Wireless driver

[David C. Curtis]

On 11-11-11 06:45 PM, Gabriel wrote:
> I want to deactivate the built-in wireless driver shipped with my ubuntu
> 11.10 to use the one from the manufacturer to stop the kernel panic
> problem im having for a while now, but i dont know how to do that, i
> would really appreciate if someone could help me or hint me on that.
>

Well, you're going to have to follow the directions from the OEM to 
install their driver.

To prevent the driver that ships with Ubuntu from being loaded on boot 
you need to find the name of the driver with:

sudo lshw    (this will take a few secs)

Scroll up to the description of the wireless card and you can get the 
driver name, look for 'configuration: ....driver=xxxxx.....' then

cd /etc/modprobe.d
sudo nano blacklist-custom_wireless.conf  (or whatever you wish to call 
this new file)

Then add 'blacklist xxxxx' where xxxxx is the driver name you wish to 
_not_ load on boot.

Maybe add a comment line starting with '#' so you can remember 6 months 
from now what it was that you did. After you get the new driver 
installed reboot. If it doesn't work properly simply edit your new 
blacklist file and comment out the 'blacklist xxxxx' line with a '#' 
save, reboot, and you should be back to the default driver.

Dave