Since the last update I was faced with the same problem on Ubuntu 20.04 with a broadcom BCM4312.
The described solution with sudo apt purge bcmwl-kernel-source sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-source sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-dkms sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-common worked well for me!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bcmwl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878045 Title: doing dist-upgrade got error related do Broadcom Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I had a working 20.04 installation running, including the Broadcom Wifi. After upgrade to 20.10 the Broadcom Wifi is not working. I tried several suggestions and always end to an error similiar to this one: ... Building initial module for 5.4.0-30-generic ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.4.0-30-generic is not supported Error! Application of patch 0028-add-support-for-linux-5.6.patch failed. Check /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/ for more information. dpkg: error processing package bcmwl-kernel-source (--configure): installed bcmwl-kernel-source package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6 Errors were encountered while processing: bcmwl-kernel-source E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-30.34-generic 5.4.34 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu33 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CrashDB: ubuntu Date: Mon May 11 17:16:43 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-22 (78 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: dist-upgrade UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-05-07 (3 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog: INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2020-05-07T09:26:37.178586 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1878045/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
