Topic: Automatically configure B43 drivers (wl)
For those people ( like me ) that think its a pain to install wl everytime we install debian / #!, i found a script in the linux mint forums about it.
im not sure if it works or not, havent tried it ( will try it soon ), but hey, why not try it.. basically it does everything that the tutorial from the debian wiki -- for you.
well here it is, if it works maybe we should add it in to statler full release ? 
EDIT: one thing this script doesnt do is add the non-free source to statler/squeeze, so i may try and actually add it in later on !
"The code below is a script for installing the Broadcom 4812 drivers, tried to attach the script and it won't let me do it without a extension or with the .txt extension so I included it here. Copy and paste it into a text file, I named mine b43,be sure to make it excutable,put it in your home direcotry and run it from a terminal."
#! /bin/bash
# Install the wifi drivers for Broadcom 4312 wifi
# Add contrib non-free to the app source list befor using - Note this may not
# be necessary on LMDE
############################################################################
## Update the list of available packages. Install the module-assistant and
## wireless-tools packages:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install module-assistant wireless-tools
## Build and install a broadcom-sta-modules-* package for your system,
## using Module-Assistant:
sudo m-a a-i broadcom-sta
## Rebuild your initial ramdisk, to blacklist modules defined at
## /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf within initramfs:
sudo update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r)
## Unload conflicting modules:
sudo modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb
## Load the wl module:
sudo modprobe wl
## Verify your device has an available interface:
sudo iwconfig
## Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
## At this point I don't think that the wl driver will load on startup so
sudo echo wl >> /etc/modules
Hopefully it works and it will be easier for newbies and such!
Thanks 
Last edited by bolle (2010-11-16 02:12:43)
