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Trying to get my wireless to work in Ubuntu 13.04 to no avail. Following the instructions in this question, when I get to the sudo modprobe b43 I add the -v to try and see what happens and it seems like it just hangs indefinitely after saying:

insmod /lib/modules/3.8.0-29-generic/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko

Any ideas on what is happening and how I might fix it?

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chilleo
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    Please edit your question to add details of your wireless card from the terminal command: lspci -nn -d 14e4: – chili555 Sep 02 '13 at 12:37
  • 04:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) – chilleo Sep 03 '13 at 17:10

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I believe b43, ssb and firmware are correct for your device 14e4:4318. I wonder if the wrong driver was installed and not removed or at least removed incompletely. Please open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source

Let's be sure there are no blacklists:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Look for any lines about b43 or ssb; if there are any, remove them. Proofread, save and close gedit. Reboot and if your wireless is not working as expected, post:

dmesg | grep -e b43 -e wlan
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This (SOLVED) thread on Ubuntu deals with your problem and explains how to get it working. You might want to read it carefully.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2077104

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