I have just re-executed the command "apport-collect 1360783" while the broadcom adapter was active, without sudo permission.
It failed with a popup window titled "Updating Problem Report" and the text "No additional information collected." Here is the console log: brian@bacchus:~$ apport-collect 1360783 The authorization page: (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=dt1ZkgdmKbTwz5wW096W&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION) should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize this program to access Launchpad on your behalf. Press any key to continue or wait (5) seconds... Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision... Created new window in existing browser session. Package bcmwl not installed and no hook available, ignoring brian@bacchus:~$ It doesn't look very helpful to me! In case you are wondering, here are the relevant package details: brian@bacchus:~$ dpkg -l | grep bcmwl ii bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2 i386 Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source brian@bacchus:~$ dpkg -l | grep apport ii apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all automatically generate crash reports for debugging ii apport-gtk 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all GTK+ frontend for the apport crash report system ii apport-symptoms 0.20 all symptom scripts for apport ii python-apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all Python library for Apport crash report handling ii python3-apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 all Python 3 library for Apport crash report handling brian@bacchus:~$ -- 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/1360783 Title: Broadcom wifi crash in bcmwl-kernel-source cfg80211 Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: lspci shows: Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) lsb_release: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (actually UbuntuStudio) Linux version 3.13.0-34-lowlatency Dell Studio 1558 with Intel CPU in i386 mode and four CPUs. Most of the time wifi works perfectly. Occasionally, when using wifi hotspots away from home, the system never makes a connection. Usually I see similar stack traces in the syslog, but the attached extract is the only example I have to hand. The system is resuming after suspend, but I do not believe that aspect is relevant. I have seen similar crashes after powering on, and (to repeat myself) in more than one hot spot. I suspect there is an edge case in negotiating with some wifi routers that is not handled properly. (Perhaps I am prejudiced, but I get the feeling that the problem routers are in iPhone-friendly environments). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1360783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
