[02:43] <holstein> i have been messing with my broadcom driver.. brcmsmac is not loading anymore on its own now
[02:44] <holstein> i have the blacklist entries commented out.. not sure what i have done... i do sudo modprobe brcmsmac and it works
[02:49] <meditatingfrog> holstein: did you make sure any possible conflicting modules are blacklisted?
[02:49] <holstein> meditatingfrog: im 98%
[02:50] <holstein> the brcmsmac works fine out of the box.. ive just been messing with it
[02:50] <holstein> to rephrase... it loads as its supposed to, though the driver was odd, or i would have left it alone
[02:50] <meditatingfrog> if on boot the system does something different than modprobe then i'm at a loss
[02:51] <holstein> i added a PPA with a special broadcam STA driver and i think it pulled the module out or something
[02:51] <meditatingfrog> ah
[02:51] <holstein> im marking the kernel for reinstallation
[02:51] <meditatingfrog> so you're trying to fix a problem that you had with the driver and now it doesn't load
[02:52] <holstein> meditatingfrog: correct.. well, it doesnt automatically load
[02:52] <meditatingfrog> holstein: does it fail to load or just doesn't load?
[02:52] <meditatingfrog> maybe the syslog or dmesg will have some clues
[02:52] <meditatingfrog> i mean, is the system making an attempt at loading?
[02:52] <holstein> meditatingfrog: it works as before... loads just fine with modprobe
[02:53] <holstein> im sure it was something in that PPA
[02:53] <holstein> i was hoping that driver version would fix everything though :/
[02:53] <meditatingfrog> i've done that before
[02:53] <meditatingfrog> with kernels
[02:53] <meditatingfrog> there was a time that i wanted to learn to write drivers, but never could get what i needed to make it happen
[02:54] <meditatingfrog> that's interesting, so reloading the kernel will bring you back to the start you think?  i guess that makes sense, but i thought driver modules had their own packages
[02:55] <meditatingfrog> holstein: are you sure it's not the broadcom-sta-common package?
[02:55] <holstein> depending on what that package did in the PPA
[02:55] <holstein> meditatingfrog: im not 100% of anything ;)
[02:56] <meditatingfrog> that's just the package that came up when i did a search for broadcom
[02:56] <holstein> im just trying things... i think i have the STA from the repo and the one from the PPA fully purged
[02:56] <holstein> meditatingfrog: the opensource one in the kernel "works" ...brcmsmac
[02:56] <holstein> but, its got issues
[02:56] <holstein> so, i thought id try and "fix" it ;)
[02:57] <holstein> anyways.. lemme reboot, and decide how much i actually care about this module auto-loading on boot if its not working
[02:59] <meditatingfrog> k
[02:59] <holstein> well, i have a feeling this is going to be an ongoing PITA, so im not going to sweat it right now
[03:00] <holstein> maybe a kernel upgrade will fix that open driver...
[03:00] <meditatingfrog> best to slack, stressing over it won't help fix it
[03:00] <meditatingfrog> what was it doing?
[03:00] <holstein> yeah.. i mean, i know i broke it with that PPA. i just should know how to look and make a module load
[03:01] <holstein> meditatingfrog: the open source driver just stops transfering around 50% signal
[03:01] <holstein> doesnt ever lose connnect.. just cant do anything... cant ping the gateway
[03:02] <holstein> and when i get closer, i'll get 40% packet loss or whatever
[03:02] <meditatingfrog> what chip do you have?
[03:02] <meditatingfrog> it's probably because you're using a general driver for a specific chip
[03:02] <holstein> i try the proprietary one and its better sometimes
[03:02] <meditatingfrog> i think that's what happened with the sdcard reader
[03:02] <holstein> i read that the channel needs to be a certain setting, but that wont work
[03:02] <holstein> i dont have control over public wifi channels
[03:03] <holstein> thats what happend just now.. i coudnt get on somewhere i connected the other day
[03:03] <holstein> i removed the proprietary driver i was trying and loaded the open one, and its connected at least
[03:03] <holstein> 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
[03:04] <meditatingfrog> holstein: have you read this?  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1889170&highlight=BCM4313
[03:05]  * holstein looking
[03:06] <holstein> meditatingfrog: thats quite relevant
[03:07] <meditatingfrog> hope it works, i can't really run the commands listed
[03:08] <holstein> yeah, its hardware specific anyways
[03:08] <holstein> meditatingfrog: i think im going to roll with the open one for a bit and re-test.. i got that page bookmarked for the next try on the STA driver or where ever i go
[03:09] <meditatingfrog> it's interesting though, it looks like the bcmwl-kernel-source driver would have to be compiled
[03:09] <meditatingfrog> cheers
[03:09] <holstein> meditatingfrog: cheers! thats the most relevant forum post ive seen... relevant and promising
[03:10] <meditatingfrog> holstein: i just searched for your chipset
[03:11] <meditatingfrog> actually, i should probably search for the chipset for this motherboard on this notebook
[03:11] <meditatingfrog> hmmm, no, i don't think that will make a difference, i doubt intel programmed the BIOS
[03:12] <meditatingfrog> i think
[03:12] <meditatingfrog> lol
[03:13] <holstein> well, its some voodoo somewhere else..i installed the *-generic kernel expecting that the PAE one had been messed with by that package from the PPA
[03:14] <holstein> i'll have to ask that PPA maintainer.. but i think i'll just try the open one and if it fails, i'll just give up on it
[03:15] <meditatingfrog> it looks like that forum post did more than install a single driver
[03:15] <holstein> yeah, its a "process"
[03:15] <meditatingfrog> it looked like it was both the firmware and a kernel driver
[03:15] <holstein> i'll do it if i need to though
[03:16] <holstein> or switch out the hardware :)
[03:16] <meditatingfrog> well i gave up on this system, it's as good as it's going to get.  i think anything short of development is going to get it working perfect
[03:22] <holstein> well..i added the module to /etc/modules so it starts now... anyways, im out for a bit.. thanks for the link and the moral support meditatingfrog :)
[03:23] <meditatingfrog> \o
[03:43] <nana> hi everyone
[03:43] <nana> gd evening
[03:45] <nana> does everyone who talent in ubntu here?
[03:46] <wilee-nilee> nana, If you have a problem ask a question regarding it.
[03:47] <nana> ok i want to ask something that complicated to me
[04:05] <nana> can anyone give a solution for my question just now?
[04:06] <holstein> !ask | nana
[04:06] <ubot2> nana: Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience
[04:10] <wilee-nilee> holstein, Hi hope everything is going good for you. ;)
[04:14] <holstein> wilee-nilee: im good... and you?
[04:14] <wilee-nilee> holstein, Can't complain. ;)
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[06:51] <nana> soory,not tinyproxy,i mean firehol
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