[ubuntu-uk] Modinfo problem

[Stephen Drake]

Hi,

I have a problem with modinfo, it can't seem to find the b43 kernel
module.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 and kernel 2.6.24-16-generic and modinfo b43 fails
with:
$ modinfo b43	
modinfo: could not open b43: No such device

However if I use the full path it works fine:
$ modinfo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Michael Buesch
author:         Stefano Brivio
author:         Martin Langer
description:    Broadcom B43 wireless driver
srcversion:     D291278BDAFD171BF373380
alias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev0A*
alias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev09*
alias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev07*
alias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev06*
alias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev05*
depends:        mac80211,ssb,input-polldev,led-class,rfkill
vermagic:       2.6.24-16-generic SMP mod_unload 586 
<snip>

This isn't a major problem in itself as my wifi card still works i.e.
modprobe works fine, it just means that my Broadcom card doesn't show up
in jockey-gtk.

$ jockey-gtk --list --debug 
... 
WARNING: modinfo for module b43 failed: modinfo: could not open b43: No
such device

2008-05-18 13:44:35,130 DEBUG: Could not instantiate Handler subclass
__builtin__.B43Handler from name B43Handler
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/detection.py", line 437,
in get_handlers
    inst = obj(ui)
  File "/usr/share/jockey/handlers/b43.py", line 16, in __init__
    rationale=ui.string_nonfree_aux_firmware)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/handlers.py", line 625,
in __init__
    rationale)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/handlers.py", line 306,
in __init__
    assert self._modinfo, 'kernel module %s exists' % self.module
AssertionError: kernel module b43 exists

One last thing, I upgraded to final from a Hardy Beta install.

Has anyone seen anything like this before? 

Thanks,

Steve