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On start up I get this message:

Support for cores revision ox17 and ox18 disabled by module param allsupport=0. Try b43.allhwsupport=1

I found an answer which stated I needed to create the file /etc/modprobe.d/local-b43.conf

I don't know how to do this. At the moment it will boot the system without the Network Manager which I can then manually switch on by typing:

   gksu service network-manager start
David Foerster
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Misstig
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I don't think your system in helped by having both Network Manager and Wicd competing for control. I recommend you remove Wicd. Let's create the .conf file. In a terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/local-b43.conf

Use nano or kate or leafpad if you haven't the text editor gedit. Add a single line:

options b43 allhwsupport=1

Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor. Reboot.

If it still doesn't work as expected, from the terminal:

sudo -i
rm /etc/modprobe.d/local-b43.conf
echo "blacklist b43"  >>  /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "blacklist ssb"  >>  /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
exit

Reboot and tell us the result.

Your /etc/network/interfaces asks eth0 to start automatically, however, you are using wireless. Please do:

gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

Change the file to comment out the eth0 stanza:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

#auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor. Reboot and test.

chili555
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If you wish to create a blank file, simply do touch /etc/modprobe.d/local-b43.conf. I'm assuming you'll need to add stuff to that file, and opening it in vim, nano or any other editor will automatically create it upon save.

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