According to http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4881538&postcount=6 (and confirmed in my own case), blacklisting ssb and b44 are not sufficient to prevent them from loading. They will be loaded anyway -- this occurs for me with the 2.6.24-19-generic kernel.
-- Module b44 interfering with ndiswrapper upon startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214917 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs