How do I totally get rid of bcm43xx on my machine ?

[Marc Schwartz]

Kim Lux wrote:
> I used ndiswrapper for years.  When fc6 came out, I decided to switch to
> bcm43xx.  Lately it became unstable.  I wish to install ndiswrapper
> again.  I uninstalled bcm43xx in that I did an rpm -e and I blacklisted
> it in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.   I've also deleted any devices and
> hardware that references eth1 (my wireless card) in
> system-config-network.
> 
> However, I get this:
> 
> /etc/init.d/network restart
> Shutting down interface eth0:  eth1: error fetching interface
> information: Device not found
> eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> External network device eth1 is not ready. Aborting..[  OK  ]
> Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
> Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
> Bringing up interface eth0:
> Determining IP information for eth0...eth1: error fetching interface
> information: Device not found
> eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> External network device eth1 is not ready. Aborting..
> eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> External network device eth1 is not ready. Aborting..
>  done.                                               
> 
> Why is the network process still looking for eth1 ?
> 
> Thanks

In FC6, you also have to list it in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-compat.

Try that.

You probably already know this, but be sure that you have:

options ndiswrapper if_name=wlan0
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

in /etc/modprobe.conf

HTH,

Marc Schwartz