On 2016-09-17 08:11, message wrote:

On 2016-09-09 07:57, Arend Van Spriel wrote:

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The device is claimed by b43-pci-bridge so I would suggest:

blacklist b43-pci-bridge

This instruction was added as the last line of the configuration file. After reboot, the computer wifi card continues to be inactive (wifi indicator fails to switch on, wifi connection not possible).

Since then, the system has been updated. Wifi led on keyboard (dell inspiron 1520) does not light up unless root command is entered: modprobe b43 Then: wpa_supplicant -D nl80211,wext -i wlan0 -c <(wpa_passphrase "[mobile phone wifi hotspot name]" "[mobile phone wifi hotspot password]" ... Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant ... Trying to authenticate ... auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason conn_failed ... Connection is successful to same wifi hotspot using debian system. Various versions of broadcom-wl have been tried and failed, from linux310 to linux49. Suggestions please? Dell wireless 1390 wlan mini card broadcom bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan 14e4:4311 kernel drive b43-pci-bridge kernel modules: ssb, wl