not found. ( i thought of that too)

oops wait a minute I see what you mean, did not see that doing that. Anyway this is what I get: ohjrson@ohjrson-Aspire-3000:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter[sudo] password for ohjrson:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Synaptic is open. should i close it? I think i will try it... Hang on.

Do you only have wifi or do you have hard wired ethernet too ?

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sudo apt-get install
Will d/l and install , without wifi or ethernet , it will be unable to d/l it and would produce a result something like (unsure of wording) "Resource temporarily unavailable" eg; you cannot d/l without the connection.

Can you do this please  -
Menu>Settings>Install Drivers
and state which drivers have their radio buttons ticked ?

Or post a screenshot of the driver window, forum images need to be hosted somewhere such as TinyPic, no account or login required, or other sites where this may differ.
You then use the image icon in menu above text editing window and place url between img tags.

[ohjrson]

Yes and I get the same result. command not found. ( i thought of that too)

oops wait a minute I see what you mean, did not see that doing that. Anyway this is what I get: ohjrson@ohjrson-Aspire-3000:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter[sudo] password for ohjrson:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Synaptic is open. should i close it? I think i will try it... Hang on.

OK closed synaptic and did it again this is what I got and I did remove them. :
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ohjrson@ohjrson-Aspire-3000:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libcdr-0.0-0 libmspub-0.0-0 liborcus-0.6-0 libvisio-0.0-0 libwpd-0.9-9
  libwpg-0.2-2 libwps-0.2-2 module-assistant
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 5,279 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 142863 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libcdr-0.0-0 (0.0.15-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libmspub-0.0-0 (0.0.6-1ubuntu2) ...
Removing liborcus-0.6-0 (0.5.1-7) ...
Removing libvisio-0.0-0 (0.0.31-1ubuntu2) ...
Removing libwps-0.2-2 (0.2.9-2ubuntu1) ...
Removing libwpg-0.2-2 (0.2.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libwpd-0.9-9 (0.9.9-1) ...
Removing module-assistant (0.11.6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ..

Now what?

[bitsnpcs]

Can you try it with only 1 of these $ at the beginning of each line.
Example, if you have entered sudo, and when asked, your password, then it will already have the $ displayed on each line.