I have no idea of what has happened to my system. My sources.list is attached along with make.log. If I need to downgrade my kernel, please provide a fix. Thanks for replying... I was waiting!
I would appreciate any help! On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Petter Adsen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 13:22:44 +0530 > Himanshu Shekhar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I updated my system last night after which I was not able to use network > on > > my laptop. I tried to install ethernet driver as I had it locally but > could > > not make the wifi work. > > Earlier the /lib/modules folder had 3.16* directory only, now I could see > > some 4.1* alongside. Also, the driver in use was *wl* which was working > > fine, but now I couldn't install wl. The installation reports are in the > > attachments. > > The first time I installed Debian 8.1, I had the same issue, traversed > > Synaptic and installed broadcom-sta-dkms which fixed the issue. > > Your 'wl' issue is a red herring, that package is a mail client for > Emacs, not a driver. broadcom-sta-dkms failed to build, if you read the > final line of output it advises you on your next course of action: > > "Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/make.log for > more information." > > My guess is that it has problems with the newer kernel, but without > that file it's impossible to say why it failed to build. Another guess > would be that you haven't installed the kernel headers, which are > required to build that package. > > AFAICT a 4.1 kernel isn't (and shouldn't be, AIUI) in the Jessie repos, > you might be better off running a supported one. > > Petter > > -- > "I'm ionized" > "Are you sure?" > "I'm positive." > > -- Himanshu Shekhar IIIT-Allahabad IRM2015006
DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248 for kernel 4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (x86_64)
Sun Oct 4 12:46:39 IST 2015
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number:
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number:
Wireless Extension is the only possible API for this kernel version
Using Wireless Extension API
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
LD /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/built-in.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_get_key’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1390:9: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘memcpy’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
memcpy(params.key, key.data, params.key_len);
^
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/string.h:4:0,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/string.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/bitmap.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/cpumask.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:49,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/thread_info.h:54,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/preempt.h:18,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/seqlock.h:35,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/time.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/stat.h:18,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/module.h:10,
from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/include/linuxver.h:40,
from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:26:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h:34:14: note: expected ‘void *’ but argument is of type ‘const u8 *’
extern void *memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t len);
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_get_station’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1444:20: error: ‘STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
sinfo->filled |= STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE;
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1444:20: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1457:20: error: ‘STATION_INFO_SIGNAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
sinfo->filled |= STATION_INFO_SIGNAL;
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: At top level:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1778:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.get_station = wl_cfg80211_get_station,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1778:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘wl_cfg80211_ops.get_station’)
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_inform_single_bss’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2013:9: error: incompatible type for argument 3 of ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’
cbss = cfg80211_inform_bss(wiphy, channel, (const u8 *)(bi->BSSID.octet),
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: expected ‘enum cfg80211_bss_frame_type’ but argument is of type ‘const u8 *’
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2015:3: warning: passing argument 7 of ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’ makes integer from pointer without a cast
(const u8 *)notify_ie, notify_ielen, signal, GFP_KERNEL);
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: expected ‘u16’ but argument is of type ‘const u8 *’
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2015:26: warning: passing argument 8 of ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
(const u8 *)notify_ie, notify_ielen, signal, GFP_KERNEL);
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: expected ‘const u8 *’ but argument is of type ‘size_t’
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:2013:9: error: too few arguments to function ‘cfg80211_inform_bss’
cbss = cfg80211_inform_bss(wiphy, channel, (const u8 *)(bi->BSSID.octet),
^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:33:0:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/net/cfg80211.h:4029:1: note: declared here
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
^
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/scripts/Makefile.build:263: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o' failed
make[4]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o] Error 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/Makefile:1401: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build' failed
make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build] Error 2
Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:8: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64'
Makefile:158: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
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