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    Remove a blacklisted driver.

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Thomas, May 26, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    OK, I tried ndiswrapper in Mint KDE and it didn't work, so I need to do the fw-cutter. But I need to remove the black list, right?
    Any help?
     
    Thomas, May 26, 2008
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  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    You might be better of asking in the Linuxmint kde forums.
     
    Gintoki, May 26, 2008
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  3. jas

    jas Notebook Evangelist

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    If you're asking whether you need to edit your module blacklist file to switch from using the NDISWrapper and Windows driver under Linux, to using the Linux bcm43xx module, it just depends on whether or not you've got the bcm43xx module already blacklisted. A simple;
    Code: 
    sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
    should show you whether or not you have the following line in the file;
    Code: 
    blacklist bcm43xx
    If you do, and you want to remove it from the blacklist, delete that line or put a # sign in front of the line. You definitely want to use one OR the other (NDISWrapper or bcm43xx driver). There's a couple of decent Mint forum posts on this subject here, and here.

    Good Luck..
     
    jas, May 26, 2008
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  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Yup, I already blacklisted it I believe, thanks.
    I'll have to use kate instead of gedit, right?
    EDIT: I found out about Kwrite, and I'm rebooting to see If I fixed it.
    EDIT: Fixed it!
    Thanks everyone!
     
    Thomas, May 26, 2008
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  5. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Thomas, when you're launching those KDE progs as Sudo, use kdesudo instead of sudo.
     
    theZoid, May 26, 2008
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  6. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I already knew that, but thanks ;)
     
    Thomas, May 26, 2008
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