[packman] broadcom-wl-kmp needs rule in /etc/modprobe.d

Lutz Thuns lthuns at opensuse.org
Mon Aug 9 13:05:48 CEST 2010


On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 12:57:49 +0200, Rafael Belmonte <eaglescreen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> broadcom-wl-kmp packages need a rule in /etc/modprobe.d to blacklist
> modules
> ssb and b43. These modules conflicts with wl, and if they are not
> blacklisted, then the module wl is not usable.

During installation of broadcom-wl (not only the KMP) a script is run,
which generates a /etc/modprobe.d/50-broadcom-wl-blacklist.conf which
contains the necessary entries.
At least it does on my openSUSE 11.3

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Lutz Thuns
openSUSE official member (lOtz1009)
LXDE team




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