I added blacklist bcm43xx to modprobe.conf.local because I dont know where to add it inside of modprobe.conf, and modprobe.conf also uses whatever is inside of the local. I also added it into the blacklist inside of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. This is what I get when I type dmesg sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 usb-storage: device scan complete eth0: Media Link Off ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready eth0: Media Link Off ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready and now ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:9F:E8:5D:A2 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:169 Base address:0x1800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:323 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:323 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:23870 (23.3 Kb) TX bytes:23870 (23.3 Kb) In Yast, it is set up as wlan0, but it is not listed anywhere.
I got it to work. the bcmw43xx drivers that came preinstalled was messing with the NDIS driver. So I deleted the config of the bcmw43xx in network cards, configured the new one with module being ndiswrapper, and when I restarted Linux it worked. Thanks guys, sorry for being a pain.
nice one. and no you've not been a pain, your posting in here helps our little Linux forum become more busy
